The ESA Business Incubation Centre Lazio (ESA BIC Lazio), Italy, is part of ESA Technology Transfer Programme's business incubation initiative throughout Europe. It was founded in 2005 and is managed by the Italian company BIC Lazio SpA. The centre offers business start-up support as well as technical expertise throughout their incubation period in a number of space related areas. It is located at the business incubator ITech in Rome, Italy, which is situated near ESA’s European Space Research Institute (ESRIN) in Frascati, Italy.