Deadline: 30 September 2023
Biotope believes in the power of diversity – since brilliant ideas can come from anywhere, their program is open to both local and international teams originating from either academia or industry.
This intensive, free (excluding travel & accommodation) program prepares you and your venture for the challenges ahead. The biotope basecamp offers selected teams the opportunity to gain valuable insights into the maturity of their team and technology, and into their market fit and business strategy through a 360° assessment. You will gain real clarity and expert feedback on what to focus on next in your venture’s development.
- refine your value proposition and identify your main challenges
- elevate your investor pitch
- connect with their extensive network
- learn more about IP and freedom to operate
- gain insights into biotech startup valuation and the financial and investor dimension of venture building
- familiarise yourself with different diluted and non-diluted startup funding options.
What makes the biotope incubator program unique?
- Biotope offers you not only skills training but also real lab and greenhouse infrastructure, aiming at technology maturation in a constant feedback loop with market and business input.
- Biotope is intrinsically human-centric. Yes, your business idea and its development in a viable company is key, but we allow you as a team to grow with it, focusing on your strengths and capacities as well.
- Biotope connects you to VIB scientific experts and provide access to state-of-the-art facilities to validate your technology.
- Biotope offers you early blended funding: a €300K convertible loan, potentially topped up with grant funding
- Biotope supports only a few startups per cohort (on average 3) to guarantee a personal growth path by really knowing and understanding the team, the technology, the trajectory ahead, and the business opportunity and challenges.
For more information, visit VIB.
