CREATE YOUR SCIENCE-BASED VENTURE AT A DEDICATED DEEP TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE

The Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (SSE Riga) is a business school in Riga, Latvia, founded in 1994 and over the years has acquired a reputation as the leading business school in the region. You don’t have to go far from home to study in one of the best Business Schools in Europe.

"By providing an education that is competitive at the European level, SSE Riga gives talented Baltic students an opportunity staying “at home” rather than going abroad for studies. Otherwise, the most talented might leave the region and once they have done that, it will be difficult to lure them back," says Anders Paalzow, SSE Riga Rector.

The SSE Riga mission is to contribute to the competitiveness of the Baltic countries through education and research.

The Ljubljana University Incubator (LUI), established in 2004 at the initiative of the University of Ljubljana, is one of the leading centers for the support and development of innovative startups in Slovenia. It is primarily focused on assisting companies that are based on breakthrough technologies (deep tech) in areas such as healthcare, artificial intelligence, advanced use of raw materials, mobility, biology, chemistry, robotics, and many others; however, it also gladly supports other promising ideas and companies.

LUI offers comprehensive support from the early stages of development and assists in connecting with investors, providing access to workshops and mentorship. The entrepreneurial content that LUI regularly organizes creates an environment where researchers and entrepreneurs can learn from each other, exchange ideas, and find potential collaborators. In doing so, LUI practically helps in developing business models and finding funding, and ultimately provides entrepreneurs with a structured business environment for a successful start. This means that LUI serves not only as a space for the growth and development of new companies but also as a catalyst for the establishment of research startups.

It is important to emphasize that LUI's support is not limited to just the initial stages of the entrepreneurial journey but includes continuous assistance, which involves help with raising venture capital and grants. LUI is involved in numerous international projects, such as EIT Health, Digivitality, Urban Mobility, and EIT Raw Materials, and most importantly in the DeepTech Alliance, which further demonstrates its commitment to supporting companies from their early stages to expansion into international markets. Thus, LUI not only strengthens the local ecosystem but also contributes to the global progress in the field of deep tech innovations.

LUI members and alumni, including successful companies like Zemanta, Visionect, Recatalyst, OriginTrail, Doctrina, MESI, Eggo, Spektral, DivjaLABS, and others, are proof that with the right support, your business idea can succeed.

The University of Ljubljana is the oldest and largest higher education and scientific research institution in Slovenia, founded in 1919.Today, it is attended by around 40,000 students and employs more than 6,000 teachers, researchers, assistants, and professional and administrative staff at 23 faculties and three art academies. The main building, the academies and many faculties are located in the city centre. The newer university buildings are located on the outskirts of Ljubljana, giving the university and its students an old-world feel in the city.

The University of Ljubljana is renowned for its quality social and natural sciences and technical study programmes, structured in accordance with the Bologna Declaration. Our projects keep pace with the latest developments in the areas of arts, sciences and technology at home and abroad.

The University of Ljubljana has close ties with Slovenian companies and foreign enterprises. Our partners include multinational corporations and the most successful Slovenian companies. As we are fully aware of the importance of knowledge and skills in obtaining our own financial sources, we are increasingly developing our market oriented activities every year.

Innovations Hub (InHub) is a Polish startup hub focused on developing the pre-seed sector. We are building the Polish startup ecosystem by connecting mentors, experts, companies, corporations, public institutions and organizations. We specialize in the creation and development of startups (venture building) and support micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Our goal is to change global incubation practices, educate and support young entrepreneurs to enter the market with their own ideas.

At the Innovations Hub Foundation, we focus on the young. We believe that it is their minds that are full of extraordinary, often groundbreaking, ideas. What's more, it's young people who overwhelmingly declare that they can take risks and devote themselves to startup activity - taking a step that older people don't choose to take. We believe that by bringing together the best young innovators into interdisciplinary teams, providing them with experienced experts or mentors, as well as support from VC funds, we are able to effectively change the startup market in Poland and support their ideas in commercialization.