20.01.2023Prometheus and askEarth join ESA BIC Switzerland

Two new UZH spin-offs join ESA BIC Switzerland, the Swiss Space Incubator!  

The UZH spin-offs askEarth and Prometheus Life Technologies were selected to join the Swiss Space Incubator ESA BIC Switzerland. This incubator boosts Swiss high-tech start-ups with a space connection by providing technical, business, and financial support in addition to networking and community-building possibilities. Congratulations to askEarth and Prometheus Life Technolgies!  

askEarth is making Earth observation insights available to the public. Simon Gruening, whose work is supported by a UZH Entrepreneur Fellowship, is working in the Remote Sensing Laboratories of the Department of Geography of the UZH to access satellite data via natural language processing. He is taking the role of CTO at askEarth.  

Prometheus Life Technologies works on the large-scale production of high-quality human tissue in microgravity to improve drug development, testing and regenerative medicine. The idea for this innovative and visionary project came from the UZH Space Hub members Oliver Ullrich and Cora Thiel. It resulted in a joint venture between the University of Zurich and Airbus Defence and Space, during which the production process was tested and validated twice on board of the International Space Station (ISS). Prometheus is located at the Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich.

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