ESA BIC North Rhine-Westphalia

Run by ESA BIC NRW.

ESA BIC NRW admits up to ten space and deeptech startups a year, with physical contact points in Aachen and Herten. Incubation runs to a maximum of two years — applicants pick 12, 18 or 24 months — and carries EUR 60,000 of funding per startup with no equity taken.

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

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

Format

in person

Cadence

quarterly

Location

Aachen, Germany

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

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Last verified 2026-09-05.