Explore program

EXPLORE PROGRAMS

Are you curious about starting a company but have no business idea yet?
We help you determine if entrepreneurship is a potential career path for you by introducing you to the business fundamentals and teaching how to communicate your research to a broader audience.

Experience all the challenging aspects of starting your own venture! We offer interactive workshops from top science & business experts and successful startup founders. In-depth practical exercises offer you a chance to put theory into practice.

SUCCESS STORIES

Amsterdam Public Health research institute and ACE joined forces to organize the Explore Entrepreneurship in Public Health course for the first time. The program supports APH researchers to identify how they can improve the impact of the research that they are working on.

“What stood out most in the program was really getting the opportunity to pitch your own project and getting feedback on it from professionals, who really know what they are talking about.” – Hekmat Alrouh (APH researcher)

UPCOMING PROGRAMS

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Bridging the gap between science and entrepreneurship.

Bridging the gap between science and entrepreneurship.

We offer transformative programs for researchers, academics and students that encourage and promote an entrepreneurial mind- and skillset.

We offer transformative programs for researchers, academics and students that encourage and promote an entrepreneurial mind- and skillset.

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Entrepreneurship Programs

Entrepreneurship Programs

EXPLORE

Learn all about the basics of entrepreneurship with our explore programs and become part of the new generation of entrepreneurs.

MULTI-DAY

AI LAB

Engage in corporate – startup collaboration to solve real world challenges and generate an AI based spin-off.

12 WEEKS

INCUBATION

Transform your tech or science based ideas into an impactful company of the future with our incubation program.

10 WEEKS

Does your company have a business challenge that scientists can help you solve?

Does your company have a business challenge that scientists can help you solve?

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Startup Success Stories

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Unlocking the power of dynamic single-molecule and cell avidity analysis.​

As the leading supplier of dynamic single-molecule and cell avidity analysis instruments, they allow researchers to connect the structure and function of life’s building blocks at a molecular and cellular level. LUMICKS successfully adapted to the pandemic, raised 82 million euros in series D financing in 2021, and is currently rapidly expanding the team

Series D funding
€ 82.2m
Hired 42 new LUMIs and grew to
230 employees

Smart chemistry for a better world.​

SusPhos is a pioneering company focused on upcycling phosphate rich waste streams to generate high-quality alternatives that can replace current fossil-sourced flame retardants and fertilizers.
Seed Funding
€ 2.5m +
Friese startup of the year

2021

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Bye-bye, one size fits all. Hello, inclusion.​

Lalaland is helping fashion brands appeal to customers with virtual models that represent the incredible diversity of humankind by leveraging neural networks to generates artificial full-body fashion models.
PRE-SEED FUNDING
€ 242K
MT/SPROUT Startup of the year

2020

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