ESA BIC SWITZERLAND AT FULL SWING

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1 ESA BIC SWITZERLAND AT FULL SWING Dr Nanja Strecker 20 June 2018 ESA BIC ESA BIC Switzerland

2 : Intense and successful start

3 ESA BUSINESS INCUBATION Network of 18 centres in 15 ESA countries supporting space-related start-ups to get their business off the ground Yearly start-ups supported across Europe Start-ups supported to date EBN Partnership 9 European Agencies ESA Business Incubation Centre

ESA BIC SWITZERLAND AT A GLANCE WHAT? Switzerland-wide start-up program in cooperation with ESA FOR WHOM? HOW? BY WHOM?

Early stage high-tech start-ups with space connection, <5 years old, registered in Switzerland Two phase program for up

no equity plus business and technical support (80h), by subcontractors & partners ETH Zurich with 3 subcontractors and

4 ESA BIC SWITZERLAND AT A GLANCE WHAT? Switzerland-wide start-up program in cooperation with ESA FOR WHOM? HOW? BY WHOM? WHERE? WHEN? Early stage high-tech start-ups with space connection, <5 years old, registered in Switzerland Two phase program for up to 10 start-ups per year: Phase 1: Incentive Phase : 25k by ESA Phase 2: Incubation Boost Phase : 175k by ESA all grants, no equity plus business and technical support (80h), by subcontractors & partners ETH Zurich with 3 subcontractors and 50+ additional corporate and research partners, Swiss and international Virtual program with community Impact Hubs, mainly in Zurich and Bern Open call with2 selection rounds per year - in March and November (/applications) 4

5 19 START-UPS FROM ALL OVER CH Sevensense Biel/Bienne Zurich Area Bern Davos Lausanne Area ORACAN Lugano Status: May 2018

6 INVESTMENTS & AWARDS Investments ESA / CH 3rd parties m EUR / International Startup Awards (e.g.) Pioneers Challenge VW Future Mobility Inc. R&D 100 Award Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation Award PIC Award (photonics industry worldwide)

7 WHICH START-UPS ARE ELIGIBLE? In Scope Up to 5 years old Registered in Switzerland 1 With some space connection. Three versions: Using Space tech on Earth Earth tech for Space application Technology purely for Space Also in domains of: ICT, Telecom, Robotics, Security, Mobility, Energy No SME Out of Scope Corporate Spin-Off (corporate <50%) Pure usage of GNSS (e.g. GPS), with no hardware or IoT connection No protected technology 1 At latest when signing the incubation contract. 7

BENEFITS - WHY SHOULD START-UPS PARTICIPATE?

Access to broad network of corporate and research

technical facilities and support) and European wide ESA

needs; by cutting-edge VentureKick and VentureLab

technical support, by corporate and research partners

8 BENEFITS - WHY SHOULD START-UPS PARTICIPATE? Up to 200k in seed financing by ESA no grant, no equity Access to broad network of corporate and research partners Access to ESA network (incl. technical facilities and support) and European wide ESA BIC network Business support: customized for start-up needs; by cutting-edge VentureKick and VentureLab network and beyond Technical support: up to 80 hours of technical support, by corporate and research partners from our network, and ESA Networking amongst relevant start-up peers A Switzerland wide program

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS INCL. INT L OUTREACH: EXAMPLES Anybotics at ONS - thanks to ESA Broker in Norway. Start-ups at ESA BIC booth at world leading start-up and tech event.

9 ADDITIONAL BENEFITS INCL. INT L OUTREACH: EXAMPLES Anybotics at ONS - thanks to ESA Broker in Norway. Start-ups at ESA BIC booth at world leading start-up and tech event. Touchless Automation & 9TLabs at ILA thanks to ESA. mutually beneficial collaboration of 2 incubatees. & Insolight with solar pilot at ESA/ESRIN in Italy Embotech: credibility for other sectors thanks to ESA. «Those guys are crazy about safety» Volkswagen about ESA 9

10 ESA BIC SWITZERLAND PARTNER NETWORK Start-ups already in contact with 20+ partners 10 partners already contributed to Community Building events and more partners to come!

COMMUNITY EVENTS: MEET, LEVERAGE & LEARN TOPICS TO DATE E.

/ design thinking Certification Supply chain management HR

Hub/KickstartAccelerator Ruag Swiss Re Swiss Post u-blox

11 COMMUNITY EVENTS: MEET, LEVERAGE & LEARN TOPICS TO DATE E.g. Intellectual Property Product develop. / design thinking Certification Supply chain management HR topics Social Media «David & Goliath» TYPICALLY FOLLOWED BY AN APERO & SOCIALIZING! INVOLVED PARTNERS TO DATE Art of Technology Apco Impact Hub/KickstartAccelerator Ruag Swiss Re Swiss Post u-blox Walder Wyss LOCATION: AT IMPACT HUBS ALL OVER CH 2018: 3x Bern, 3x Zurich 1.2./ 12.4./ 7.6. / / /

12 KEY EVENTS 2018 Objective Timing 2018 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Create Awareness/ Networking Eidgenössische Kommission für Weltraumfragen: Info Meetings - w/multipliers ETH Industry Day: Demo Day: , ZH Kickstart Accelerator: AP Swiss Event: Cybersecurity Geneva, TBD Start-up Outreach Seed Stars Summit: SSC Space Technologies Studies 2016, ETH Polymesse: Info Event: , Biel Forum EPFL: Top 100 Swiss Start-ups: Swiss Start Up Days (TBD) Swiss Robotics Industry Days: Space Community Expertise Internal Events Advisory Board: Community Event: Satellite Bodensee Aerosp. Forum, TEB: Community Event: Space Forum Icubesat Space Symposium Community Event: Space Geo Summit Community Event: IAC Baveno Conference Community Event: Cybersat TEB: Community Event: AP Swiss: Sister program SMEs, start-ups Focused scope On-going feed e.g. social media, internal and external newsletters (IFJ, Impact Hub, etc.) AP Swiss & ESA BIC ESA BIC AP Swiss

13 «amazing power of the network they opened for us, with high-level people we could not have hoped to meet otherwise»

ESA BUSINESS INCUBATION

ESA BIC SWITZERLAND: AN INTRODUCTION Dr Nanja Strecker (ETH Zürich) 5 July 2017 ESA BUSINESS INCUBATION Network of 16 centres in 12 ESA countries supporting space-related start-ups to get their business