The Science Park will give spaces to the winning companies of its innovative entrepreneurship program

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Seven innovative business projects will be selected to be installed in the laboratories, offices and Business Seedbeds of the Scientific Park

There are three requirements to participate in the fifth edition of VLC/STARTUP, the Fundació Parc Científic Universitat de València (FPCUV) that pursues the development of innovative and / or scientifically-technological-based companies in the environment of the academic institution. The entrepreneurial initiative must be legally constituted, be less than 4 years old and have an innovative and knowledge-based project. In addition, it will be appreciated that one of the members of the promoter team is linked to the University, either as a student or graduate, or because they are part of its staff.

To the startups and spin-offs that meet these conditions, this Program offers them the possibility of of three types of spaces in the Scientific Park ––laboratory, office and coworking space-, in addition to receiving business advice in the growth and consolidation of the project by the FPCUV.

Specifically, the Business Area of the Scientific Park has various spaces to accommodate business initiatives from different scientific-technological fields and with different needs for infrastructure and services. Based on this, in this edition a maximum of 7 beneficiaries will be chosen who will be able to settle in 5 accommodations in the Business Seedbed (coworking spaces on the Tarongers campus and on the Burjassot-Paterna campus), an office of up to 30 m2 and a laboratory of up to 30 m2. In addition, they will be given access to the different entrepreneur support programs of the entities and agencies of the University of Valencia that collaborate in VLC / STARTUP: the Office of Policies for Excellence and UVemprén.

Free hosting

Companies that access the Seedbed workspaces will have 6 months of free accommodation and the following 6 months a 50% discount will be applied. This modality includes furniture, internet connection, access to meeting rooms, orientation to business development and training, among other services of FPCUV.

Likewise, the FPCUV makes available to the program an office of up to 30 m2, free for the first 6 months and with a 50% discount for the following 12 months. Lastly, one of the beneficiary companies may have a laboratory space of up to 30m2, free for the first 6 months and with a 50% discount for the following 12 months. In both cases, it also includes internet connection, access to meeting rooms, orientation to business development and training, among other services of FPCUV.

Nomination

To participate in the VLC / STARTUP Program, the people responsible for the management of the company must send the required documentation from September 9, 2019 at 00:00 a.m. and until October 15, 2019 at 11:59 p.m. The awarded initiatives may installed in the Scientific Park from November 1, 2019, and no later than December 1, 2019.

With the organization of this initiative, the objective of the Fundació Parc Científic Universitat de València is to highlight and promote entrepreneurship in society as a new opportunity for professional insertion for highly qualified profiles; facilitate the launch, consolidation and promotion of innovative and scientifically-technological business initiatives that are generated in the university environment; and favor the interaction and generation of positive synergies between researchers, entrepreneurs from different areas of activity distributed heterogeneously in the facilities of the Science Park. Ultimately, for a decade,, the FPCUV has been working to promote the transfer of knowledge from the University of Valencia to society through the creation of innovative companies.

Since the launch of this program, some twenty companies have been beneficiaries of the VLC / STARTUP. Among them are Seqplexing, Darwin Bioprospecting Excellence, EpiDisease y Bemygene, firms that have remained installed in the Science Park since then.