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🎉 Out of thousands of applications from across the globe, 7 extraordinary projects have been chosen as finalists for the Hello Tomorrow Challenge's Aerospace track, supported by Safran. The Aerospace track features startups advancing sustainable aviation and space exploration. Our finalists are building innovations in more sustainable propulsion, electric aircraft, advanced materials, satellite systems, space exploration, and autonomous technologies, all aimed at improving efficiency, connectivity, and sustainability in air and space travel. Meet the finalists: 🚀 Alpha Impulsion (🇫🇷) pioneers hybrid autophage rocket technology, where the launcher’s structure is entirely consumed as fuel, doubling performance while minimising space debris. ❄️ ColdXray (🇫🇮) develops efficient, durable graphene-based cold-cathode electron and X-ray sources, transforming space exploration, medical imaging, and industrial testing. 📡 connected (🇵🇹) utilises space technology to revolutionise connectivity for individuals and industries, delivering universal, standardised, and cost-effective narrowband IoT connectivity from space. ✈️ Dovetail Electric Aviation (🇦🇺) is leading regional aviation into a sustainable future by enabling operators to fly commercially viable, zero-emission, electric-powered aircraft. 🔋 Flux Aviation (🇬🇧) is developing ultra-high-performance electric motors and batteries to power next-generation electric aircraft. 🧪 FVMat (🇮🇱) bridges the gap in engineering potential by developing materials with transformative properties, integrating cutting-edge computational tools with advanced machine learning. 🤖 Phigi (🇫🇷) develops microrobots powered by sunlight that can self-assemble into various forms, such as shields, power or data lines, solar panels, antennas, and more. 🎟️ Join us on March 13-14 to know who will win the €100,000 check and will become the Grand Winner of the 2025 Hello Tomorrow Challenge! (link in comments)

🚀 The 2025 Deeptech Entrepreneurship Course kicked-off ! For the fourth consecutive year, we offer this very applied #deeptech Entrepreneurship course at ESCP Business School! Designed and co-created by Martin Kupp, Professor of entrepreneurship and strategy at ESCP and co-founder of Renaissance Fusion, and Vincent Galand, Adj. Professor at ESCP, this innovative course bridges science, technology and #entrepreneurship to tackle some of the world's most pressing challenges. Over the next 10 weeks, ESCP students will collaborate with deeptech entrepreneurs to address real business challenges in fields like #digitalhealth, #climateTech 🌍 #spaceTech & #advancedMaterials. Our students will work hand in hand with deeptech projects to help them cross the valley of death, identify and prioritise market opportunities, validate problem spaces and develop business models. This unique course is designed to empower the next generation of leaders with the tools and mindset to navigate the complexities of deeptech. 🎯 Participating startups this year and their visionary founders - Theremia: AI for inclusive healthcare with Iris Maréchal, CEO, Chloé Geoffroy, CTO and our bright former student Thaïs Bach - IROC / MedRoc: Transforming AI-powered drug discovery with Nolwenn Morris, PharmD and Emmanuel Federbusch, CTO - VRAI-Heart: Revolutionizing cardiovascular healthcare with Digital Twins, with Guilhem Maffre-Baugé, former Director at Bayer | Pharmaceuticals, Heni Cherni, PhD and CTO and Mohanad MAHFOUD, Cardiologist - Phigi: the autonomous micro robotic crew for space missions, by Rémy Tribhout - EO GPT: Transforming Earth Observation with Foundation Models, by Hugo Gonzalez - InSightCorr: Unlocking industrial data to tackle corrosion losses with AI, with Alex Makogon, PhD Student in Artificial Intelligence from CNRS - MemScreen: Assessing primary care patients with cognitive complaints (Alzheimer's) with Julien Dumurgier, Professor of Neurology from Greater Paris University Hospitals - AP-HP - EVA: The virtual reality creative workspace design system by Todd Lubart, Professor of Psychology at Paris Descartes 🤝 A huge thank you to our amazing partners & lecturers for making this possible: Université Paris Cité (Stanislas de Montlebert), TheSpaceBuilder (Hugo Gonzales and Fabio Mainolfi), Bpifrance (David Boujo), Hello Tomorrow (Vincent Durand, Arnaud de la Tour), Entrepreneur First (Donia Gharbi), CNRS Innovation (Thomas Ribeiro, PhD), SOSV (Benjamin Joffe), Matthieu Leclerc-Chalvet with Therapixel, and many others 🔍 Why this matters? Deeptech is where innovation meets impact. From accelerating drug development with #digitalbiology to pioneering climate resilience solutions, it has the power to reshape industries. As someone deeply engaged in digital health investments and collaborations with startups, I’m thrilled to bridge academia and industry through this course. Follow our journey and stay tuned 👀 as new exciting initiatives are coming :)

