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EU ACCELERATORS
Space App Camp
Twice a year Space App camp assembles
programmers across Europe at their one-week
Accelerator in Frascati, Italy and Barcelona,
Spain. The aim of the programme is to introduce
attendants to the Copernicus Masters.
The NL Space Accelerator
The NL Space Accelerator is a 5-day accelerator
supported by the European Space Solutions
Agency and the Netherlands Space Office.
InnoSpace Masters
InnoSpaceMastersCompetitions leadingup to the
Space 4.0conference inBerlin, Germany. Partners
includingAirbusDefence andESA IncubationCentres.
European Satellite Navigation
Galileo Masters Competition
Annual competition seeking services, products,
and business innovations that use satellite
navigation in everyday life. Applications in June.
In 2016 some 413 innovations were submitted
by entrepreneurs from more than 40 countries.
The prize pool is €1 million, which includes cash
awards, business incubation, business coaching,
patent consulting, technical support, access to
testing facilities and prototype development.
Space 3ac
Space3ac is a three-month accelerator
programme based in Poland, focused on the
downstream sector. The programme maximum
is 13 companies per cohort with applications
closing March. Each accepted company receives
€20,000 in seed investment with access up to
€200k from later stage investors.
Copernicus Masters
The Copernicus Masters is a space technology
and Earth observation competition where the
winners have the opportunity to continue onto the
Copernicus Accelerators. The best 40 applicants
receive a customised business development
scheme, an assigned mentor and acceptance onto
the 6-8 month Accelerator programme.
Starburst Accelerator
Starburst is an Aerospace accelerator
programme with bases in the USA, Europe and
Asia. Three courses are held annually where
the cohorts receive access to seed funding,
mentors and business strategy planning. They
also partner with the largest aerospace, defence
and security groups to help land their cohorts a
first US$1 million contract.
EU INCUBATORS
SATLAS SATCOM
The SATLAS Incubator based in Luxembourg
is designed to help start-ups and SME’s
test their business ideas over Satellites.
The selected companies will be given the
chance to test and demo their ideas and then
present them in front Industrial Partners.
The Applicants will have access to broadband
platforms and terminals, hardware and
software and technical assistance.
ESA Business Incubator Centres
The European Space Agency’s (ESA)
Business Incubations Centres work with
around 130 space technology companies
annually to help them commercialise
their businesses. They are based at 19
sites all across Europe - Noordwijk (the
Netherlands), Darmstadt (Germany),
Lazio (Italy), Bavaria (Germany), Harwell
(UK), Wallonie Redu (Belgium), Flanders
(Belgium), Sud France, Barcelona (Spain),
Portugal, Madrid (Spain), Sweden, Prague
(Czech Republic), Austria, Ireland and
Switzerland. All offer technical support to
help transform space technology into non-
space industrial products.
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UK ACCELERATORS
SetSquared Space
Accelerator Hub
SetSquared is a three-day programme, based
in Surrey, supporting space technology related
businesses with their business plans, value
proposition position and access to investors.
Satellite Application Catapult
Spin-up Factory
Satellite Applications Catapult Spin-up
Factory is an accelerator programme based in
Oxfordshire, England, dedicated to developing
companies which use satellite data. Companies
can apply anytime.
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UK INCUBATORS
Satellite Applications Catapult
Based in Harwell, Oxfordshire, England, the
Satellite Applications Catapult is a space
technology based innovation and research facility.
UK Space Agency (UKSA)
The UKSA has funded a number of university
innovation incubators around the UK support
start-ups and young companies trying to enter
the space industry. Incubators are based in four
centres across the UK - DurhamUniversity
Business Centre; Sci-Tech Daresbury, Glyndwr;
Innovation Centre, Leicester Dock; UNIP
management, Loughborough University Incubator.
space-agency
OpTIC Business Incubation Centre
The Glyndwr OpTIC Centre in Wrexham
has secured grants of up to £50k to support
companies trying to develop space sector
innovation. Companies will receive seed
investments and the ability to work in one of
the UK’s leading innovation centres.
ESA Incubation Centre, Harwell
The ESA Business Incubation Centre in
Harwell, Oxfordshire, accepts three sets of
applications annually closing in January, April
and October. It offers grants of up to £50k and
support to develop business and access other
ESA grant streams.
Geovation
A 12-month programme of support including,
mentor workshops, bespoke development
and business support and access to software,
technology and geospatial data.
