Meet space startups at ESA’s Industry Space Days
This is an opportunity for startups to introduce themselves to other industry players of all sizes for potential collaboration,” said Jens Kauffmann, Head of ESA’s SME Section which organised the event. ESA BIC Village startups Startups pitching at ISD 2026 offer cutting-edge technologies and services in a range of areas in the upstream and downstream markets, or technology transfer.The ISD website lists all companies with a booth. It utilises advanced TIG-Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) to produce high-performance launcher subcomponents, large-scale structural metal parts, and lightweight pressure vessels optimised for space missions.“Joining an event like this brings us directly to the centre of the European space business ecosystem.
- ▪This is an opportunity for startups to introduce themselves to other industry players of all sizes for potential collaboration,” said Jens Kauffmann, Head of ESA’s SME Section which organised the event.
- ▪ESA BIC Village startups Startups pitching at ISD 2026 offer cutting-edge technologies and services in a range of areas in the upstream and downstream markets, or technology transfer.The ISD website lists all companies with a booth.
- ▪It utilises advanced TIG-Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing (WAAM) to produce high-performance launcher subcomponents, large-scale structural metal parts, and lightweight pressure vessels optimised for space missions.“Joining an event like thi
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Agency Meet space startups at ESA’s Industry Space Days 27/07/2026 47 views 0 likes ESA / About Us / Business with ESA Startup companies which have come up with brilliant ideas for using space will join the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Industry Space Days (ISD) event on 16–17 September at ESA-ESTEC in the Netherlands.Over two days Europe’s space industry will exchange ideas, showcase capabilities, discuss collaboration, and explore opportunities with ESA. ESA’s network of 40 Business Incubation Centres (BICs) in 23 European Participating States provides business support to more than 250 new space-based start-up companies each year.As part of this support, ESA has reserved dedicated booths in the ISD Exhibition Hall for 32 startups in an area called the ‘ESA BIC Village’.
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