ESA BIC Sweden

At Uppsala Science Park, UIC operates the ESA BIC Sweden centre for space and deeptech founders, with incubation lasting up to 24 months and applications accepted at any time under a permanent open call. Incubatees receive EUR 50,000 for product development and IPR, 80 hours of technical support and access to ESA's portfolio of space-technology IP rights; the funding is a grant and takes no equity. Applicants must be Swedish and under five years old.

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

Not disclosed

Cadence

rolling

Location

Uppsala, Sweden

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://uic.se/program/esa-bic/ read 2026-09-06 — supports name, organization, city, country, country code, cheque amount, cheque currency, cheque note, equity pct, equity note, duration note, sectors, application url, website, status
• https://www.esa-bic.se/apply read 2026-09-06 — supports cheque amount, cheque currency, duration weeks, duration note, batch cadence, city, status
• https://www.esa-bic.se/about read 2026-09-06 — supports name, organization, duration note, city, status
• https://www.esa-bic.se/ read 2026-09-07 — supports contact email

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Last verified 2026-09-06.