The European Space Incubator Initiative:

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• The European Space Incubator Initiative
• Member of the pan-European network
• 16 January 2003
• Dr. Pierre Brisson
• Head of Technology Transfer,
• Promotion Assessment Office

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• The European Space Incubator (Network)

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• Deal Flow
• Space Technology Transfer
• portfolio of over 450 space technologies
  available for transfer and licensing.
• Applications of
• Existing space systems such as ERS, ENVISAT,
  GNSS, Satcoms,
• ESA and EC common strategy for space (Nov. 2000),
  which will offer market-oriented programmes
  Galileo, GMES.
• Space Hardware/Software (as far as no competition
  to existing Space Industry is identified), Ground
  Segment.

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• Consequences
• More and more opportunities are given to
  entrepreneurs to innovate and create their own
  companies which utilize space-related technology
  / space systems for their products and services
• Space as Business

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• Opportunities! BUT
• from Idea to Start-Up Company
• a tough challenge
• Investors difficult to convince in space
  technology related products and services
• a business for large players
• long time-to-market
• niche market
• Terrestrial competition in Telecoms
• Seed capital difficult to raise European SMEs
  paradox
• ACTIONS NEEDED

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• Proactive role of ESA
• Technology Transfer Programme (ESA/TTP) Seed
  Money and Supports to spin-offs
• Telecom (ARTES) Opportunities for Start-Ups,
  20-25M, up to 300K seed money per project
• Earth Observation Market Development 4M/Y

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• Prolonging ESA
• pro-active actions
• ESINET and ESI
• Provide entrepreneurs, innovative start-ups,
  Technology Transfer spin-offs and spin-ins, and
  early stage new businesses, with operational
  services and know-how in Business Incubation
  Centers, spread out in Europe, organized in a
  Network ESINET.
• Develop a pilot project, One element of ESINET
  the European Space Incubator, ESI, to be located
  in the Space Business Park near ESTEC in NL
  (initially located on the ESTEC site while
  offices buildings are developed).

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• ESINET
• A network of space related incubators able to
  link existing national and regional incubators in
  the ESA Member States Canada EU Countries
  EU Candidate Members States, supported by EC.
• Allow to share good practice and high value
  services, to expand geographic coverage, to
  access to non-space markets, and to
  cross-fertilise with other incubatees of ESINET

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• ESI Internal Operations
• Graduations Stages and Timing Investments

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ESI Business Model
New Incubatees
Operates incubator - High level policy, a/o
entrance policy - Decide on provide services to
tenants - Provide and operate location etc - ESI
PR Marketing
ESI Initiative Team Clients
ESI Team BN Financial Marketing a team of
PMs (4/5)
Provide Proposals
External Services
to Incubatees hosted in ESI
Outsourcing
PR Marketing
ESA Fund

• Asks for Services to clients
• Provide Management information

ESI Management BV
LBPB BN ext. experts
ESI Fund BV
LB (TNO)
Advice on monitoring of portfolio
Operational Management of ESI fund
Decide on provide funding
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• Recap
• ESA Programmes are perfect illustrations of
  strong support given to technology transfer
  spin-off and to space systems applications
  (pre-seed money, support, sourcing), resulting in
  many success stories.
• ESI will prolong these actions as far as
  Start-Ups creations are considered.
• ESI itself, for Nursery and green house
  functions, will need about 6,000 sqm by 2007, and
  about 2,000 by end 2004.
• More square meters needed for a business park.