CCIC Lazio Region Study Visit ITechIncubator, Rome 25 th November 2013 ESA BIC Lazio Start Up Programme Roberto Giuliani ITech Incubator Manager - BIC Lazio SpA T e c h n i c a l s u p p o r t
Topics ESA BIC Programme ESRIN and BIC Lazio cooperation ESA BIC Lazio Open Call Incubation path and services Business cases Contacts
ESA BIC PROGRAMME
ESA sees that technology innovation is a principal driver of not only space, but also the world economy in general. ESA TTPO To support this process, the ESA Technology Transfer ProgrammeOffice (TTPO) was established in 1990 as part of the ESA Directorate of Technical and Quality Management. The TTPO assists entrepreneurs across ESA Member States in creating successful innovative business (startups) developing products and services based on the downstream markets of the space systems applications and in the exploitation of space technologies in non-space sectors.
ESA BIC PROGRAMME SCHEME 1/2 ESA BIC build on the ESA TTP activities, which includes: transfer of space industry technology (ESA broker network) valorization of ESA intellectual property business incubation investmentsupport Regional ESA BIC partners are involved in the programme: management companies co-financing partners (agencies, ministries and banks) technical partners (agencies, research institutes)
ESA BIC PROGRAMME SCHEME 1/2 Company incubation of up to two years Financial support incentive scheme of up to 50.000 EUR (ESA and ministries) loan of up to 50.000 EUR (regional banks) Technical support (ESA, research institutes and agencies) Coaching/networking support Marketing and business planning Survival rate of ESA BIC start-up companies: 91%
COLLABORATION ESRIN and BIC Lazio
ESA in Italy ESRIN, known as the ESA Centre for Earth Observation, is one of the five ESA specialised centres situated in Europe. Located in Frascati, a small town 20 km south of Rome in Italy, ESRIN was established in 1966 and first began acquiring data from environmental satellites in the 1970s.
ESRIN BIC LAZIO COOPERATION ORIGINS Cooperation agreement in late 2005: scouting and selection of projects to support in ITech Spazio programme 2006-2008: 51 proposal evaluated for preincubation 16 selected and started 10 BPs realized 5 new start-ups launched In 2009-2010 Local Government of Regione Lazio joined the first ESA Business Incubation Programme in Italy, through BIC Lazio
Application sectors Environment Monitoring Geospatial information Cartography Traffic and fleet management Green Building New materials Embedded microelectonic
GALILEIAN PLUS : GI-SAR (Geospatial( Information extraction from SAR) The business idea behind GI-SAR project is to sale services based on the identification and extraction of GIS layers exploiting high resolution SAR data (mainly Cosmo SkyMed and Terrasar-X) and the innovative patented method. Monitoring mainly features and infrastructures in urban and rural areas. To implement this kind of services an integrated end-to-end processing platform composed by a SAR postprocessing engine integrated into a GIS environment has been developed SAR image Interferometric Land Use Map
BLUE THREAD: Space Compass The SPACE COMPASS device is based on satellite navigation and exploits the accuracy now reachable with EGNOS, for the determination of the boat orientation respect to geographic north (True Heading). EGNOS/GPS/Galile o receiver SPACE Compass concept Determination of boat s direction respect to geographic North, based on the Latitude and Longitude Deltas of the two receivers TRUE Course W N S E TRUE Heading EGNOS/GPS/Galil eo receiver
ActualESA BIC Lazio Open Call
2013/2014: ESA BIC LAZIO OPEN CALL ESA/ESTEC Regione LAZIO Agenzia Spaziale Italiana- ASI Agreement between ASI and ESA in order to jointly promote the technologytransfer activitiesin Italy and supportingthe activities connected to the ESA BIC Programme in Italy. RegioneLazio: new launch of ESA BIC Lazio Programme for 2013-2014 period, managed by BIC Lazio in the region.
Open Call ESA BIC Lazio 1/2 What Open call to support the launch and/or the start up of new businesses expolitingtechnology and know-how from space research in other industrial and commercial sectors of application. Who Addressed to aspiring entrepreneurs, young start-ups company; researchers, students encourgaed to create a spin-off company. How Much The funds provided by ESA and by ASI to support entrepreneurial projects are equal to 500k euro for the period 2013-2014. Up to 50k euro to one project for the costs linked to the new product/service development and for IPR management.
Open Call ESA BIC Lazio 2/2 WHERE The winner shall be starting the new co in the ITechIncubator managed by BIC Lazio, in TiburtinoTechnology Park, for a period of two years. Incubation servicesare included as office accommodation, tutoring, specialized advise, investor readiness and fund raising HOW The Open Call is available on the web sites of BIC Lazio (www.biclazio.it), ESA (www.esa.int) edasi (www.asi.int). The proposals shall be submitted trough email (esabic@biclazio.it) and through ordinary mail When The proposals can be submitted in every moment and four deadlines will be available in the year for the evaluation board (next one on 10th Feb2014)
Evaluation criteria Criteria Background and Experience Business Case Technology / Service Sub criteria Team composition and ownership structure, support entities, vision business idea, market, business model and finance Technical feasibility of the technology / service to be developed, Non-space benefit, intellectual Property strategy Activity Proposal Milestones /cost planning, work break down, Management, ESA s investment opportunity Formal Aspects Compliance with ESA General and Specific Requirements, Acceptance of tender conditions
The Incubation Path Technical, financial, entrepreneurial support Risk To working group to start-ups Exit Exit Value Stage 1 Innovative idea R&D activities Stage 2 Patents Prototypes Stage 3 First product realeses to be lunched Stage 4 First product sales Stage 5 Stable market Stage 6 Exit plan Company sale.. Pre-seed Seed Start up Expansion Preincubation Incubation
Services by phase Preincubation Feasibility study, business planning, work stations availability Entrepreneurial skills integration and partnership Technology transfer and optimization Market test and validation Seed capital Incubation Hosting and access to the offices Tutoring Local and international networking Specialized advice Support to access bank loans Relationship with Universities and Research Centres IT hosting, large fibre connection
MESSI HP -Monitoring Evolution with Soccer Satnav Innovation High Precision An innovative system for monitoring and tracking soccer playersduring trainings and competitions. Innovation and space related technologies are present into the shin guardthat includes a miniaturized GNSS receiver able to process RTCM differential correction. The MESSI prototype is currently using a GPS receiver.
WATERLAB SAT SYSTEM Biosensing Technologies The company has already developed a portable and user friendlylab, (EcoliInstrument)able to perform the microbiological analysesrequired by law on bathing marine area. Space relationship geo-positioning of the buoys exploitation of Earth Observation data from ESRIN correlation with biosensor data coming from the buoys
Thanks! r.giuliani@biclazio.it www.biclazio.it