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RVO Facilitator

2025-04-15T10:52:20+02:00February 15th, 2025|Uncategorized|

The Aerospace Innovation Hub, located in Delft, is a community of aerospace related startups, academics, students, corporates, and industry professionals.

Our mission is to accelerate content driven innovation in aerospace in a community by facilitating the early entrepreneurial journey, offering a vast aerospace network, and access to a rich aerospace talent pool. We are attaining our mission by offering our members an active community through which they can develop their ideas into viable and scalable products.

The Aerospace Innovation Hub is an RVO recognised facilitator. By establishing a partnership (signed agreement), the Aerospace Innovation Hub can help a startup entrepreneur from outside of EU getting a residence permit. The agreement contains a tailor-made package of support depending on the specific needs of the startup entrepreneur.

If you are interested, please fill in this form.

More information about the residence permit can be found here.

Pre-seed funding and new office for Emergent Swarm Solutions!

2024-12-02T12:11:23+01:00December 2nd, 2024|Uncategorized|

We have two exciting updates to share from Emergent Swarm Solutions!

Emergent has secured its pre-seed funding! This investment marks a critical step in advancing their vision for scalable, platform independent autonomy and swarming technology.

The company has also relocated to a new office on the 12th floor of the Aerospace Innovation Hub. This upgraded space provides the room and resources needed to continue developing software for the next generation of unmanned systems. Exciting times lie ahead as the team is currently building a few new development drones!

Congratulations to the team on the fund and the new office!

Dawn Aerospace reaches new heights with the MK-II Aurora!

2024-12-02T12:13:06+01:00November 28th, 2024|Uncategorized|

The MK-II Aurora, a prototype spaceplane designed by TU Delft alumni Tobias Knop and Jeroen Wink, recently broke the sound barrier for the first time. Developed by their company Dawn Aerospace, the MK-II Aurora aims to revolutionize space travel with its reusable, runway-launched design.

Unlike traditional rockets, the Aurora combines rocket propulsion with aircraft-like versatility, capable of taking off from standard runways. During a test in New Zealand, the five-meter-long craft reached supersonic speeds at an altitude of 25 kilometers. Future plans include a larger version capable of delivering satellites into space and returning to Earth.

Congratulations to the team for reaching this milestone! We are excited to see what the future brings!

For information go here.

Revolv Space announces In-Orbit Demonstration mission of SARA

2024-12-02T12:13:54+01:00November 28th, 2024|Uncategorized|

Revolv Space announced that SARA, its space-qualified Solar Array Drive Assembly, has successfully completed integration and testing on DPhi Space’s Clustergate-1 platform and D-Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier.

This significant milestone marks a major step toward SARA’s first in-orbit demonstration, scheduled for the first half of 2025. Leveraging the robust capabilities of Clustergate-1, the mission will demonstrate SARA’s effectiveness in unlocking the power generation potential of SmallSats by deploying and autonomously orienting a solar array under space conditions.

Read the full press release here.

Arceon receives an investment!

2024-11-02T11:42:26+01:00November 2nd, 2024|Uncategorized|

Tenzing Alpha invests in material science startup Arceon, founded by TU Delft alumni, to support the development of their advanced materials for extreme environments.

Amsterdam, October 25, 2024 – Tenzing Alpha has invested in Arceon, an emerging leader in advanced engineering materials designed for extreme environments. The investment highlights Tenzing Alpha’s confidence in Arceon’s future potential as they develop groundbreaking technologies. A follow-on investment is also being considered to support Arceon’s next phase of growth.

Arceon’s technical strength lies in its team’s deep expertise in creating advanced materials for extreme and harsh environments, such as aerospace and high-performance industries. With Tenzing Alpha’s assistance, the company will focus on expanding its commercial capabilities, market reach, and operational efficiency to transform its technical success into a strong business presence.

About Arceon
Arceon specializes in creating advanced materials designed to withstand extreme environments. Their team is dedicated to pioneering technologies that address complex engineering challenges, setting the stage for future leadership in their sector.

About Tenzing Alpha
Tenzing Alpha is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage and high-growth companies. With a focus on providing both financial capital and strategic guidance, they aim to help promising startups like Arceon reach their full commercial potential and become industry leaders. 

 

DEMOday 2024!

