ESA announces winning startups at IAC

On 21 September 2022, ESA Director of Commercialisation, Industry and Procurement, Géraldine Naja, announced the winners of ESA’s Start-up competition. The winners were chosen from ten start-up companies which pitched their business to a jury of ESA experts, ESA partners, and investors at ESA’s Pavilion at the 73rd International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2022) in Paris.

The winners, SpaceSense for Earth observation, and Magdrive for space transportation, received a parabolic flight ticket as well as one hour of C-level mentoring from Géraldine Naja.

Hear what they have to say.