Leading research organization with a wide range of R&D equipment and services that could be helpful when developing and implementing your ideas.

Vilnius University offers open access to over 170 R&D infrastructure and equipment sets and over 180 R&D services in life sciences, chemistry and geosciences, photonics and nanotechnology, laser physics, semiconductors and lighting, IT, psychology, and many other areas. We understand that each business faces unique challenges; therefore, all R&D services can be adapted to your business needs. If you need equipment, R&D service, or an R&D solution, please check out our catalog of R&D infrastructure and services or contact us and we will do our best to help you develop and implement your ideas.

Type of support: Open access R&D equipment and services

Fields of interest: all.

Waiting for startups with: idea, team, prototype, first incomes, growth.

Benefits for startups: Open access to a world-class R&D equipment and infrastructure together with a wide range of R&D services.

Growth Engine for European Innovators in Asia

European Startups, SMEs and Incubators work with InnoEU Tech Bridge to internationalise their activities towards Asia. As a leading platform, we connect innovative entrepreneurs with investors and business leaders, e.g. from China.

Fields of interest: health, energy, transportation, security, telecom, semiconductors, iot internetofthings, construction, robotics, hardware.

Waiting for startups with: Team, Prototipe, First Incomes, Growth

Benefits for startups:  Mentoring, Investment, Community, Networking, Working space, Sponsored Business Trip to China

Market focus: East/Southeast Asia with emphasis on China 

Type of support for startups: Pre-accelerators / Accelerators, Investments, Incubators / Hubs, Supporting programs

 

Scale sustainable B2B solutions with top industry companies

Rockit Impact Accelerator is an intensive startup 4 months programme focused on growing sustainable startups that create impactful B2B solutions for local and international enterprises. We aim to scale these solutions to the leading business community in Lithuania and grow a positive impact on society, environment, and financials. Together with top mentors and experts, we will match you with potential clients - the leading business community in the Baltics - so you can scale your positive impact while doing good business.

Fields of interest: energy, transportation, food, real estate, telecom, impact and sustainability.

Waiting for startups with first income.

Acceleration conditions: non-equity accelerator.

Markets of interest: Europe.

What is the intended size of the batch? 6 startups

Benefits for startups: mentoring, community, networking, working space, b2b partners as first customers and pilots.

Gold Venture Investment is a global investment banking company running incubators in Israel and the USA and global accelerators in Europe. We help startups in fundraising and global expansion.

Fields of interest: fintech, marketing, health, enterprise software, education, energy, transportation, food, security, real estate, travel, jobs recruitment, legal, telecom, gaming, semiconductors, IoT internet of things, sports, music, construction, kids, hosting, robotics, government, hardware, etc.

Waiting for startups with any of these options: Idea, Team, Prototype, First Incomes, Growth

Types of support for startups: Governmental support, Pre-accelerators / Accelerators, Investments, Incubators / Hubs, Sandbox, Supporting programs

Fund range per team: 200,000-5,000,000 EUR

Investment conditions: equity 

Benefits for startups: mentoring, investment, community, networking, working space

Market focus: worldwide

TNW is a global digital brand that informs, inspires and connects people who love tech through media, events and services. TNW is based in Netherlands.

TNW (short for The Next Web) is one of the world’s largest online publications that delivers an international perspective on the latest news about Internet technology, business and culture.

TNW is a global digital brand that informs, inspires and connects people who love tech, through media, events, and services.

Types of support by TNW for startups: Governmental support, Pre-accelerators / Accelerators, Investments, Incubators / Hubs, Sandbox, Supporting programs, Corporate innovation and Innovation programs

Primarily known for its media outlet thenextweb.com and award-winning tech event TNW Conference.
TNW also incorporates a co-working label (TQ.co), a global startup database (Index.co) and delivers custom innovation programs to corporates and governments via TNW X.

Waiting for the startups with: prototypes, first incomes, growth.

Focusing on global markets.

Benefits for startups: mentoring, community, networking, working spaces.

Our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

Microsoft for Startups program  - from technical resources and free Azure cloud to selling alongside Microsoft salespeople and partner channel, we invite you to apply now. If you are interested in the program and would like to get more specific information, feel free to write to Startup Program Manager ("Send email" button on the left).

 

Fields of interest: fintech, marketing, health, enterprise software, education, energy, transportation, food, security, real estate, travel, jobs recruitment, legal, telecom, gaming, IoT, sports, music, kids, hosting, robotics, government, hardware.

Waiting for startups with: first incomes, growth.

Benefits for startups: mentoring, community, networking, tools, intensive and personalized consultations/support on tech, co-selling with Microsoft to our customers.

Fund range per team: up to 120k of credit on Microsoft platforms.

Investment conditions: no strings attached.

Region: Baltics

Karma Ventures (karma.vc) is an early-stage venture capital firm, specialised in late seed and A round investments in Europe’s most promising tech startups.

We back companies with strong ideas delivered with unique technology, customer traction and global ambition. karma.vc accompanies entrepreneurs in figuring out the path to growth in all aspects - commercial, strategic and technical. We believe in open and honest dialogue and the active hands-on-attitude.

 

Fields of interest: Fintech, health, enterprise software, security, real estate, IoT, robotics, deep-tech.

Waiting for startups with: First incomes, growth.

Benefits for startups: Mentoring, Investment.

Fund range per team: 300k - 3M.

Total fund size: 70M, ~20 investments.

Investment conditions: Equity. 

Market focus: Europe.

We are a group of venture capital funds, investing in enterprises in an early stage of development.

Areas of our interest include enterprises and entrepreneurs in Central and Eastern Europe, who want to conquer the global market by utilizing their self-developed solutions. Our cooperation with companies is based on a 3-8 years investment horizon. 

Fields of interest: Consumer internet, electromobility, energy, fintech, martech, adtech, medtech, IoT and hardware.

Waiting for startups with: Prototype, first incomes, growth.

Benefits for startups: Mentoring, Investment, Community, Networking.

Fund range per team: Seed/pre-seed - up to 250k EUR. Late seed - up to 4mln EUR.

Total fund size: 50M.

Investment conditions: Equity. 

Market focus: CEE.

Change Ventures backs ambitious Baltic founders. As the first truly pan-Baltic seed fund operating across all three Baltic states, our mission is to find the best founding teams in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia at pre-seed and seed stages. Our Lithuanian team includes Justas Janauskas, co-founder of Vinted and Qoorio, as well as Vytautas Kubilius, Head of Baltics for Google. We are already proud investors in Lithuanian teams Interactio and Qoorio.

 

 

Fields of interest: broad ICT coverage, no biotech and game studios.

Waiting for startups with: Strong team.

Benefits for startups: Mentoring, community, networking.

Fund range per team: 200k - 1M plus a follow-up.

Investment conditions: equity or convertible notes.

Connecting Blockchain innovation ecosystems.

The B-hub for Europe project targets deep tech startups in the blockchain domain. The initiative is aimed at discovering high-potential innovations, shaping suited proof of concepts and business models, providing specialized acceleration services to overcome current market barriers and assist the go-to-market process, unlocking new market channels with potential private/public customers and scaling up innovative businesses across five startups ecosystems in Europe.

Fields of interest: Any verticals.

Waiting for Startups with: Idea, team, prototype, first incomes, growth.

Benefits for Startups: Mentoring, community, networking.

Market focus:  Italy, Germany, France, Romania, Lithuania.