# ESA BIC Czech Republic

> ESA BIC Czech Republic is a VC fund in Prague backing Information Technology and Aerospace. See 49 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Prague, Czech Republic
- Total investments: 49
- Last investment: Aug 2025
- Lead investor: 65%
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/esa-bic-czech-republic/
- Website: https://x.com/ESABICcz
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ESABICcz

ESA BIC Czech Republic is a business incubator which supports and develops technologically progressive startups that use space technologies.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Grant | $54k–$59k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 16 | 33% |
| Aerospace | 10 | 20% |
| Satellite Communication | 9 | 18% |
| Software | 7 | 14% |
| Manufacturing | 7 | 14% |

86 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 42 | 86% |
| Seed | 6 | 12% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 2% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Czech Republic | 44 | 90% |
| Slovakia (Slovak Republic) | 2 | 4% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 2% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kacadu | Kacadu is a research-driven design and architecture firm that specializes in material systems and computational fabrication. | $58.3K | Grant | Aug 18, 2025 |  |
| Volteek Solutions | Volteek Solutions specializes in developing battery control technology aimed at enhancing the safety and performance of battery systems. |  | Grant | Aug 06, 2025 |  |
| Hikade Technologies | Hikade Technologies is a firm focused on the research and development of cutting-edge technologies. |  | Grant | Jul 09, 2025 |  |
| AdvaScope | Advascope is an equipment manufacturing company that manufactures and sells detection systems for electron microscopes. |  | Grant | Nov 07, 2024 |  |
| Mapotic | Mapotic launched in 2018 as a community maps portal, where users from +40 countries have created thousands of collaborative mapping projects. Technology emerged from building the service powers number of commercial solutions including the largest global Shark Tracker (USA) as well as the most popular travel apps in the Czech Republic, both are usedby millions of users. During the Covid-19 pandemia, the community portal served to launch facemasks projects in +10 countries and helped millions of people.Having meaningful projects and communities in mind, the company is gradually evolving into a global provider of B2B solutions for those who want to process, visualise, or acquire data in a location context. Typical use cases cover segments of wildlife tracking, travel, and tourism, IoT telemetry, and governance. Main benefits: # Cloud by nature - fast to deploy and easy to integrate online solutions # Dynamic data ready - connectivity and ongoing processing of any location data sources # Costs effective - enormous time & budgets savings on data harvesting and data parsing # Community proven - proven by communities from +40 countries | $54K | Grant | Dec 12, 2023 |  |
| 3LRobotics | We build and operate automated drone heliports and parcel transportation systems for parcel delivery services operated by drones. We provide solutions for homeowners, office complex, hospitals, and other communities to receive parcels from all kinds of drones. Our drone heliports offer secure, convenient and precision landing for all types ofdelivery drones. | $54K | Grant | Dec 12, 2023 |  |
| Betrian Group | Betrian Group is a firm that develops AI-enabled devices and interactive terminals designed to help businesses achieve growth and expansion. | $54K | Grant | Dec 12, 2023 |  |
| Dartsat | Dartsat is a developer of a satellite ground station system aimed at streamlining and improving ground-segment operations. | $54K | Grant | Dec 12, 2023 |  |
| AerialComm | AerialComm is an aerospace manufacturing company that offers communication by transmitting signals under any geographical conditions. | $54K | Grant | Dec 12, 2023 |  |
| UDX | UDX has developed a two-passenger electric drone designed to make air travel more accessible. | $54.4K | Grant | Dec 02, 2023 |  |

10 of 49 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CzechInvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/czechinvest) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Prague Startup Centre](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prague-startup-centre) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Lighthouse Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lighthouse-ventures-6458) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does ESA BIC Czech Republic invest in?

ESA BIC Czech Republic invests primarily in Information Technology, Aerospace and Satellite Communication startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 49 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Czech Republic. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is ESA BIC Czech Republic's check size?

ESA BIC Czech Republic typically joins rounds of $54k–$59k at Grant. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds ESA BIC Czech Republic participates in.

### When did ESA BIC Czech Republic last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for ESA BIC Czech Republic closed in Aug 2025. Shizune tracks 49 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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