ESA BIC Belgium

ESA BIC Belgium incubates space and deeptech startups at BeCentral in Brussels for twelve to twenty-four months, and within that they also join the WeAreFounders programme for six months. Selected startups receive EUR 60,000 in funding that is stated to be equity-free.

Investment

€60,000 (Above Europe & C. Asia median $54.5k · Above global median $61.3k)

Equity taken

0% (Like 88% of Europe & C. Asia · Like 79% globally)

Duration

52 weeks (Longer than Europe & C. Asia median 26 wks · Longer than global median 20 wks)

Format

in person

Cadence

Not disclosed

Location

Brussels, Belgium

Sectors

• Space
• Deep Tech

How to apply

Official website

This programme has notes explaining its undisclosed figures, available in the full dataset.

Sources

Every figure above is taken from these pages, published by the programme or its parent organisation.

• https://www.becentral.org/programs/business-incubation-center read 2026-09-05 — supports name, organization, city, cheque amount, cheque currency, cheque note, equity pct, equity note, duration weeks, duration note, format, sectors, application url, website, status
• https://www.becentral.org/programs/we-are-founders read 2026-09-05 — supports duration note

Other accelerators in Brussels

• imec.istart Belgium
• MedTech Accelerator
• Start it @KBC
• StartLab.Brussels Build Track
• StartLab.Brussels Grow Track
• WeAreFounders

Last verified 2026-09-05.