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ESA BIC Bavaria,
ESA BIC Northern Germany &
ESA BIC North Rhine-Westphalia
ESA BIC Northern Germany &
ESA BIC North Rhine-Westphalia
Space Business Incubator #1
We fast-track startup business opportunities!
At ESA BIC Bavaria, ESA BIC Northern Germany, and ESA BIC North Rhine-Westphalia, we guide entrepreneurs and startups in turning their ideas and inventions into successful businesses. We promote pioneering companies with disruptive products and digital businesses in areas like Robotics, MedTech, Mobility, Automotive, Aerospace, Artificial Intelligence and tons more. This makes us one of the most successful incubation centres in Europe.
At our Bavarian locations Oberpfaffenhofen, Nuremberg, Ottobrunn, Neubiberg and Wuerzburg as well as Bremen, Luebeck and Wismar in Northern Germany as well as Aachen and Herten in North Rhine-Westphalia startups highly benefit from the direct access to space technologies, experts, and technical facilities.
Our incubation programme provides a comprehensive support package from financing, mentoring to research and development โ all the way through to market entry. And thatโs what we love: Turning great business cases into game-changers.
Benefits from ESA BIC
Financial
Support
EUR 50,000 cash
ZERO Equity
ZERO Equity
Technical
Support
Leading tech expertsโ feedback & expertise.
Business & Marketing Support
Tailored business support.
Usage of the ESA BIC brand.
Usage of the ESA BIC brand.
Office Support
Modern office space and shared facilities.
Mentoring programme
Customised mentoring in various domains.
Worldwide Network
Industry, Politics, Agencies, Research, Startups
Who can apply?
Not founded or
company age < 5 years
(Bavaria < 3 years)
Product or service with a space connection
A legal work permit in Germany
A detailed list of all eligibility requirements can be found in the Open Call.
Our partners
At ESA BIC Bavaria, ESA BIC Northern Germany and ESA BIC North Rhine-Westphalia, startups benefit from hands-on support offered by renowned partners.
Partners of ESA BIC Bavaria
Partners of ESA BIC Northern Germany
Partners of ESA BIC North Rhine-Westphalia
Quotes from our founders / entrepreneurs
"We believe that the ESA BIC Incubator has great value for technology startups in Munich! The Incubator provides not only valuable input for the development process, but also a network of technology and business experts. It is a unique opportunity to transfer space technologies into civil applications. With the help of ESA BIC, we had been able to build the next version of our robot faster and test it together with our customers. We are grateful for this support."
"Since week one of our incubation period, ESA BIC Bavaria has invited us to conferences and networking events, which has played a great part in our companyโs early success."
"The ESA-BIC program supported our entry in the aerospace market through its international network and tailored trade fair programmes. The interaction and mutual learning with the other startups in the programme were very valuable as well."
"ESA BIC hat uns sehr geholfen, da wir auf die gute Infrastruktur zurรผckgreifen kรถnnen und vom Team in Gilching super unterstรผtzt werden. Es ist definitiv eine gute Entscheidung gewesen."
Stephan OttoCo-Founder & Managing Director
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AZO โ Your Partner in Competition & Innovation
AZO Anwendungszentrum GmbH Oberpfaffenhofen is an international networking and branding company initiating the most important space-related innovation competitions with more than 15,000 participants, over 200 industrial & public – and 400 international stakeholders. The Masters Series, presented by AZO consists of the Galileo Masters, Copernicus Masters and INNOspace Masters. Additionally, AZO organises various other space and innovation programmes supported by the European Commission. AZO runs a very successful business angel network which invested more than EUR 442 million Venture Capital in 2020.
AZO manages the ESA Incubation Centre (ESA BIC) Bavaria, ESA BIC Northern Germany, and ESA BIC North Rhine-Westphalia. This incubation programme has supported more than 263 company foundations solely in Bavaria, Northern Germany, and North Rhine-Westphalia to date. For more information, please visit www.azo-space.com.
