BLAST is a result of:
A strengthened partnership between Starburst, the unique and global aerospace, space, and defence expert in innovation and start-up growth, École Polytechnique, a world-renowned centre of excellence in research, innovation, and business, and ONERA, the French aerospace lab.
A continuous and active support from the French National Space Agency - Connect by CNES, the Defence Innovation Agency, and the Île-de-France Region.
The commitment of sponsors, including Avio France and Eutelsat, to drive innovation further and support young entrepreneurs on their path to success.
About Starburst.
Starburst is the world's leading aerospace and defense accelerator. Its mission is to connect public and private companies in the sector with the most innovative startups on the market while providing them with strategic consulting services. With offices in Los Angeles, Paris, Munich, Madrid, Singapore, Seoul, Tel Aviv and D.C. Washington, the team has built an ecosystem of key players in the aerospace and defense industry, including more than 15,000 startups in its network. Every year, Starburst organizes numerous international and national events that bring together all the innovators in the aerospace and defense industry. Starburst also honors startups and innovative research projects at international air shows.
More information: starburst.aero | @starburstaero
About Ecole polytechnique and X-UP.
Widely internationalized (40% of its students, 40% of its teaching staff), Ecole Polytechnique combines research, teaching, and innovation at the highest scientific and technological level. Its education promotes a culture of excellence with a strong focus on science, open to a great humanist tradition.
Through its range of training programs ,the École Polytechnique trains decision-makers with a strong multidisciplinary scientific culture by exposing them to both the world of research and that of business. With its 23 laboratories the X research center works at the frontiers of knowledge on major interdisciplinary scientific, technological and societal issues. École Polytechnique is a founding member of the Institut Polytechnique de Paris.
Located at the entrance to the campus, the X-Novation Center is the hub of innovation and entrepreneurship at Ecole polytechnique.
- It was created in 2015 and covers 5000m2, including 1000m2 of X-FAB, the prototyping space and 2000m2 dedicated to X-UP, the incubator.
X Novation Center supports each stage of the innovation continuum by:
- raising awareness of students about innovation through learning-by-doing,
- acculturating researchers to the challenges of business creation and supporting them upstream of their project,
- incubating 50 early-stage technological start-ups with programs adapted to their maturity and needs,
- connecting innovative players within the Ecole polytechnique and IP Paris ecosystem (interdisciplinary center, research chairs, corporates…).
More information: polytechnique.edu/novationcenter | @Polytechnique
About ONERA.
ONERA, a central player in aeronautics and space research, employs about 2,000 people. Under the supervision of the Ministry of the Armed Forces, it has a budget of 237 million euros, more than half of which comes from commercial contracts. As a state expert, ONERA prepares the defense of tomorrow, responds to the aeronautics and space challenges of the future, and contributes to the competitiveness of the aerospace industry. It masters all disciplines and technologies in the field. All the major civil and military aerospace programs in France and Europe carry part of ONERA's DNA: Ariane, Airbus, Falcon, Rafale, missiles, helicopters, engines, radars... Internationally recognized and often awarded, its researchers train many PhD students.
More information: onera.fr/en | @onera_fr
They support BLAST.
Joining BLAST allows you to access all the startups and projects of our ecosystem, to implement new ways of innovating inside your company, to go ahead of new market trends and to build the future of the French ASD.
BLAST is funded by public and industrial actors, at the forefront of the development of Deeptech ASD technologies.
"BLAST plays a very important role in the community as it is one of the most proven tools with a significant number of companies having already raised funds! There's a know-how with BLAST and we're very proud to be a partner and renew it for another year." - Philippe Baptiste, ex-Chairman and CEO of CNES.
Interested in joining our program? Send us an email at: blast@starburst.aero.
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