The new ESA Business Incubation Centre Nord France opened 28 June 2018 to help entrepreneurs to start 75 new companies developing space and non-space services and applications from space technology and satellite data. 

The centre will be managed by Ouest BIC Technopoles, in association with ASTech Paris Region Cluster and CNES. ESA BIC Nord France covers six regions in northern France with local offices in Brest with Technopôle Brest Iroise (Brittany), in Caen with Normandie Incubation (Normandy), in Lille with eurotechnologies (Hauts-de-France), in Nantes with Atlanpole (Pays de la Loire), in Paris with Val d’Oise Technopole (Île-de-France) and in Troyes with Technopole de l`Aube en Champagne (Grand Est).

More information on ESA BIC Nord France here.