Entrepreneurs introduce their businesses
More than 180 start-up companies have been supported by ESA Business Incubation Centres since the first started in 2003 at ESA's European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, The Netherlands.
Today, there are centres in the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, UK and Belgium. Soon more will open in France and Spain.
The incubation centres are part of the ESA’s Technology Transfer Programme Office (TTPO).
As part of its endeavour to encourage the transfer and commercialisation of space technologies, ESA BICs have been set up in Noordwijk in the Netherlands, Darmstadt and Bavaria in Germany, Rome in Italy, at Harwell in the UK and in Flanders and Redu in Belgium.
The centres support selected entrepreneurs with comprehensive commercial and technical assistance to help them start up businesses that use space technology in non-space industrial, scientific and commercial fields.
The video below presents the concept and the operation of ESA Business Incubation Centres. I addition a number of entrepreneurs from the start-up companies have introduced their businesses in dedicated videos, see links on right navigation bar.
ESA’s Technology Transfer Programme Office
The main mission of the TTPO is to facilitate the use of space technology and space systems for non-space applications and to demonstrate the benefit of the European space programme to European citizens. The office is responsible for defining the overall approach and strategy for the transfer of space technologies, including the incubation of start-up companies and their funding.
For more information, please contact:
ESA’s Technology Transfer Programme Office
European Space Agency
Keplerlaan 1
2200 AG, Noordwijk ZH
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 71 565 6208
Fax: +31 71 565 663
Email: ttp@esa.int
Last update: 13 May 2013
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