INNOVATION

ZONE

PROGRAM

Startup Booster Poland – Smart UP

About the acceleration programme

INNOVATION ZONE is an acceleration programme which aims to enable startups to develop their businesses, through cooperation with recipient of technology, investors, as well as domestic and foreign partners of the Entrepreneurial Poland Foundation ecosystem.

The project is dedicated to young, innovative technology startups (operating on the market for up to 5 years) with the potential for dynamic development.

ACCELERATION PATHS

Startups participating in the project, can take part
in one of the 4 acceleration paths:

Industry acceleration with the recipient of technology

Investor acceleration
with a VC fund

Go Global
acceleration

Sector-agnostic
acceleration

As part of the project, startups will receive financial support in the form of a grant of up to PLN 400,000, consultations provided by the best domestic and foreign experts, training support and the possibility of scaling the business on a global level.

The planned result is to achieve implementation, startups’ investment readiness and entering foreign markets.

The funds come from the European Funds for a Modern Economy (FENG) program; Environment supporting innovation – 2.28 Startup Booster Poland program.

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Project value: PLN 14,727,964.15
Amount of contribution from the European Funds: PLN 14,118,451.32

business partners

foreign partners

recruitment processes

favoured specialization paths: food tech, ICT and creative industry

acceleration paths

400

Up to PLN 400,000 of the grant value

months of acceleration

As part of the Program you gain:

Access to the startup acceleration program

Grant of up to PLN 400,000

Consultations with our business partners, including recipients of technology and investors

Possibility to present your idea to investment funds and obtain higher capital

Activities within individual rounds are tailored
to specific acceleration paths

The aim of the startup’s participation in the industry acceleration will be to achieve implementation readiness by establishing cooperation with the selected recipient of technology. During the acceleration, startups will work on implementing the solution in the partner’s companies.

The maximum grant value to be obtained in the industry acceleration path: PLN 400,000

The purpose of the startup’s participation in the investor acceleration will be to build investment readiness in order to obtain capital from the investor.

The maximum grant value to be obtained in the investor acceleration path: PLN 400,000.

The purpose of the startup’s participation in the Go Global acceleration is to prepare for the introduction of startups’ products to foreign markets and support in acquiring foreign contractors.

The maximum grant value to be obtained in the Go Global acceleration path: PLN 400,000.

The purpose of the startup’s participation in the agnostic acceleration will be the development of the project proposed by the startup, without the mandatory participation of the technology recipient or investor.

The maximum grant value to be obtained in the sector-agnostic acceleration path: PLN 200 000