Tech2Market - Call for participation
Tech2Market is an acceleration programme that aims to facilitate the process of successfully transferring deeptech R&D results to the market in the manufacturing industry.
Tech2Market is a program co-financed by EIT Manufacturing, Coordinated by INESC TEC (Portugal) and co-organized by BGI (Portugal), CleanTech Bulgaria (Bulgaria), MADE (Italy), Buildit (Latvia), and Łukasiewicz-PIAP (Poland).
The accelerator provides to the startups:
Acceleration Phase I
- 1 Bootcamp with expert coaching
Training and Workshops (40 Hours) covering the following topics; Fundraising, Business Modeling, Markets and Marketing, Sales and Distribution, Human Resource, Legal and Regulations , Intellectual Property, Preparing Go-to-market strategy
Pitch Clinics (30 Hours) - practice sessions with expert feedback and peer reviews
1 Demo day - Pitch to Investors, Clients and the General public
Acceleration Phase II
Investment of 300k€ to fund 10 startups
8 Weekly training and meetups focusing on cohort needs
Business Development support
20 1:1 Meetings with Investors, clients and/or other key opinion leaders. Depending on the specific needs of the startup
8 Weeks of Mentorship Weekly
Meetings with a mentor
Completed Go-to-Market Plan
Completed Pitch Deck
1 Bootcamp with expert coaching
Training and Workshops (20 Hours) covering the following topics; Sales and Distribution, Investment, Fund Raising
Pitch Clinics (5 Hours) - practice sessions with expert feedback and peer reviews
1 Demo day - Pitch to Investors, Clients and the General public
You will be able to attend the trainings online or by joining a physical location in Portugal (Porto), Bulgaria (Sofia), Italy (Milan), Poland (Warsaw) and Latvia (Riga).
Who can apply?
Entrepreneurial teams with strong commitment to incorporate the business
Startups with less than 5 years with revenue < €2.5M
Need of considerable human and financial resources to achieve full commercialization.
With a working MPV in one of 4 verticals:
Flexible Production Systems for Competitive Manufacturing
Low Environmental Footprint Systems & Circular Economy for Green Manufacturing
Digital & Collaborative Solutions for Innovative Manufacturing Ecosystems
Human-machine co-working for socially sustainable manufacturing
When?
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Contact:
Cristina Guimarães
Centre for Innovation, Technology and Entrepreneurship @INESC TEC
cristina.m.guimaraes@inesctec.pt