✨ TheSpaceBuilder est fier d’annoncer son partenariat stratégique avec le CNES ! Ce partenariat représente une étape clé pour dynamiser l’écosystème spatial français et favoriser l’émergence des entreprises spatiales de demain. 📍 La convention signée fixe un cadre de collaboration ambitieux autour des axes suivants : • Valorisation des actifs de Propriété Intellectuelle et des technologies développés par le CNES, • Synergies renforcées avec Connect by CNES, • Collaboration sur des projets à impact, notamment dans le cadre du développement opérationnel des projets du SCO | Space for Climate Observatory, • Expertise et accompagnement entrepreneurial pour soutenir des initiatives prometteuses, • Rapprochement entre la recherche et l’entrepreneuriat. ⭐ TheSpaceBuilder est honoré de contribuer, aux côtés du CNES, à l’émergence de projets et startups spatiales capables de relever les défis sociétaux et environnementaux. 🙏 Nous remercions chaleureusement Lionel Suchet, Jean-marc ASTORG, ainsi que les équipes du CNES et de Connect by CNES, pour leur confiance et leur engagement. Grâce à ce soutien, nous poursuivons notre mission pour un spatial durable et innovant. 👉 Plus d’informations : https://lnkd.in/encgZRxu #TechForGood #SpaceTech #SPACE4SDGS #Entrepreneurship #Sustainability #StartupStudio #VentureBuilder #ImpactInvesting #SociétéAMission Hugo Gonzalez Fabio Mainolfi

Retour sur la 3e édition du CXI Challenge, organisé par l' ESTA School et Namkin - BtoB Customer Experience. Merci au journal Letrois.info, Thibault Quartier, katyana soulie et Eva CHIBANE pour leur confiance et les conseils portés aux Estaliens. Merci aux étudiants des 3 groupes que j'ai pu suivre sur ces sujets com : investis, compétitifs, créatifs, touchants... ils ont prouvé qu'un ingénieur d'affaires peut s'emparer des enjeux propres à un média, et apporter des solutions totalement innovantes dans sa relation client ! Enfin, merci à tous les pros venus challenger les Estaliens durant ces deux jours : CATU - ARDEC INDUSTRIES - TRYBA - Hager Group - DEMGY - ODYSSEE Environnement | Traitement des eaux - Randstad Digital - Merck - Mabéo Industries - Phigi - TRINAPS #CXIChallenge #industrie40 #hackathon #innovation https://lnkd.in/ewrBsNe2

[CXI CHALLENGE] Aujourd'hui : coup d'envoi de la 3ème édition du CXI Challenge 💡 Une première journée riche en partage, innovation et co-création, marquée par : > Une conférence introductive de Nicolas Declercq pour plonger les étudiants dans les enjeux de l’expérience client ! > Le lancement des travaux de groupe, avec la présence des partenaires et experts pour accompagner et aiguiller les étudiants sur leurs problématiques > Des ateliers inspirants et moments de réseautage pour nos partenaires. La créativité et l’engagement que nous avons vus aujourd’hui promettent une deuxième journée tout aussi palpitante 🚀 Demain, place au dernier rush pour les étudiants de l'ESTA School, qui peaufineront leurs solutions avant de les présenter aux entreprises participantes. La journée se concluera par des pitchs ! Le défi ? Présenter et convaincre le jury de leur solution en seulement 3 minutes ⏱️ Un grand merci à tous les partenaires, étudiants et experts qui rendent cette aventure possible 💪 ESTA School - CATU - Unither Pharmaceuticals - ARDEC INDUSTRIES - TRYBA - Hager Group - DEMGY - ODYSSEE Environnement | Traitement des eaux - Randstad Digital - Technology & Strategy - Merck - Mabéo Industries - Letrois.info - Phigi - TRINAPS #CXIChallenge #estaschool #industrie40 #hackathon #evenement #innovation #industrie #b2b #btob #transformation #customerexperience #experienceclient #digitalisation #relationclient #businessmodel

