WHY INCUBATION & ACCELERATION?
Professional incubation and acceleration activities and programs are an irreplaceable part of every developed innovation and startup ecosystem. These programs serve as a unique vehicle for startups/founders and teams. It helps to bring substantial improvement in critical business areas. We specialise on fully fledged incubation and acceleration programs addressing mainly early stage startups and teams. Through our broad network and experience we can help also scale-ups. We prefer hands on and very practical approach. Based on our broad experience and track record from complex programs and various industries we know very well what works and what doesn’t. We design and deliver complex programs end to end. This differentiates us on the market.
MAIN EXPERTISE / DOMAINS:
Urban Innovation Smart City Mobility
Circular Economy Renewable Energy Sustainability
Digital Transition SAAS / Big Data Blockchain
Social Innovation Tech for Good NGO & Community
Inspired by 100+ incubation and acceleration programs realised globally in our Impact HUB Network. Based on our previous experience and best practices on the market we have localized our main programs to meet regional needs, local market conditions and maturity of the startups and organisations.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
Based on our experience and expertise we know what works and what doesn´t. We have designed and delivered 10 fully-fledged incubation or acceleration programs. Typically, it lasts from 2 to 4 months and consists of workshops, intensive trainings, business development and individual mentoring and business coaching. On top of that various networking and matchmaking sessions are provided. In one batch on average 20-25 startups proceed to final selection, 10-15 qualify to program, and 8-10 finish the whole program. Overall, we have accelerated hundreds of individuals, teams, founders, early-stage startups, social startups or newly founded ventures. Based on mutual agreement we can provide also individual, fully customised acceleration of startup or project.
ACCELERATING URBAN INNOVATION – UPLIFT
Our flagship program UPLIFT is the leading and most complex early stage startup acceleration program on the Slovak market. Developed and brought to the market together with CIVITTA Slovakia (Neulogy) with support from several partners. Uplift consist of professional workshops, networking sessions, business coaching sessions, expert mentorings, presentation events.
DRIVING IMPACT – IMPACT INCUBATOR
Before the launch of UPLIFT, we delivered three editions of IMPACT INCUBATOR with focus on acceleration of selected Social & Tech for Good startups and projects. Impact Incubator has gained very good reputation on the market and helped over 50 social startups and teams.
FOSTERING SOCIAL INNOVATION – TARGET
TARGET is a leading professional incubation program for social startups on the SVK market. Program is designed to improve and develop prospective social startups and ventures. Thanks to support from our strategic partners program has been fully or partially subsidized for selected ventures which met qualification criteria. We have designed already 3 editions NGO Target 2017, TARGET 2018 & 2019. By 2019 already 50+ projects participated and received support due to cooperation with Slovenská sporiteľna and Nadačný fond Telekom. Program emphasises SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) goals and link them with the local market and entities.
Would you like to become a partner of our incubation/acceleration programs? Or do you consider launching special acceleration program tailored for your company, industry or domain?
