Space incubators and accelerators worldwide

ESA business incubation centre for southern France — supports space-related startups through a consortium of regional incubators led by Aerospace Valley.

Aerospace and defence accelerator and venture firm — runs startup acceleration programmes (incl. BLAST) and invests in aerospace, space and defence startups.

Space innovation centre near Bordeaux backed by the region and ArianeGroup, Dassault and Thales — links research, start-ups and industry.

German space innovation centre — operates ESA BIC Bavaria and ESA BIC Northern Germany and runs the Galileo and Copernicus Masters competitions.

German space incubator and competence centre in Darmstadt — manages ESA BIC Hessen and ESA BIC Baden-Württemberg and acts as ESA technology broker.

ESA business incubation centre in Bremen — gives space startups from Bremen, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania funding and coaching.

Award-winning US Space Force-affiliated accelerator based at Catalyst Campus — supports dual-use space and defense tech startups with government access, mentorship and funding p…

Colorado Springs' premier innovation hub for defence and space tech — hosts the Catalyst Accelerator, BMC3I TAP Lab and 100+ companies serving the US Space Force and DoD ecosystem.

US startup accelerator programme by Techstars for space and dual-use startups, run with NASA JPL, the US Space Force and SpaceWERX.

ESA business incubation centre in Rome run by Lazio Innova with ESA and ASI — funds and incubates space startups for up to two years.

ESA Business Incubation Centre in Turin run by I3P with ASI, Politecnico di Torino and LINKS — supports space start-ups with funding and technical support.

Dutch ESA business incubation centre — two-year programme with funding and technical support for space startups, managed by SBIC Noordwijk.

Dutch space campus in Noordwijk next to ESA ESTEC — meeting place, office and facility hub for the national and international space sector.

Australia's leading deep-tech incubator and National Space Industry Hub — supports space startups through programs, specialised facilities and industry networks.

Austrian space incubator run by Science Park Graz — supports up to ten space-related startups a year with grants, coaching and ESA access.

Belgian ESA business incubation centre run with BeCentral, BELSPO and Novaspace — supports start-ups using space technology and data.

ESA Business Incubation Centre in Greece run by Corallia (Athena Research Center) — gives space start-ups non-equity funding plus technical, business and legal support; 32 start…

Indian spacetech accelerator in Bengaluru — runs cohort programmes and invests in early-stage space technology startups.

East Africa's leading hardware innovation hub and maker space — hosts space technology startups and satellite ground station projects as part of Kenya's growing space ecosystem.

ESA incubator accelerating space startups in the Barcelona / Catalonia region.

Swiss ESA Business Incubation Centre run with ETH Zurich — supports young Swiss spacetech startups with non-dilutive funding, coaching and networking.

UK space business incubator run by STFC with ESA and UKSA — supports space start-ups at Harwell, Edinburgh and Space Park Leicester hubs.