HOW TO RAISE MONEY FOR YOUR VERIFICATION PROJECT

HOW TO RAISE MONEY FOR YOUR VERIFICATION PROJECT Jan Tengwall, Innovation Adviser, GIO

AGENDA Research project ends- What to do now? Brief map over the Swedish Innovation landscape Local innovation landscape Various instances from where funding can be obtained - ALMI - Chalmers Innovationskontor Väst - Incubator - HB Holding - Other actors (Connect, IUC, etc. ) Follow a mock project Questions 2022 -01 -03

FROM IDEA TO IMPACT Companies entrepreneurship - What actors exist Development projekt Drivhuset Research resultat Grants & Innovation Office Idé-, projektutveckling Stöttning , coachning Research support from IDEA to IMPACT Inventering av kunskapstillgångar Science Park Borås Smart Textiles Projektarena Pilot, prototyp, test Affärsutveckling, Rådgivning Projektutveckling Positionering av företaget Finansiering Start-up, Bolagisering, Exit Verifiering Finansiering HB Holding Bolag Business Ink Fashion Ink Almi Väst Företagsstödjande: IUC Connect Väst Market Place Coompanion 2022 -01 -03

HOW CAN AN INNOVATION ADVISER AT GIO HELP YOU • Ask questions • Finding needs • Brainstorm application areas • Contacts • IP-policy • Sometimes help operatively • Follow and hand over on the journey toward creating impact or become an entrepreneur 2022 -01 -03

NABC MODEL 2022 -01 -03

QUESTIONS TO ASK YOURSELF What do we want to achieve with our research/project? Who will benefit from your research? What do you want to achieve with your research? What is the best final outcome? Why is this interesting? Who will be using this and why? Who is the target market? How does your research differentiate itself versus existing solutions? Why is your solution better than existing solutions? What is the beautiful with your solution? 2022 -01 -03

CHALMERS INNOVATIONSKONTOR VÄST • Market verification • Prototyping • Finding interested companies/customers • Not research project, however IKV exists to test your research ideas on the way to a final product or helps your research results to make an impact in society • Max 300 000 kr in two seperate occasions • Potential for more financing with Verification + 2022 -01 -03

ALMI • State owned- lots of money to fund start ups. Often takes more risks than regular venture capitalists • 25 000 kr or 50 000 kr • Business coach, courses and seed money • Should be used toward the first invoices, i e patent novelty search, prototyping etc • Upon each step completion, there is more money to be loaned or granted 2022 -01 -03

INKUBATORN • Provides business coaching • Helps to think like an entrepreneur and follows up the progress • Writing business plan, workshops and much more 2022 -01 -03

HB HOLDING COMPANY • Linked to HB • Must be a company • Often recommended by Inkubatorn • Can invest 200 000 kr against a share • Good for HB to show University spin offs • Erik Bresky is the CEO 2022 -01 -03

OTHER ACTORS WITHIN THE LOCAL INNOVATION SYSTEM 2022 -01 -03

FOLLOW A SUCCESSFUL RESEARCH PROJECT • Mycorena/Water Weave/Ekkono • Mock example 2022 -01 -03

QUESTIONS? GRANTS and Innovation Office Zuleyma Montenegro de Rynge Affärsjurist Stefan Dahlin Jan Tengwall Mats Dolatkhah Innovations. Forskningsrådgivare Peter Klason Marie Vakant Forsknings- Wilhelmsson Kommunikatör rådgivare Ekonom Ellen Rydberg Chef http: //www. hb. se/gio/