RSM students on the week-long 2026 ESA–CEMS block seminar – with its theme “Turning Technology into Business” – were at SBIC this summer working on challenges set by ESA BIC Noordwijk incubatees and other startups. The final pitches were at the Port of Rotterdam.
The strongest cohort of the ESA-supported Ignition Programme yet graduated recently. A total of 15 teams gained insights from mentors and partners while busily working on validating their business idea to prepare to apply for ESA BIC Noordwijk on 5 Oct 2026. View the gallery of photos!
Gravity Gardens has raised 2.6 million euros in funding in a round supported by VP Capital, Brightlands Venture Partners and Graduate Ventures alongside a group of private investors, and follows earlier backing from StartLife and a Rabobank Innovation Loan. The ESA BIC incubatee develops a novel seed activation technology.
Join us at the space commercialisation event of the year at ESA ESTEC! If you are attending ISD2026, meet up with ESA BIC Noordwijk and ESA Phi-Lab NL and visit the NL Space Campus stand. Finishing up with fun at Connecting the Curious.
ESA BIC alumnus OpenAtlas and its partners Gosling Coffee and Progreso recently completed one of the first end-to-end EUDR deforestation risk assessment where the data belongs to, and benefits, the producer organisations themselves.
ESA BIC incubatees and participants of ESA Phi-Lab NL visited the technical labs of ESA ESTEC to get insights of the innovative research on space tech to be used on ESA’s missions. Representatives from ESA and NLSA also joined the lab tour.