Fostering an interdisciplinary approach, Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) offers startups business incubation services, as well as research and development (R&D) support.

Key Benefits of the VMU Business Incubator

  • Convenient infrastructure: office spaces, laboratories, discussion areas, and parking facilities.
  • Professional support: consultations on business development, new product development, fundraising, intellectual property protection, project management, and more.
  • Strong community: networking opportunities at startup exhibitions, science-business conferences, commercialization training sessions, and other university events.

Main VMU R&D Areas

  • Smart technologies
  • Agro, forest, and water ecosystems
  • Biotechnology and health technologies
  • Educational and social innovations

Why Startups Choose VMU

  • Greater opportunities to attract project-based funding
  • Recognized expertise in scientific and applied research
  • Access to modern laboratory infrastructure
  • Opportunity to obtain exclusive innovation rights
  • Extensive international academic network
Project "Startuolis": Building The Startup Highway We help startups to grow through the hackathon, pre-acceleration, and incubation programs in central and western Lithuania by offering a mix of mentorship, peer support, and networking opportunities. Effective innovation framework establishment for the creation, acceleration and development of startups and promotion of product idea development through hackathons and incubation services (SEIV system) (STARTUOLIS) No. 02-025-K-0001 Implementation period: 2024 Feb. - 2027 Feb. Project Objective: To create a coherent system for promoting innovation in central and western Lithuania. Project Description: The project aims to assist startups in central and western Lithuania in their growth and development, establish a sustainable, resilient, and thriving innovative business community within the country, and reduce innovation disparities between the capital's business environment and other regions. Building on ROCKIT’s success in cultivating a dynamic innovation ecosystem in Vilnius, we are now poised to extend our expertise to central and western Lithuania. Our program offers a comprehensive suite of services including acceleration programs, training, and networking opportunities, designed to support the growth of startups across the country. We invite innovative individuals, teams, and businesses interested in open innovation to join us in this program. Expanding to the Kaunas and Klaipėda regions, ROCKIT will provide incubation services, hackathons, and pre-acceleration programs, leveraging our proven experience to build a supportive startup community nationwide. Our mission is to lead in financial technology and sustainable innovation, ensuring startups across Lithuania have the resources, knowledge, and network to thrive. Financed by European Union funds for 2021-2027 Project value: 979 567,09 Eur Project funding: 832 632,03 Eur
ESA BIC Lithuania is an incubator for startups developing solutions for space (upstream) and Earth-based (downstream) applications. As part of the Europe-wide ESA Business Incubation Centre network, it provides financial support, technical guidance, and access to global networks to help entrepreneurs unlock their potential in the space industry. We are looking for entrepreneurs and scientists with ideas in areas such as Earth Observation, Satellite Navigation, Robotics, AI, Space Communications, Extreme Environments, and more. Whether focused on space exploration or adapting space technologies for terrestrial use, ESA BIC Lithuania offers the resources and expertise to to help your ideas take off.
Have a business idea or started a venture recently? Want to succeed in the comfort of your hometown? StartupLAB Alytus got you covered! StartupLAB Alytus, part of Sunrise Tech Park business ecosystem, is a hub for entrepreneurs of all backgrounds. A perfect place to transform your ideas into reality with free workspace, expert guidance, and a welcoming community to help your ideas thrive. Submit your application for a chance to join the StartupLAB Alytus entrepreneurial community: https://forms.gle/zYXXns2tRCQ5qDFF8 We can’t wait to welcome you and help your business to take off!

Dual-Use Tech VC Fund & Accelerator with one of a kind in the region dual use pre-accelerator and accelerator programs. The programs identify technologies aligned with NATO emerging and disruptive technologies (EDTs) and provide pathways toward strategic partnerships, technology development, and funding opportunities, with access to both markets and networks in Europe and the United States.

We concentrate on supporting pre-seed and seed-stage dual-use startups led by pioneering individuals and teams. Our primary interest lies in backing those committed to research and development, aiming to tackle intricate technical issues that have substantial prospects for commercial deployment in the defense and security sectors. These startups are characterized by their ambitious drive for rapid growth and their dedication to resolving critical challenges in these crucial areas.