2024-10-29T11:36:58+01:00October 29th, 2024|Uncategorized|

DEMOday 2024! 🚀

Last week we hosted our very first DEMOday and it was a huge success! Over 200 participants registered for a day filled with exciting events. We had a very diverse group of participants, consisting of industry professionals, TU Delft employees, government representatives, and students, not only from TU Delft, but als Rotterdam School of Management, Hogeschool van Amsterdam and InHolland! It was an awesome way of celebrating our fifth anniversary. 🎉

The Aerospace Innovation Hub’s DEMOday was all about innovation and connection! 🚀 We started strong with pitches from Team Tumbleweed, Ubotica Technologies, Emergent Swarm Solutions, ParaPy, Fiducial, VÆRIDION, and zepp.solutions. Next up, the innovation floor opened which created an inspiring space where even more (23 of 50!) entrepreneurs showcased their work and connected with participants. For those looking to dive deeper, the speed-date sessions offered a chance for one-on-one conversations. The day also featured an inspiring keynote on innovation by Maaike Zwart from Gemeente Delft and Robert van Tilborg from Airbus Defence and Space and was closed off with a networking drink. Take a look at the after movie to relive the highlights of the day or to see what you have missed!

 

A big thank you to all the entrepreneurs who showcased their work, to everyone who joined us, and to our sponsors for making it possible! Let’s keep innovating and building the future together! 🚀

This event was made possible by: Gemeente Delft, InnovationQuarter, Provincie Zuid-Holland, Nederlandse Lucht- en Ruimtevaartcentrum (NLR), TU Delft AE, and TU Delft Campus.

‘Kansen voor West’ Voucher Programme

2025-02-18T13:35:10+01:00September 23rd, 2024|Uncategorized|

As part of the ‘Kansen voor West’ programme, TU Delft Campus and residing field labs offer a variety of vouchers that grant access to knowledge, facilities and networks.

Whether you need advice, want to conduct a pilot project, or are considering setting up shop in Delft, there is a voucher that can help you move forward. The Aerospace Innovation Hub has one voucher possibility, the establishment voucher.

Establishment Voucher
This voucher refers to financial support for covering the rent of an SME that wishes to establish itself in one of the fieldlabs or innovation clusters on the TU Delft Campus. This subsidy amounts to a maximum of €15,000. The amount is subsidized at 50%.

TU Delft Field labs
In addition to  Aerospace Innovation Hub, The Green Village, VPdelta, RoboHouse, Smart Advanced Manufacturing XL, Mondai House of AI, and Delft on Internet of Things (DoIoT) are also participating.

Contact
Are you interested? Learn more about the voucher programme and contact us by sending an email to Jos van den Boom: j.c.j.vandenboom@tudelft.nl.

Examples
As of November 2024, Aerohauler has moved to the Aerospace Innovation Hub, and is now located at the 13th floor of the Aerospace Faculty!
As of February 2025, ICEE Space has moved to the Aerospace Innovation Hub and is now located at The Terminal!

These moves have been made possible by the ERDF Establishment Voucher.

                                                   

 

The first Demo Day of the Aerospace Innovation Hub!

2024-09-02T16:53:30+02:00September 2nd, 2024|Uncategorized|

The first Demo Day of the Aerospace Innovation Hub!

🚀 Exciting News! Join us for the Aerospace Innovation Hub’s first Demo Day on October 8, 2024, 12:00-18:00!🌟

Don’t miss a day filled with:
✨ Inspiring lectures
🤝 Rapid speed dates
💡 Diverse innovation floor
🥂 Networking drink
Whether you’re a student, expert, investor, or government official, this is your chance to connect and collaborate with innovative aerospace community!

📅 Save the date and register through the following links as soon as possible! This ensures you get the latest information while we get closer and stay tuned for more details!

Register as participant

Register as community member

OneSpaceHub to strengthen the entrepreneurial journey in the Dutch space ecosystem

2023-02-07T21:33:48+01:00February 8th, 2023|Uncategorized|

OneSpaceHub to strengthen the entrepreneurial journey in the Dutch space ecosystem

A new consortium of stakeholders within the Dutch space ecosystem is working together with the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland, RVO) to further exploit the potential of the space sector. With its winning proposal, the consortium has been awarded a two-year subsidy to roll out a campaign optimising the early stages of the entrepreneurial journey in the Dutch space sector, from idea to start-up and scale-up. Starting in 2023, the OneSpaceHub programme will expand and strengthen the network in the Netherlands to set out a trajectory geared towards excelling space related talent and entrepreneurship.

