Activity

Activity A, D, C

Activity A

The aim of this meta-activity is to help increase the added value in the deep-tech entrepreneurship sector that will support deep-tech startups to improve their funding capabilities through public procurements and provisions incorporated into, amongst others, authorization contracts signed by the government with private investors.

The sub-activities of this project activity concentrate on service capacity building for the D-Tech Staff to help it acquire assets required like running a vertical incubator, prototyping facility, becoming familiar with essential aspects related to operating and maintaining infrastructures that aim to facilitate operations of deep-tech startups, helping them getting access to investors, etc. There are 3 important components that form the main tasks to take place as part of its scope:

Establishment of a common understanding, a common framework and a common ‘language’:
- A.1: State-of-the-Art Research in Deep-Tech Incubators
- A.2: Recommendation Report preparation
approach for the services under sub-activities
- A.3: for ‘Staff Capacity Building: Training and Peer Learning’
- A.4: regarding ‘Investor Capacity Building: Training and Peer-Learning Services’.
Bringing in new know-how from the best practices in EU countries through participation in 2 study visits under the sub-activity
- A.5: International Study Visits

ACTIVITY C

Incubation Centre for Deep-Tech Start-ups

The programme will deliver tailor-made support for 50 selected start-ups in accordance with the maturity level and needs of the start-up. The programme will be structured around a work-at-your-own-pace approach; the phases will not have straight timeframes.

The final design of the incubation programme to be implemented will be determined together with the Ege Teknopark and project partners.

Ege D-Tech Incubation programme will include support and services in the subjects of analysis of the capability of startups, product development, marketing, and fundraising.

The services will be delivered mainly through the dedicated mentoring methodology.

Ege Teknopark and EGIAD will support the incubation programme with their intensive network and angel investor capacity. Within the scope of the programme, the selected startups will be introduced to local, nation-wide, and international investors.

The call for the program is planned to be opened in August 2023.

Objective:

To implement all four phases of the incubation program, accompanied with the necessary opening and support measures

ACTIVITY D

INTERNATIONALIZATION ACTIVITIES FOR SELECTED D-TECH START-UPS

The purpose of this Activity is to organize the internationalization and commercialization activities – Discovery Trips – for selected D-Tech start-ups. The objective of the Discovery Trips is to learn the best practices and get inspiration, but also to establish long-lasting business collaborations, understand the target markets and boost the commercialization potential of the products/services in international markets. The project will also use mentoring for the provision of technology transfer service – licensing out. Internationalization and commercialization activities should comply with the business models of the companies. Experience from many projects reveals that Discovery Trips are most successful when they are well-prepared, practical, and clearly focused. It is also important that they are well-managed, tightly controlled, and structured. It is vital that participants in the Discovery Trips are carefully selected and are well briefed prior to arrival on standards of behaviour, timekeeping, and expectations. The trips will be well documented in terms of itineraries, scheduling, and feedback and comments from the participants and hosts.