Waiting for Startups with: Various stages
Fields of interest: Dual Use
Benefits for Startups: Investment, one of a kind in the region dual use incubation and acceleration programs with partners from US, NATO and EU, mentorship, community, networking
Fund range per team: 50K - 1M Eur
Investment conditions: Equity
Market focus: Lithuania and other NATO countries

The purpose of the Culture and Creative Industries Incubation Program is located in the Culture Factory, Klaipėda. The purpose of this program is to support beginner artists and growing creative industries businesses including startups operating in performing arts, film, design, fashion, photography, architecture, and other creative fields, reducing risks at the beginning of their business, helping them acquire practical entrepreneurial skills and relevant knowledge. The free program includes extensive support from mentors and consultations for every resident. Both individuals and legal entities (SME subjects) can apply. 

Agmis startup development programme is aimed at startup founders ready to make the next step in their journey. During a product crash course, they will help to turn your idea into a workable product. A team of product specialists and developers will be dedicated to you and your product, ensuring that a product prototype will reach the market with your graduation.


Who can apply: entrepreneur, teams across the EU with ideas of how to solve business problems.

Fields of interest (preferentially): health, sustainability, enterprise software, food, AI, robotics, retail, education, transportation, security, real estate, travel, jobs recruitment, legal, telecom, IoT, fintech, deep tech, sports, marketing construction.

Benefits for startups: workspace, mentoring, investment, administration, valuable contacts, prototyping, building product, legal advice.

Fund range per team: from 20 000 to 200 000 Eur.

Investment conditions: to be agreed.

The flexible options of Workland’s private offices and coworking spaces fit everybody, from freelancers and startups to larger companies. Workland saves you from the tedious procedures related to finding and managing workspaces, so you are able to focus on nurturing your business and use your resources wisely! The centres provide workspace flexibility by offering a mixture of open coworking areas and private offices together with meeting rooms.

Workland’s mission is to provide inspiring and scalable workspaces, professional support services and a supporting community for businesses to bloom in.

Benefits for startups: networking, community, co-working space.

Imaguru Startup HUB is the community of free-thinking innovative entrepreneurs and tech talent and the birthplace of a large number of startups. Imaguru Startup Hub in Minsk was shut down by the regime, while the community and startup support is continued by the team virtually today, and at the office in EU. Ms Minister A. Armonaite invited Imaguru to work in Lithuania, and since October 2021 Imaguru has a hub in Vilnius.

Imaguru within 8 years helped over 300 Belarusian startups. It educated over 12,000+ people, held over 3500+ events and contributes to organizing international conferences to attract international investors for the ecosystem. Imaguru startups created 3500+ jobs, attracted $160M+ in investments.

Waiting for startups with: MVP, team.

Benefits for startups: training, mentoring, community, events, workshops, networking,  co-working space.

Lithuanian Business Incubation Centre of CERN Technologies (Incubator) supports development and application of innovative ideas based on technologies and expertise developed at European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). The support granted for start-ups comprise preferential rate licensing of CERN intellectual property, free 40 hours of CERN expert consultation (subject to expert availability), financial grant, consultations from experts at Lithuanian Innovation Centre, Sunrise Valley and Kaunas Science and Technology Parks.

The Incubator was established in Lithuanian following the granting Lithuania the status of CERN’s Associated Member State in 2018. The world’s largest nuclear and particle physics laboratory CERN, located in Switzerland, seek to answer fundamental questions about the structure of our universe. In this quest, novel technologies and solutions are developed that can be used outside the field of high energy physics. The business incubation center aims to assist start-ups, spin-offs, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to implement innovative technologies and expertise developed at CERN into disruptive products or services.

Technological expertise from CERN comprise particle accelerators, particle beam instrumentation and control, refrigeration and ventilation, cryogenics, detectors and sensors, ultra-pure vacuum, control and simulation of industrial systems, information and communication technologies, magnets, mechanics, materials and electrical engineering, metrology, optoelectronics and microelectronics, radiation safety and monitoring, radio frequency technologies, superconductivity, robotics, data and digital sciences, particle tracking and calorimetry.

Fields of interest: aerospace, medical and biomedical, industry 4.0, energy, safety, environment, cultural heritage, security, IoT, robotics, hardware, emerging technologies, technology-based companies.

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

Benefits for startups: expert consultation, grant, mentoring, community, networking, working space.