A national partnership

RVO’s One Single Hub programme focuses on partnerships of organisations such as incubators and accelerators as well as universities in the Netherlands that aim to improve facilities for innovative entrepreneurship. OneSpaceHub is a joint effort that was awarded a grant under this initiative. The project team led by NL Space Campus consists of Space Business Innovation Centre Noordwijk, University of Twente, PLNT Leiden Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Aerospace Innovation Hub @TU Delft, Hogeschool Inholland, Radboud University, and Leidse instrumentmakers School. The consortium will lay the foundation for a permanent national partnership where talents from provincial programmes and different educational levels flow towards a strong space-tech and data-driven ecosystem.

Boosting entrepreneurship

The space sector is growing rapidly on a global scale. With an increasing amount of technology transfers, commercialisation, and data driven solutions flowing to other industries, the space sector has gained importance for the wider economy.

Across the Netherlands there are various programmes in the field supporting entrepreneurship covering different aspects such as financing, valorisation, talent, and marketing. OneSpaceHub aims to make “a selection of excellent programmes” better aligned, more visible, and in particular broadly accessible. This will be achieved by bringing together the expertise coming from some of the best performing programmes in the most important early phases of entrepreneurship: education, activation, pre-incubation and incubation. To this end it will link, reinforce, and extend initiatives already in place to make this support accessible in the whole country. A uniform, efficient and accessible OneSpaceHub trajectory will be offered locally, hybrid (online and in-person), and eventually from every province to better facilitate and stimulate entrepreneurs along their growth path. The selection of complementary programmes will increase the chances of success for space related start-ups and scale-ups, and create an even bigger pull to attract new talent, ideas, business and knowhow. By connecting several local hotspots, entrepreneurs will have access to new collaborations and will be in a better position to grow, diversify, and reach new markets on a national and international scale.

The mission of OneSpaceHub is to better facilitate and stimulate the entrepreneurial journey from education and pre-incubation to start-up and scale-up and to generate more space related start-ups and scale-ups in the Netherlands.
Contact: Femke Verdegaal (ae-innovationhub@tudelft.nl)

EmbraerX opens office at the Aerospace Innovation Hub @TU Delft

2022-07-15T14:17:27+02:00July 15th, 2022|Uncategorized|

EmbraerX opens office at the Aerospace Innovation Hub @TU Delft

The Netherlands has been a core partner for Embraer’s efforts in the development of innovative and sustainable aviation technology. And now, EmbraerX, a disruptive innovation subsidiary of the Embraer Group, will also strengthen this collaborative journey by opening an office at the Aerospace Innovation Hub @TU Delft.

Embraer has identified the TU Delft Campus as a high potential ecosystem where innovation is accelerated and thrives. Specifically, the faculty of Aerospace Engineering and the Aerospace Innovation Hub are relevant for the Brazilian aviation giant. Opening an office for its disruptive innovation subsidiary EmbraerX is a logical step in the close collaboration that is needed to realise the innovation ambitions of the aviation industry.
“EmbraerX’s physical presence at the Aerospace Innovation Hub enables, amongst other possibilities, a way to accelerate new partnerships to co-explore the application of disruptive technologies for new businesses. Being here, we will be able to develop joint educational, research, and innovation projects that will create a vision for a greener future when it comes to mobility,” said Daniel Moczydlower, CEO of EmbraerX.

About EmbraerX

EmbraerX is a market accelerator committed to developing solutions that transform life’s experiences. This Embraer S.A. disruptive innovation subsidiary is based on Florida’s Space Coast in Melbourne, integrated with the Company’s engineering team in Brazil, and dedicated to collaborating with global innovation communities. The EmbraerX team of innovators, creators, thought-leaders, and designers combines human-centered design thinking with business-building and engineering expertise to tackle some of the biggest mobility problems facing humanity today. For more information, visit EmbraerX.com

Closing

At the Aerospace Innovation Hub, we believe collaboration on all levels is integral in creating innovation with impact in the aerospace industry. Our community members consist of startups, student teams, mature companies, and corporates. We are proud to be adding EmbraerX’ name to our list of corporate community members. By connecting industry experts with our young entrepreneurs, our research and student communities at the university, we hope to accelerate innovation to bring sustainable aviation closer to reality.