Deadline: 21-Sep-22
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Business Incubation Centre (BIC) in Finland is offering funding to support aspiring innovative entrepreneurs and ambitious start-ups financially and technically to reveal their undiscovered space potential.
Funding & Duration information
- The total ESA BIC Finland funding available to our companies during incubation is 75,000 EUR, consisting of 50,000 EUR from Business Finland and 25,000 EUR from ESA.
- The incubation lasts 12 months.
Benefits
- Incubation Funding up to €75,000 for product development and IPR.
- Growth Funding up to 10m € for the best alumni companies, in milestones.
- Up to 80 hours of technical support by world-class partners including ESA experts.
- Business matchmaking, market testing, marketing advice, labs, and other facilities.
- Right to use the ESA BIC brand to promote your business. Financial and Administrative support.
- Access to the international ESA BICs and Aalto Startup Center’s community.
- Access to venture capital partners and business development loans.
Eligibility Criteria
- Your innovative idea utilizes space technology, data or expertise, and targets the non-space market, or you have developed something new and potentially interesting for the space market.
- Your company is no more than 5 years old, or you will start a new company.
- Your team is or will locate in innovative and startup-friendly Finland.
For more information, visit https://esabic.fi/