It is essential that all formal requirements —such as the existence of a connection to space— be met. But in addition to the legal requirements, the TEB board judges the startups mostly on their business case. This applies to the group, the market, etc. The Open Call documentation has all the selection criteria, though, as this is a fairly transparent process.
Additionally, we encourage the candidates to contact the ESA BIC managing team during the application process to solve queries before sending the proposal. A non-feedbacked proposal may be one of the main potential causes of failure.
