News

Stay up-to-date with the latest developments from the forefront of Poland’s space sector. Here you’ll find official news, key programme updates, and insightful stories from across the ESA BIC Poland community. From major funding rounds and groundbreaking technological milestones to new partnerships and the success stories of our alumni, this is where we share our collective journey. Dive in to explore the news shaping the future of space technology, right here in Poland.

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2025-09-30

ESA BIC Poland Bootcamp – Edition III: pre-incubation programme summary

The third edition of the ESA BIC Poland Bootcamp closed with a final event at the Rotunda PKO in Warsaw. Over the course of two weeks, 10 ambitious teams took part in an intensive pre-incubation programme designed to help transform bold space-related ideas into business-ready concepts.
2025-09-29

Protecting our waters with eyes in the sky

Mobile Monitoring has completed its incubation at ESA BIC Poland, developing an innovative system that combines satellites, drones, and smart buoys to monitor water quality.
2025-07-28

Open Call documentation update!

Attention, innovators! We’ve made crucial updates to the ESA BIC Poland Open Call documentation. For the upcoming deadline on October 10th, all submissions must use the new document templates to be considered. These changes include important new rules on company nationality, a strict non-military activities policy, and guidelines for reapplying. Please visit the Apply page to download the latest versions and ensure your application is compliant.
2025-06-20

Orbital Matter: Printing the Future of Space

Congratulations to Orbital Matter on successfully graduating from the ESA BIC Poland programme! During their incubation, the team transformed their concept for in-space manufacturing into a flight-ready 3D printer, secured a €1.1 million in pre-seed funding, and signed a pilot agreement with industry leader Thales Alenia Space. Now poised for their next stage of growth, Orbital Matter is focused on refining their flight model and moving closer to demonstrating their technology directly in orbit.
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2025-03-05

Liftero Prepares for the In-Orbit Test of its Propulsion System

Liftero is set to make history in March 2025 when its RED5 satellite, carrying Poland’s first domestically developed satellite propulsion system, launches aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-13 mission. The in-orbit test of the BOOSTER engine will mark a major milestone for the young Polish company and its rapid-developed, market-ready technology.
2025-02-10

Extremo Technologies Incubation Journey

Extremo Technologies has wrapped up its incubation at ESA BIC Poland with a breakthrough innovation — a microalgae-based bio-panel that captures CO₂, produces oxygen, and supports life in space. Building on research selected for Poland’s first technological mission to the ISS, the startup is advancing sustainable solutions that could shape both future space missions and Earth-based environments.
2025-01-27

Celebrating 2 Years of ESA BIC Poland: A Look at Our Achievements

As ESA BIC Poland marks its second anniversary, the program celebrates two years of empowering startups, fostering collaboration, and building Poland’s space innovation community. In that time, 12 startups have joined the incubation program, over €600,000 in support has been committed, and dozens of partnerships and events have strengthened the country’s growing space ecosystem.
2024-12-19

ESA BIC Poland Demo Day 2024 – Where Innovation Meets Opportunity

The first ESA BIC Poland Demo Day, held on December 9th, 2024, at Warsaw’s iconic Rotunda PKO, brought together space startups, investors, and industry leaders for a day of pitches, networking, and collaboration. Ten incubated startups showcased their innovations to 17 venture capital representatives, celebrated key partnerships, and explored new opportunities to accelerate Poland’s growing space ecosystem.
2024-11-21

Liftero’s Success Story at ESA BIC Poland

Liftero has completed its incubation at ESA BIC Poland, emerging as one of the country’s most promising space startups. In just over a year, the team transformed its BOOSTER propulsion system from concept to market-ready, secured major ESA funding, and prepared for its first in-orbit test on SpaceX’s Transporter-13 mission — positioning the company to become a key player in the rapidly growing space mobility market.
2024-11-20

Join us for the first ESA BIC Poland Demo Day!

Demo Day – event that brings together innovation, technology and entrepreneurship
2024-10-21

Astroteq.ai completes ESA BIC Poland Incubation Program

A journey of innovation and space-driven solutions
2024-08-28

WORKSHOP – “Tips for applying to ESA BIC Poland”

Join our online workshop to maximize your chances of success
2024-08-21

ESA BIC Poland at the European Rover Challenge 2024

ESA BIC Poland at the European Rover Challenge 2024: Join us for the Ask Me Anything session
2024-08-14

Liftero, one of ESA BIC Poland incubatees, will demonstrate its green propulsion in SpaceX’s Trensporter-13 in early 2025

ESA BIC Poland incubatee Liftero is poised to demonstrate its paradigm-shifting green propulsion system aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-13. This pivotal in-orbit validation challenges industry bottlenecks with a high-thrust, scalable solution, heralding a new age of agility and efficiency in satellite mobility.
2024-06-18

