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Student propels start-up into orbit with European Space Agency
Mathieu Mérian, a student in the SKEMA Business School Global BBA programme on the Sophia Antipolis campus, develops printed exoskeletons using 3D printers with his start-up My3D. In November, the company which is incubated at SKEMA’s incubator-accelerator SKEMA Ventures, was selected to join a support programme run by ESA BIC Sud France, a European Space Agency initiative.
If someone had told him that one day his project would interest the prestigious European Space Agency, Mathieu Mérian would probably not have believed them. In November, My3D, the start-up that he co-founded and that develops printed exoskeletons using 3D printers, was chosen to join the companies incubated by ESA BIC Sud France, which has already supported 130 businesses in the space sector and its sectors of application.
"We realised that a connection with the space sector was possible"
The aim of this initiative is to foster the creation and development of companies that are founded on technology transfer. "We realised that a connection with the space sector was entirely possible by proposing an exoskeleton intended for extra-vehicular activity in Space as well as an exoskeleton designed to enable astronauts to reduce their loss of muscle mass", says Mathieu Mérian, CEO and founder of My3D and Global BBA student.
Exoskeletons manufactured from recycled materials
Mathieu Mérian's first goal is to manufacture exoskeletons for people who are unable to move; however, this stratospheric opportunity gives the student new possibilities in a booming sector. "It is an honour for us to be given such opportunities, so we owe a huge thank you to ESA BIC Sud France! This partnership really throws open the doors to the space sector by giving us the possibility of becoming part of the space programmes that will shape the future world", says Mathieu Mérian enthusiastically.
