HOW WE HELP STARTUPS
– FROM IDEA TO STARTUP TO MARKET
Wondering if your idea or your team is the next big thing? We provide the support you need to find out. We have a dedicated team of professional business, pitch and investment coaches who can guide you towards a successful company. We offer some of Sweden’s most well-renowned growth programs for tech and deep tech startups.
We have tailored the route to success for startup companies since 2001 and 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.
INCUBATION PROGRAMS
START
FROM IDEA TO SCALEUP
A 6-month incubation program to help people with passion and drive develop their ideas into sustainable businesses. It is also a network of co-working spaces where those ideas can start growing into the companies of the future, surrounded by other entrepreneurs who are also setting out on their journey.
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Who do we target? The program targets an early-stage startup. Either the startup only has one employee (founder) or there is a team, but the company needs support in a space to grow – at Ideon Science Park!
What does the program offer? We offer a way for you to form your idea and your team in a supportive setting. During this period, we help you form your value creation and to test your first business model. We start with the early validation of the idea. At this stage many are still struggling with managing work and building their business.
BUILD
BUILD YOUR STARTUP
A 9-month incubation program; 3 months of workshops, networking and peer to peer learning and 6 months of continuous development of you and your business.
In this program you will gain increased knowledge about business development, financing, and what is required to build business concepts and an organization.
GROW
GROW YOUR STARTUP
An adaptable incubation program for startups in the continuous phase after BUILD.
If you have developed your business further in one of our incubator programs or at another incubator, or have developed experience of running your business – then you are welcome to apply to GROW.
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Who do we target? The program targets a mature company who’ve been in a business incubator program before or have the equivalent experience of running a business. There is already an initial team, but the company needs support in a space to grow – at Ideon Science Park!
What does the program offer? Master classes on different topics related to growing your business Review meetings every 6 months Continuous CEO reports An assigned business coach Access to all business coaches with various expertise through our booking system Toolbox accessible for helping – description of verification grants, step program, workshops
SCALE
WE WANT TO MAKE THE NORDIC REGION LEADING NOT ONLY FOR STARTING, BUT ALSO SCALING UP BUSINESSES.
A program for companies in the continuous phase after GROW.
If you have developed your business further in one of our incubator programs or at another incubator, or have developed experience of running your business – then you are welcome to apply to SCALE.
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Who do we target? The program targets companies that have 10 million in venture capital and can manage on a runway of 12-18 months. The companies are facing strategic challenges and have a consolidated business model.
What does the program offer? We offer the possibility to attend larger events approximately 4 times per year. Based upon the clustered, common interests of the companies, we choose what events these could be. Examples are attending SLUSH, the world leading startup event and Web Summit, Europe’s biggest tech conference. These travels could either be self-financed by the companies or financed by the incubator – with an outcome with a higher value, and organized in a more efficient way when shared with a bigger group.
what you will get
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- We will introduce you to key stakeholders in our network – and you will meet and exchange ideas with companies in the start up 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 practising 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 cosy co-working space
APPLY TO OUR INCUBATION PROGRAMS
We are very happy that you want to join us! We would like to get to know you and your idea better.
Contact us if you need help with your application. We can assist you and answer your questions.
more startup support in the park
Lunds Nyföretagarcentrum
At LNC you get help testing your business idea and working out your business plan. When you come to your first meeting, it’s good if you have thought about the issues we are going to discuss. What you can not do we do together!
We also offer the Start-up crash course several times per year. Check out our calendar for upcoming dates.
LU Innovation
At LU Innovation we help researchers and students take their ideas, products, services or methods one step further.
Our aim and responsibility is to make research available to society and thereby contribute to growth.
Since 1999 we have invested in over 100 new research companies that together have generated more than 3 700 man-years employment and over SEK 1.2 billion in tax revenue.
Innovation Skåne
We provide professional business guidance across all sectors to entrepreneurs, innovators, researchers or anyone with great ideas and the ambition to build a strong, internationally minded enterprise.
Through our strong relations with Region Skåne, the largest healthcare provider in this region, we offer exclusive help to their innovative employees as well as to external business partners, who wish to develop and commercialize new healthcare products.
VentureCup
Venture Cup is the competition for the entrepreneurs of tomorrow.
It connects people with ideas with experts and the crowd, to ignite the creation of new businesses and empower the growth of Sweden. We are a nonprofit organization, and open to everyone who wants to test their business ideas.
Thanks to our financial partners, we each year donate 1, 2 million SEK to creative ideas with long-term sustainable growth and verified demand from customers.
VentureLab
The startup hub for students of Lund University!
VentureLab is Lund University’s collaborative space designed to stimulate entrepreneurship and to support students and graduates who want to start their own businesses.
Today, we meet more than 5000 students each year on our inspirational activities, receive more than 200 student ideas through idea & business meetings and provide a “home” for 40 to 50 companies each year in our incubator.
