The European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre Sweden (ESA BIC Sweden) launched in 2015 and consists of four regional hubs: Arctic Business in Luleå/Kiruna, Uppsala Innovation Centre, Innovatum Startup in Trollhättan and Ideon Innovation in Lund. We offer extensive support for space-related startups, to help them turn their ideas and inventions into successful, scalable businesses both upstream and downstream.
At ESA BIC Sweden startups and their selected projects are provided with:
- €50.000 in non equity funding
- professional business coaching and mentorship
- technical support and access to technical facilities and partners
- office space and logistics support
- access to investors, VCs and other finance opportunities
- help in finding partners internationally through the extensive ESA BIC network
The ESA BIC network, with centres all over Europe, is the largest ecosystem in the world for space-related entrepreneurship.