Highlights of the European Space Agency’s achievements this year includes the ongoing expansion of ESA’s Business Incubation Centre (ESA BIC) network. In this post, we take a look back at the 2025 highlights featuring Dutch ESA BIC startups.
Space Tech Expo Europe attracts scores of space professionals to Bremen in November. This year, the city additionally hosted the ESA Ministerial Council Meeting. News was fast-flowing, as were the networking ops at Connecting The Curious.
Join the first SBIC Demo Day to be inspired and get insights from the thriving space business community. The event is free for SBIC members. Register by the event date of 9 Dec.
The challenges set out by the space companies on stage were the focus at ESA Technology Broker NL’s Tech Needs Discovery event #2. Multiple perspectives provided unique responses during the engaging matchmaking session. Read full report.
Want to go from the spark of an idea to successful space business? Then, get inspiration from Thomas Parry of Spherical Systems. Getting into ESA BIC was pivotal for his startup. Read about this entrepreneur’s journey as a stepping-stone to ESA BIC.
The Dutch BIC, Broker & Phi Lab programmes were represented at the ESA Commercialisation Gateway Network Meeting in Munich recently. There were also celebrations as Thomas Parry of Spherical won a top award.