Dec 13, 2018 | Earth Observation, Featured, Satellite Navigation, Technology Transfer
Are you a startup,with a space-related business idea and based in the EU. Then you can become a part of the Astropreneurs family! Astropreneurs Accelerator is a three-month acceleration program that includes business and technical mentorship, support to fund your...
Oct 19, 2017 | BIC, Incubatee, Technology Transfer
Anyone living near an industrial area will be familiar with the sight: the white tufts of steam coming from the chimneys of factories. “Waste,” figure the factory operators. “Energy!” say Tjewei Hu and Sana Fateh, co-founders of ESA BIC incubatee Synext. Synext...
Oct 5, 2017 | BIC, Incubatee, Technology Transfer
Having lunch outside of the house is usually a choice between a soggy sandwich from a lunchbox, or an expensive (and often unhealthy) meal from a take-away shop. ESA BIC Noordwijk’s new incubatee HeatAway means to change this with their portable, self-heating...
Sep 21, 2017 | BIC, Incubatee, Technology Transfer
What do you pack for an intercontinental flight? Easy: a change of clothes, a toothbrush, a good book. But millions of people in the EU have to add one more item to that list: a cooling device for their temperature-sensitive medication. Patients suffering from...
May 30, 2017 | BIC, Incubatee, Technology Transfer
There are many ways that lead to ESA BIC. Our new start-up Polariks’ road, for instance, ran past the Leiden Observatory and through a vineyard. Max Wijsman and Dennis van der Wiel, the young co-founders of Polariks, are developing a cheap hyperspectral camera that...
Nov 22, 2016 | BIC, Technology Transfer
ESA’s Technology Transfer Programme brings space down to Earth – from comets to start-ups. We support entrepreneurs who use space technology and space data in completely new fields and applications. This local investment successfully creates hundreds of jobs each...
