ESA BIC Greece (European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre Greece) is the Business Incubator of ESA in Greece. The incubator’s primary goal is to strengthen the Greek space ecosystem with the intro-duction of five new successful space-related startups every year. The incubated startups either exploit space technology in non-space mar-kets (spin-off) or become suppliers to the space sector (spin-in). ESA BIC Greece is part of the largest space innovation network in the world. It offers a comprehensive support package with business coaching, technical expertise, networking, access to funding, and legal advice perks to support startups in accelerating their business and technology development. ESA BIC Greece is not only essential for supporting entrepreneurs and startups from the development of a business idea to full commercialisation, but also underpins the creation, growth, and strengthening of the space cluster in Greece. The incubator contributes to the national innovation and space strategies, encourages further uptake of space-based services, supports the transfer of technologies from or to the space sec-tor, and creates jobs and economic growth. ESA BIC Greece is operated by Corallia, a unit of Research Centre Athena, with the support of the Greek Ministry of Digital Governance and more than 70 other organisations that have identified the creation of ESA BIC Greece as a key element in the development plan of the Greek Space Industry.
