Bruno NaulaisEuropean Space Incubators Network Manager

European Space Agency

Technology Transfer Programme

How ESA can support new ideas and ventures.

SPACE TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN SPAIN: OPPORTUNITIES AND SUCCESS STORIES

16th September 2009 CDTI, C/Cid 4, Madrid

TTPO Lines of Business

Technology Transfer Network (TTN)

Broker network managed by MST Aerospace GmbH

• Germany (MST)• France (Nodal)• Italy (D'Appolonia)• Spain (INASMET Tecnalia)• UK (STFC)

SupportTransfer of Technology, Services and Applications

National TechnologyTransfer Initiatives

(NTTI)

•The Netherlands• Belgium• Finland• United Kingdom• Denmark• Ireland• Sweden• Norway• Portugal

ESA Technology Transfer

Open Call for feasibility studies

ESA Business IncubationCentres

• ESTEC (NL)• ESOC (D)• ESRIN (I)• Oberpfaffenhofen (D)

European Space Incubators Network

(ESINET)

ESA Investment Forum

Stella Growth Fund

Equity investment privileged partners

Open Call GSTP Prototype Development

ESA Bidders: Large industry, SMEs & Universities (>13000)Enterprise Europe Network EEN (+250)National Space AgenciesEuropean Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC)

EVCA, EBAN

TTP Lines of business vs Innovation ChainThe innovation chain covers all the stages to bring an idea fromthe conceptual stage to the commercial stage. The innovation chain as a plain model of the Technology Readiness Level (TRL).

ESA and its partners support all these stages

Business Incubation Centres

Noordwijk, Netherlands

Rome, Italy

Darmstadt, Germany

Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany

• Cost-advantagesAn incubator offers cost-advantages by sharing facilities and

overheads.

• Switching CentreAn incubator acts as a switching centre, linking people & resources

together.

• Accelerating By clustering access to support functions the incubatees do not need to

‘’shop around’’, accelerating the start-up process.

• Cross-fertilization An incubator is a place where cross-fertilization among incubatees is

stimulated.

ESA BIC Services: benefits

ESA BIC Services: ESA environment• Unique High Tech Environment

• ESA Expertise (>2000 Engineers & Scientists)

• Laboratories & Workshops

• International gateway to industry

• Spark-Funding

Start:• Entrepreneur• Business Idea• Technology

Graduation:• Team, Skills, Business routines• Business Plan & Investment Proposition• 1st Product & integration in distribution chain

Incubation Support:• Access to expertise• Access to services International• Access to entrepreneurial community Gateway• Access to equity investment

ESA BIC Services: overview

Background & Objectives

• Huge potential to create new business opportunities thanks to space technologies and satellite navigation and telecommunication systems (including GMES & GALILEO).

• SMEs are the main actors to convert innovative research & innovation ideas into successful commercial products, to create new jobs and boost the economy.

ESINET, an answer to this assessment: the leading network of incubators, coordinated by EBN, acting as

catalysts for the launch of new innovative companies capitalizing on space developments,

A new structure, the same vision

Benefits and services offered to ESINET members

1. Technical and Marketing Support for SMEs and start-ups

2. Access to finance 3. Networking 4. Events 5. Fast Track Access into EC & International

projects

5 ESINET members in Spain

BEAZ - BilbaoCEEI Aragon - ZaragozaBIC EuronovaParque Tecnologico de AndalucÍa - MalagaCEEI Burgos - BurgosBarcelonaActiva - Barcelona

And the winner is…..

Investment Forum 2010

Invitation to propose “investor ready” (mainly early stage) companies for participation in the ESA Investors Forums

2 events in 20101st investor forum in May 2010 in Stuttgart, 2nd in Milano in Fall.1st day = elevator pitch coaching; 2nd day = presentation to investors and face-to-face meetingOn-line application, followed by a selection process

Preparation of the forum through the Investment Readiness Programme: 3 days intensive training

EC DG ENTERPRISE New Initiative, with ESA and EGSA:

ENCADRE Project

EUROPEAN NETWORK OF SATNAV/SPACE CLUSTERS FOR APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT

Accelerate downstream marketForm joint business and financing opportunities

Build a consolidated view of industry and markets

General Secretary based in Sophia Antipolis

Help start-ups and SMEs to dare to become big

Man has always dreamed of reaching beyond the earth

Now space activities impact our everyday lives

Start-up examples from ESA Business Incubator:

Race in real time against your favorite pilots from your console or PC

Do you want to join?

Immersive Quiz Show Client Application

Immersive Quiz Show Production Tools Initial Client Prototype

innerTV : Immersive TV TechnologyinnerTV : Immersive TV Technology

• RIVOPS_video_M.wmv

Oberpfaffenhofen, GSOC

Remote Intuitive Visual Operations

MIRAMAP...finds Water where you do not need it

The era of Info Mobility will bring numerous uses of space systems in our day-to-day life …

Seamless multi-modal transportation

Support to personal navigation

Selective information about tourism, traffic,

Health monitoring of elderly people Etc …

LBS represents a sizeable industry, amounting to €9.9 billion worldwide and €3.32 billion in Europe by 2010.

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Visualizing sports on the Internet, on mobile devices and on displays

Solution to connect retail, cultural and tourism sectors with their consumers via a mobile device, inc. GNSS chip.

On-Board Telemetry

track & trace

Achievements at ESA BICs end 200850 alumni (49 from ESTEC) after 4.5 years OpsSuccess rate 90%180 FTE, €9m TurnOver, €18M equity investment

Space2Business: a realityLocation , Navigation

Tele-medécine

Monitoring

Cartography

Telecom, Data broadcasting

forecastTV broadcasting

Datation

Risk Management

“The space you need to bring your business off the ground”

Technology Transfer Programme

www.esa.int/ttpwww.esinet.eu bruno.naulais@esa.int