How We Help Startups
From Idea to Market
Is Your Idea the Next Big Thing?
We will give you the support you need to find out. We have a dedicated team of professional business-, pitch- and investment coaches who will guide you towards a successful company.
We offer some of Sweden’s most well-renowned incubation and growth programs for tech and deep tech startups.
We have tailored the route to success for startup companies since 2001. Our passion lies in building value into your company so that it develops and grows faster than it would outside this creative environment.
Through our network, you can get access to investors and external experts and you will easily make connections with other tech and deeptech startups and companies in our community.
“We have grown alongside the incubator and Ideon Science Park. We participated in the incubator program for two years, which was incredibly valuable for us. We have greatly benefited from the network we built at Ideon.”
Stefan Borg, Co-founder & CEO SiB Solutions
THE TECH HUB
When you join Ideon, you also enter the Tech Hub – our entrepreneurial community and meeting place.
Here, you’ll work alongside other founders and get access to business developers, experts, mentors, investors, industry, researchers and partners. It’s a place to work, meet, learn, exchange experiences and make the connections that can move your company forward.
If you join our incubation program, BUILD, you’ll also have a dedicated business developer who works closely with you – challenging your thinking, helping you focus and connecting you with the right people and opportunities when you need them.
BUILD
Our business coaches will guide you through the process of launching your business.
In, BUILD, you will be guided over several months. You will be offered workshops with topics based on your needs.
All along the way, you will get to work with peers in guided group sessions.
Benefit from networking, peer-to-peer learning, and continuous development of you and your business. We’ll be there every step of the way.
GROW
Grow is a tailor-made incubation program for startups in the continuous phase after ‘Build’.
Take your company to new heights with ‘Grow’, our acceleration program designed to help you scale and achieve sustainable growth.
Get expert guidance from experts and industry leaders who can provide strategic advice and support. Keep expanding your network. Get tailored support based on your company’s specific needs and challenge, and learn effective scaling strategies to achieve sustainable growth.
SCALE
Scale is for companies ready for the next stage of growth.
Whether you’re continuing from our Grow programme, joining us from another incubator, or have built your company independently, Scale gives you the support, connections and opportunities to move forward.
We invite Scale companies to join selected international tech, startup and industry events – to meet potential customers, investors and partners, explore new markets and build valuable connections.
What You Will Get
✔ We will introduce you to key stakeholders in our network
✔ You will meet and exchange ideas with companies in the start-up tech hub and the Ideon Science Park
✔ You will get support from our engaged, dedicated, and passionate business developers
✔ You will be a part of an active network of entrepreneurs and partners
✔ We will support you in creating and practicing your pitch to both customers and investors
✔ We will help you find the right financing for your company
✔ We will put you in touch with external experts such as lawyers and IP firms
✔ You will get an office and access to a cozy co-working space – and coffee, naturally
More Start-Up Incubation Support
AMYNA Acceleration Program
The AMYNA Accelerator Program for Dual-Use Startups, Scaleups, and SMEs is part of the broader AMYNA Platform for Defense Innovation, powered by Ideon Science Park. In close collaboration with our ecosystem partners—including government, academia, industry, and investors—we offer a tailored acceleration program designed to help you kick-start and scale your dual-use solution.
To learn more, please contact Daniel Persson or read more here.
ESA BIC Sweden
Ideon Science Park is proud to be a part of ESA BIC Sweden, the incubator program for startups with a space connection!
European Space Agency Business Incubator Centre is the largest network of incubators supporting space related start-ups in Europe.
To learn more, please contact Leonie Blum or keep reading here.
EU SME Support
Free expert advice for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
On behalf of Vinnova and the Swedish Energy Agency, EU SME Support works to help more Swedish SMEs apply for and secure funding from EU programmes such as Horizon Europe, EIC, Eurostars, and the European Innovation Fund.
If your company has a unique, scalable idea with international potential, there are opportunities to apply for highly attractive funding for innovative projects.
To learn more, get in touch with Rickard Mosell or keep reading here.
Production Angels
Supporting startups going from prototype to production.
Production Angels is a project supporting startups and SMEs industrializing new products.
To learn more, please contact Marie Greco or read more here.
What is in it for me?
Listen to Liza, BUILD alumni, and Neal, business developer and pitch coach and see what they think:
More Start-Up Support
Lunds nyföretagarcentrum
At LNC (Support for new businesses in Lund) you get help testing your business idea and working out your business plan.
LU Innovation & LU Ventures
LU Innovation helps researchers and students explore and verify the potential of their ideas or research results. LU Ventures helps researchers build and finance research-based startups.
Innovation Skåne
Innovation Skåne has a unique mission to address the challenges faced by Region Skåne through the power of innovation. As a hub for innovation management, Innovation Skåne acts as a catalyst for innovation and development within Region Skåne.
Venture Cup
Venture Cup is the competition for the entrepreneurs of tomorrow, connecting people with ideas with experts and the crowd, to ignite the creation of new businesses and empower the growth of Sweden.
VentureLab by LU Innovation
VentureLab, is now the incubator of LU Innovation, a physical space for students and researcher-based startups.
