ESA BIC Northern Germany

Applicants to this Bremen incubator choose their own length — 12, 18 or 24 months — and receive EUR 50,000 of incubation support for operating expenses, half from the European Space Agency and half matched from national funding. No equity is taken, though reporting obligations apply. The focus is space alongside AI, mobility, medtech and robotics.

Investment

€50,000 (At Europe & C. Asia median $54.5k · Below global median $61.3k)

Equity taken

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

Duration

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

Format

in person

Cadence

quarterly

Location

Bremen, Germany

Sectors

• Space
• AI & ML
• Mobility
• MedTech
• Robotics

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://esa-bic.de/ng/ read 2026-09-05 — supports name, organization, city, duration weeks, duration note, format, sectors, application url, website, status, contact email
• https://esa-bic.de/faq/ read 2026-09-05 — supports cheque amount, cheque currency, cheque note, equity pct, equity note, duration weeks, duration note
• https://esa-bic.de/nrw/ read 2026-09-05 — supports batch cadence

Other accelerators in Bremen

• Open Innovation Cycle by Starthaus
• Starthaus Coachingprogramm

Last verified 2026-09-05.