Portfolio North Rhine-Westphalia

Current Incubatees

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Alteva Technologies GmbH

  • Location: North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Status: Incubatee
  • Application Field: Satellites, Transport / Logistics, Upstream

Alteva Technologies is using technology researched at DLR to develop and commercialize ultralight batteries made from abundant and sustainable raw materials.

ESFERATROS UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

  • Location: North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Status: Incubatee
  • Application Field: Satellites, Space technologies, Upstream

ESFERATROS is a satellite deployment system provider, using high-thrust electromagnetic dispensers designed to avoid clustering formation by adjusting the release velocity.

FFBS – Fashion For Biodiversity Solutions GmbH

  • Location: North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Status: Incubatee
  • Application Field: Downstream, Earth Observation, Environment, Wildlife and Natural Resources

Development of a software platform for the satellite-based monitoring, certification and auditing of organic farms for the fashion industry.

First Spectrum View UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

  • Location: North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Status: Incubatee
  • Application Field: Aviation / Aeronautics / Drones, Downstream, GNSS

First Spectrum View offers solutions for UAV-based high-frequency measurements such as direction finding and antenna characterization.

Greenlyte Carbon Technologies GmbH

  • Location: North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Status: Incubatee
  • Application Field: Aviation / Aeronautics / Drones, Launchers, Upstream

Greenlyte Tech has set itself the clear goal of capturing 100 MT CO2 from the atmosphere by 2050. To achieve this goal, an energy-efficient, robust and therefore also economically sustainable DAC plant at competitive conditions is essential. Based on 15 years of research, Greenlyte has developed an innovative process for the direct air capture of CO2 in combination with hydrogen electrolysis.

HoZe Solutions GmbH

  • Location: North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Status: Incubatee
  • Application Field: Downstream, Earth Observation, Environment, Wildlife and Natural Resources

HoZe Solutions GmbH is developing the Papageno system: the world’s first autonomous and smart wildfire containment system, combining earth observation data with a novel firefighting appliance.

ivilion GmbH

  • Location: North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Status: Incubatee
  • Application Field: Other, Transport / Logistics, Upstream

HERA’s patented “structural cooling” solution will contribute to the electrification of road transports. The team built a load bearing thermal management, leading to more space for battery-cells and a structural mass reduction of up to 20%.

Lamb Space Tec GmbH

  • Location: North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Status: Incubatee
  • Application Field: Space technologies, Upstream

Development of an injection molding process for the production of aerospace-grade high-temperature polymer structures for CubeSats.

Nerite GmbH

  • Location: North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Status: Incubatee
  • Application Field: Downstream, Earth Observation, Food & Agriculture

Linking satellite-based remote sensing data for agricultural analysis with in-situ soil monitoring to improve farmers’ fertilization and seasonal planning.

Alumni

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Auxsys GmbH

  • Location: North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Status: Alumni
  • Application Field: Human Spaceflight, Space technologies, Upstream

Development and testing of a proof of concept of active electric exoskeletons for astronaut training and gravity simulation.

Cellgrid UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

  • Location: North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Status: Alumni
  • Application Field: Data platforms and IoT, Downstream, Earth Observation

Automated AI-supported location analysis based on different demographic, environmental or infrastructural data.

FibreCoat GmbH

  • Location: North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Status: Alumni
  • Application Field: Human Spaceflight, Space technologies, Upstream

In-situ resource utilisation technology aiming to produce fibre-based materials made of lunar regolith, directly on the Moon.

FlyPard Analytics GmbH

  • Location: North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Status: Alumni
  • Application Field: Downstream, Earth Observation, Food & Agriculture

Implementation of data-driven crop farming practices with GeoPard Ag powerhouse analytics platform.

HALO Technologies UG (haftungsbeschränkt)

  • Location: North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Status: Alumni
  • Application Field: Other, Space technologies, Upstream

Development of an earthbound microgravity platform for experiments in weightlessness based on a falling capsule.

LANZ GmbH

  • Location: North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Status: Alumni
  • Application Field: Downstream, Earth Observation, Environment, Wildlife and Natural Resources

Development of a monitoring system of beehives based on satellite data for higher productivity and the improvement of bee health.

Urban Ray GmbH

  • Location: North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Status: Alumni
  • Application Field: Aviation / Aeronautics / Drones, Downstream, GNSS

Drone development for air logistics with automated landing and storage stations on the ground for parcel delivery.