Unlocking Terrestrial Innovation with Cosmic Technology: Join ESA BIC Poland at SPACE.CONNECT.Local in Lublin

ESA BIC Poland is set to foster synergy between cosmic innovation and terrestrial industries at the SPACE.CONNECT.Local event in Lublin. This pivotal gathering offers businesses in Eastern Poland a prime opportunity to explore space-derived technologies and funding avenues. Our representative will be on hand to demystify the path to building a successful space-tech startup and forge new cross-sector collaborations.
2024-05-10

Forging the Future: ESA BIC Poland’s Second Bootcamp Cultivates Next-Generation Space Entrepreneurs

The second ESA BIC Poland Bootcamp has successfully concluded, preparing a new cohort of space entrepreneurs. The intensive programme guided ten teams through bespoke business workshops and mentoring, culminating in a dynamic Open Day. Participants refined their ventures and forged key connections, setting the stage for future Polish space-tech innovation.
2024-04-17

Communication

Change of Incentive scheme and update of Applicable Documents
2024-03-22

ESA BIC Bootcamp II – Open Day

On April 10, ESA BIC Poland is organizing an Open Day where you can meet our Partners and the finalists of the ESA BIC Poland Bootcamp!
2024-03-22

INNOspace Masters

Space up your Life – Innovations for a smarter Earth and Space
2024-03-05

ESA BIC Poland Bootcamp – II edition

ESA BIC Poland organizes a bootcamp preparing startups for incubation!
2024-01-18

1 YEAR of ESA BIC Poland

ESA BIC Poland celebrates one year of operation!
2023-12-18

Orbital Matter announces a pre-seed investment led by Sunfish Partners

Orbital Matter Secures Over €1 Million in Financing to Propel In-Space Manufacturing Innovation.
2023-11-13

SPACE.CONNECT: ESA Technology Transfer

The event will present selected innovations from the space sector that can help develop technology in your company
2023-10-02

ESA Technology Transfer Competition

Technology brokers announced a call with a prize pool of PLN 160,000
2023-10-02

NASA Space Apps Challenge

ESA BIC Poland is the Strategic Partner of the largest space hackathon in Poland – NASA Space Apps Challenge
2023-09-27

The first Incubation Contracts have been signed!

Six start-ups have signed the Incubation Agreement and are starting incubation within ESA BIC Poland
2023-09-14

DES Earth Observation Industry Day

Discover the power of satellite Earth observation, learn about space tech!
2023-09-04

European Rover Challenge 2023

ESA BIC Poland is a partner of the 9th edition of the European Rover Challenge
2023-08-02

WORKSHOP – “Tips for applying to ESA BIC Poland”

ESA BIC Poland organizes workshop to prepare for the application process
2023-06-23

Support in EO and cloud services

Startups incubated at ESA BIC Poland have extensive support in the field of EO and cloud services
2023-06-16

First start-ups selected!

After the first call, 6 startups were selected for the ESA Business Incubation Centre Poland
2023-04-11

How to submit the application?

Details on what, where, how and when to submit in the Permanent Open Call for ESA BIC Poland
2023-03-31

Bootcamp ESA BIC Poland – report

10 teams participated in a business workshop to prepare them to apply to ESA BIC Poland. The workshop concluded with Demo Day combined with an Open Day at ESA BIC Poland.
2023-03-14

ESA BIC Open Day

On March 22 and 23 ESA BIC Poland organizes an Open Day on which you can meet our partners and the ESA BIC Poland Bootcamp finalists!
2023-02-14

ESA BIC Poland Bootcamp

ESA BIC Poland organizes a bootcamp preparing startups for incubation!
2023-02-08

ESA BIC Poland – Catch the Star in Rzeszów

ESA BIC Poland – Catch the star in Rzeszów! Official opening of ESA BIC Poland in Rzeszów will take place on 23th February, 2023 in Rzeszów.
2023-01-23

Catch The Star – Call for ESA BIC Poland is open!

On January 18, the event opening call for the ESA BIC Poland incubator took place. This means that it is possible to submit applications to ESA BIC Poland. First deadline is April 14.
2022-12-13

ESA BIC Poland – Catch the Star

ESA BIC Poland – Catch the star! Official call opening of ESA BIC Poland will take place on January 18th, 2023 in Warsaw. Registration for the event is open.
2022-12-07

SAVE THE DATE – 18.01.2023

BREAKING NEWS
SAVE THE DATE! Official call opening of ESA BIC Poland will take place on January 18th, 2023 in Warsaw.
2022-10-28

Contract for the establishment of Business Incubation Centre of European Space Agency in Poland signed

On 28th October, 2022, European Space Agency (ESA) and Industrial Development Agency JSC (Agencja Rozwoju Przemysłu S.A.) signed a contract establishing ESA BIC Poland.