Funding is one of the most critical factors in the success of any startup. It provides the necessary resources to turn an idea into a viable business, and it is crucially needed to scale it up. In the lecture “From idea to start-up”, organized during the Blended Intensive Programm of the YTIC - the Young Talents International Conference - Dóra Marosvölgyi from the EIT Jumpstarter and Malgorzata Goraczek, project coordinator of the EIT HEI E.I.N.S. project, presented insights into EIT funding possibilities.
The lecture allowed the numerous international young talents to get an overview about EIT - the European Institute of Innovation & Technology, to understand how to join the EIT Community and how to get access to the wide range of EIT education, business creation and innovation EIT funding opportunities.
Jumpstarting new business ideas
After these insights into the wide EIT Community, the EIT Jumpstarter was presented. The EIT Jumpstarter is a unique EIT start-up program which aims to support idea-holders to turn their ideas into business. The program offers access to the broad and creative EIT community, advanced know-how, best-in-class expert trainers and mentors. It helps innovators and entrepreneurs to build a viable business model around their innovative product or service idea, validate it and if their business idea is proven to be sustainable, they are encouraged to register their company. The application deadline for this year's EIT Jumpstarter is 16th April 2023.
The lecture was part of the Blended Intensive Programm at the YTIC 2023 – Young Talents International Conference, which offers students and researchers a great space to share their ideas, projects, and research. It provides its participants interesting insights and talks about AI related topics and the opportunity to exchange their experiences and teaming up with other attendees during workshops. It is organized by FH-Prof. Dr. Alexander Adrowitzer, Academic Director of the Dual Master Program „Digital Innovation and Research“ at St. Pölten UAS, Austria, together with his master students.
The slides presented during the lecture are available online here.
