Business Incubation
Fund your space related start-up
Enjoying our program, you’ll work in an innovative, high-tech entrepreneurial environment leveraging programs, facilities and networks from both ESA and top notch European incubation centers.
The business incubation program is jointly executed by imec.istart (Flanders) and Galaxia Space Innovation (Wallonia).
For start-ups
Are you an entrepreneur planning to build a business using knowledge or technology initially developed for space? Or are you willing to apply to space the product or know-how initially developed within terrestrial applications? We are here to support you.
How to apply?
The call for incubatees runs all year long with 3 evaluations per year.
Applicants criteria
European citizens or start-ups up to 5 years old planning to use:
- Space technology for general non-space industrial/scientific/commercial use (spin-off).
- Non-space technology for proposing products and services for the space sector (spin-in).
Application process
- Contact the incubator manager of your choice (Robby Wauters for imec.istart or Emilie Bourlard for Galaxia Space Innovation) and get informed about their on boarding procedures.
- Download the permanent call documents.
- Complete the three templates.
- Send a digital version of them to bic@spacesolutions.be.
- Send a hard copy of them to Verhaert New Products & Services, Hogenakkerhoekstraat 21, 9150 Kruibeke, Belgium.
Next application deadline?
31 October 2019 (12 P.M. CET)
What’s in it for you?
- Incentive funding – up to €50k (€25k from ESA and €25k from regional fund) – for the development of products, prototypes software and IPR (no direct labor costs) in addition to the incubator seed.
- Support (up to 80h)
- Technical
- Business development (workshops, trainings, coaches)
- IP Consulting
- Financial administration
- Access
- ESA and incubator’s networks (coaches, experts, suppliers, VCs) and facilities
- ESA BIC community
- ESTEC – ESA biggest R&D facility
- International events
Incubation in Wallonia
Send Emilie a message
Incubation in Flanders
Get in touch
Nicolas Helssen
BELSPO
T +32 487 355 345