Enlightra develops lasers to transmit data. They are 100x faster and are up to 10x more energy efficient than todays solutions. Providing a need solution to the $10 Billion data center market. Enlightra provides the core technology for multiple DARPA, European Space Agency and EU-funded research projects and is led by PhDs from EPFL and CU Boulder USA with 30 years of cumulative research experience.
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The Venture Leaders - the members of the Swiss national startup team- have a clear-cut goal. They envision themselves as global players and want to take the first step to their global expansion. The ten-day business development program is specifically structured to help them achieve this goal.
Together with partners, ESA BIC Switzerland is the place for entrepreneurs with a link to space technologies in order to realise their innovative ideas and transfer technologies from space to other areas of the economy. So, that doesn't mean rocket science, but applies to multiple application fields such as navigation and positioning, communications techniques, Earth observation, materials, processes, signals or robotics. So let's see how much space is hidden in your innovative business idea! The ESA Business Incubation Centre Switzerland (ESA BIC Switzerland) is a nationwide initiative that will officially open in Q4 2016 and is managed by ETH Zurich, in collaboration with IFJ, Impact Hub Zurich and AP Swiss.
Website:
www.enlightra.com/
Headquarter:
Lausanne
Foundation Date:
November 2021
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