ESA BIC supports startup solutions with a space connection

The ESA BIC Switzerland program supports startups that exploit space systems or technologies to develop non-space businesses or use terrestrial technology for an application related to space.

During the next 24 months, the following four newcomers selected for the program will receive technical support from companies and research organisations, business support and access to an extensive network. Each Sstartup will additionally obtain financial aid totalling EUR 200’000 to support their development.

Archimethod
The 2021 established startup based in Comano, Ticino, is transforming high-resolution spaceborne 3D geodata into crucial information to design healthy and sustainable cities. The team uses a set of self-developed and off-the-shelf technologies related to spatial simulation, building performance, and computational design to answer functional questions of architecture and address topics like position, orientation, and shape of buildings, configuration of external surfaces, production and consumption of energy, distribution and subdivision of internal spaces, circulation and interaction of people, and creation of new formal languages.

Kido Dynamics
The EPFL spinoff founded in 2018, developed a fully GDPR compliance software that analyses and measures geo-analytics information from telecom network data. With their solution, the startup provides geolocated mobility insights captured from constellations of satellites. Companies, governments, and public institutions can deeply understand people’s mobility patterns: where they come from and go to, the routes they take, and time and seasonal aspects, thereby improving strategic business decisions.

Correntics
Bridging Earth observation data and advanced modelling to reduce environmental risks in supply chains. With its software, data-driven approach and a deep understanding of risk, the startup helps clients to future-proof their supply chains and improve their resilience in the face of climate change and emerging risks while ensuring the sustainability of business activities.

TOSA swisstech
Based in Courroux (Jura), TOSA swisstech develops sustainable and lightweight composite bipolar plates for fuel cells and energy storage in space. Since the entire production chain and use of hydrogen goes through fuel cells or electrolysis, TOSA Swisstech develops a manufacturing process and provides a solution to substitute metal bipolar plates with composite bipolar plates. Tosa‘s ultralight, durable, non-corrosive, compact, and efficient plates have a range of applications in the clean energy sector, including, Hydrogen fuel cells, energy storage batteries and electrolysis.

Learn more about ESA BIC and its offering at the Info Session on 30 June. Registration is open until 29 June.

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