Challenge format
During the 2-month fast-track program, we match startup solutions with enterprise challenges. Startups tackle a challenge presented by a market-leading enterprise and explore potential pilot or market alliances in target technologies and industries. Our enterprise-startup matchmaking approach will enable you access to enterprises to build a pathway to sustainable partnerships.
How does it work?
Future Hub is joined by a corporate with a sustainability challenge. Our team scouts for the best matched and startup-corporate matchmaking takes place for each challenge. Startups will be introduced to specific challenges of enterprises and given an opportunity to learn more about them. Then teams will enter ten weeks of acceleration along the explore-build-test-refine pathway.
Explore
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Gaining in depth insights on the challenge from the enterprise presenting the challenge
Build
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Defining a solution for the challenge, developing its critical functionality
Test
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Undergoing initial validation of the proposed solution with the enterprise
Refine ​
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Iterate and fine-tune the solution further
What support to expect?
To ensure successful co-creation throughout the explore-build-test-refine pathway, startups will undergo various co-creation activities to strengthen the knowledge and understanding of each week's collaboration phase. The main focus and goal of the program is the startup-corporate collaboration.
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Weekly co-creation
sessions with the enterprise presenting the challenge
1
Kick-off - goal setting sessions & weekly deliverables
4
Joined batch Progress,
Problems, Plans checkpoints
2
Demo Day preparation - pitch drills, workshop, dry run
5
1on1 mentoring
with Lead Mentors
3
Open and scheduled
Q&A sessions and 24/7 support
6
Program timeline
AUG 25
Startup
Applications
Open
OCT 4-6
Pre-acceleration for Hosts
OCT-DEC
Acceleration weeks
SEP 30
Selected startups announced
OCT 10
Kick-off week
Demo Day
JAN 2023
Who are we looking for?
#GreenTech
Startups that operate in either Food and AgroTech, Mobility, Energy and Smart Cities, Supply Chain, and Logistics, or Sustainable Business and Circular Economy.
Early traction
We look for game-changing startups with confirmed market traction and product-market validation. There is no better proof of product-market fit than your solution having customers and providing your team with valuable feedback.
Interested in Future Hub?
Team is everything
B2B, B2C, and B2B2C startups with a vision in mind, flexible business model, and a balanced skill-set among co-founders. The average time commitment for a startup is about 4 hours per week in addition to the time spent developing the solution.