[Retour sur...] ✨ Vous étiez présents les 26 & 27 septembre dernier au Micro & Nano Event, les rendez-vous B2B au coeur du salon Micronora à Besançon ? Revivez en chiffres et en images les temps forts de ces 2 journées dédiées aux entreprises innovantes : 👀 https://lnkd.in/dDXUdCdG 📝 95 participants de 10 pays différents pour 200 rendez-vous !!! 📽️ Sans oublier les vidéos de la session de pitch durant laquelle 16 organisations ont pu présenter leur projet innovant, leur recherche de partenaires... Un grand merci à tous les participants, les pitcheurs et nos partenaires qui ont fait de cet évènement une réussite ! #EENCanHelp #Innovation Association Micronora - Microtechniques et Précision CCI Bourgogne Franche-Comté Grand Besançon développement FRANCE HORLOGERIE UTINAM Besançon Laurent Volle Anne-Marie VIEUX

On the 18th of November I participated in the third EEN-Fraunhofer Space Community Get-together organizes by Fraunhofer AVIATION & SPACE at the #ECOMAT in Bremen on the eve of the #SpaceTechExpo 🚀 https://lnkd.in/eTuccuYs It was all about start-ups and entrepreneurship! I had a privilege to be selected to pitch QuantumPrime and to showcase our poster at which you could grab stickers also promoting Quantum Security and Defense Working Group which I inseparately also promote wherever I go! Other start-ups pitching were JELLYSPACE, KeplerKoord S.L., ANYFIELDS, Coher Sense, Lamb Space Tec, Phigi, Klepsydra Technologies, ORiS - Orbital Recharge in Space and Inpraise Systems. There was also an inspiring start-up keynote talk about bootstrapping space hardware business by Jan-Christian Meyer, Berlin Space Technologies GmbH, and another keynote by Damian Breu, Fraunhofer Venture, on their start-up support program. Thank you for this opportunity. The event was full of engaging conversations! Special shoutout to Nadya Ben Bekhti-Winkel, I appreciate your enthusiasm and support. There were also many friendly and well known Bremen space enthusiasts in the audience, shoutout to Inge Heydt, Sabrina Melchionna, Lars Kesseler, Thomas Koch and others that I might be forgetting or have not spotted. See you next year, as this is now tradition 🚀 🛰️ #quantumtech #space #newspace #entrepreneurship

Yesterday, we kicked off our week in Bremen with the third EEN-Fraunhofer Space Community Get-together at the #ECOMAT on the eve of the #SpaceTechExpo 🚀 We had a wonderful time with all the inspiring pitches from JELLYSPACE, QuantumPrime, KeplerKoord S.L., ANYFIELDS, Coher Sense, Lamb Space Tec, Phigi, Klepsydra Technologies, ORiS - Orbital Recharge in Space and Inpraise Systems, the keynote talks by Jan-Christian Meyer, Berlin Space Technologies GmbH, and Damian Breu, Fraunhofer Venture, as well as our contributors on the multi-faceted market square and the fruitful discussions. Thank you to all fellow space enthusiasts who joined us and contributed to the successful event full of engaging conversations and valuable connections! We’re already looking forward – as is good tradition – to next year’s event. EEN NRW / NRW.Europa Enterprise Europe Network (EEN) Niedersachsen Enterprise Europe Network Berlin-Brandenburg Enterprise Europe Network Bremen Berlin Brandenburg Aerospace Allianz BBAA e.V. Berlin Partner Unit for Mobility and Logistics  Johannes Böhmer Wolfgang Treinen Marielies Becker Ellen Horstmann Marcus Collier-Wright Thomas Loosen Nadya Ben Bekhti-Winkel Anne Drepper Leon Dehnhardt Carina Laßek David Butgereit Karina Görner