{"id":148490,"date":"2022-12-22T11:31:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-22T09:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/estonias-leading-business-incubator-is-looking-for-early-stage-impact-companies\/"},"modified":"2022-12-22T11:31:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T09:31:24","slug":"estonias-leading-business-incubator-is-looking-for-early-stage-impact-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/estonias-leading-business-incubator-is-looking-for-early-stage-impact-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Estonia\u2019s leading business incubator is looking for early-stage impact companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"lead\">A new application round is open for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.startupincubator.ee\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tehnopol Startup Incubator\u2019s<\/a> 6-month growth program, and this time the spotlight is on impact companies\u2019 aka zebras.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Estonia is known as a unicorn factory, but now, it\u2019s time for the zebras to shine! Unlike unicorns, zebras really exist in the animal kingdom, with four hooves firmly on the ground. A zebra company is both profitable AND improves society. They want to provide solutions to broader problems in society like climate change, human rights, etc. They may grow a little more slowly, but they are also more stable; they are long-distance runners, not sprinters. Tehnopol Startup Incubator is there to empower the founders and do it for the long run.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Startup Incubator Batch 08 will kick-off in January 2023.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.startupincubator.ee\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Application round<\/a>\u00a0is open until January 15.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are waiting for early-stage startups that develop products and services in the following areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>energy<\/li>\n<li>healthcare innovation<\/li>\n<li>educational innovation<\/li>\n<li>sustainable agriculture &amp; food production<\/li>\n<li>material recycling &amp; circular economy<\/li>\n<li>reducing the impact of climate change<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>.. and other products and services with a high social impact. Sounds like you?<\/p>\n<h3>We will help you:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Design a sustainable business model<\/li>\n<li>Develop a product that impresses customers<\/li>\n<li>Reach your first clients and stretch your wings in foreign markets<\/li>\n<li>Arrange contracts and legal relationships<\/li>\n<li>Astonish investors because all the above is done<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>You\u2019ll get:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A 6-part practical training program<\/li>\n<li>A personal dedicated key-mentor and access to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/business-services\/coaches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">international mentor pool<\/a> with 70+ experts<\/li>\n<li>Exclusive investor meetings \u2013 (the Estonian Business Angels Network has named us as its best partner of the decade!)<\/li>\n<li>Supportive community with valuable contacts &amp; events<\/li>\n<li>Partner deals worth 30K \u20ac<\/li>\n<li>Workspace in Tehnopol\u2019s modern open office<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>What we expect:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A scalable technological business idea<\/li>\n<li>Dedicated team<\/li>\n<li>An MVP or prototype<\/li>\n<li>Company registered in Estonia (e-residency, startup visa)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our aim is to help you succeed and guide you to your first investment. We are providing all our services with no monthly fee, and for only 2% equity option. If we succeed, we succeed together!<\/p>\n<p>Our shared goal is to develop your business and only 10 selected teams will be accepted to the 6-month growth program. The deadline is January 15, but the expert panels are already happening, so the earlier you apply, the higher are chances to be chosen.<\/p>\n<p>(Imp)ACT NOW\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.startupincubator.ee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.startupincubator.ee<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new application round is open for\u00a0Tehnopol Startup Incubator\u2019s 6-month growth program, and this time the spotlight is on impact companies\u2019 aka zebras. Estonia is known as a unicorn factory, but now, it\u2019s time for the zebras to shine! Unlike unicorns, zebras really exist in the animal kingdom, with four hooves firmly on the ground. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":147988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tehnopol.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}