Meet Innovations Hub
a foundation that drives innovation and dreams for youth
We are transforming Polish and global incubation
Innovations Hub (InHub) is a Polish startup hub focused on developing the pre-seed sector. We are building the Polish startup ecosystem by connecting mentors, experts, companies, corporations, public institutions and organizations. We specialize in the creation and development of startups (venture building) and support micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Our goal is to change global incubation practices, educate and support young entrepreneurs to enter the market with their own ideas.
92% of startups fail - the startup funnel needs fixing!
The Polish incubation industry has focused solely on education rather than on effectively modeling startups and supporting them in the business creation process. Furthermore, there is a capital gap in the market, which creates another barrier to entry, preventing effective innovation implementation. Since 2011, there has been dynamic support for the startup ecosystem, but this was mainly targeted at seed-stage ventures. This stage is extremely important, but it is the pre-seed phase that is the backbone of the ecosystem - it is here that the foundations of businesses are laid. A faulty funnel leads to as many as 92% of failures within the first three years. These challenges are particularly evident for young people who, lacking their own capital, become direct victims of the system's inadequacies. Unfortunately, this is not the end of the story - there are more problems!
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We believe in young people!
At the Innovations Hub Foundation, we focus on the young. We believe that it is their minds that are full of extraordinary, often groundbreaking, ideas. What's more, it's young people who overwhelmingly declare that they can take risks and devote themselves to startup activity - taking a step that older people don't choose to take. We believe that by bringing together the best young innovators into interdisciplinary teams, providing them with experienced experts or mentors, as well as support from VC funds, we are able to effectively change the startup market in Poland and support their ideas in commercialization.
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How do we do it?
We are currently implementing 5 projects
Each of them has its own goals, but together they form a coherent whole.
Mentoring Program
spurs entrepreneurial students to develop innovative ideas
Innovations Incubator
helps them accelerate their business, taking care of its development during the incubation and pre-incubation process
Future Academy
We support youth in Foster Care in developing their creative competencies
Innovations Academy
cares about providing quality knowledge and educational materials in an accessible format
Young Innovator Academy
targeted workshops that allow youths to enter the business world
Foundation Goals
Various projects, same targets
Technology Transfer and Incubation
We support innovative ideas that have a chance of development and commercialization.
Building a bridge between science, industry and business
We initiate programs that help implementing scientific projects into the economic sphere.
Support and education of the young
We support young people in entering the job market through education and supporting the development of their unique ideas.
Promotion of scientific solutions
Through cooperation with the media we publicize the successes of Polish innovators.
Organization of economic events
We engage in numerous events related to new technologies.
There is strength in diversity! We drive innovations
With great pleasure, we present the first report summarizing two years (2021-2023) of activities of the Innovations Hub Foundation. Our initiatives align with the EU's policy of fostering innovation and with selected United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Effectively, we are transforming European incubation, strengthening the startup sector of the region, and gradually establishing Poland's position on the international stage as a hub for new technologies.
Download the reportInnovations Hub is made by people
We are a team of students from universities and colleges from all over Poland. Among us are programmers, engineers, economists, medics, graphic designers or business strategists. We believe that our methodology of operation is a guarantee of success, so we have built an interdisciplinary team complementing each other with competencies.
Meet our team
Awards, nominations, recognition
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We know that there is still a lot to learn and we will certainly appreciate the support of your organization.
Support our activities
If our values are close to you and you would like to support InHub's activities, you can also do so as an individual. We warmly invite you to donate to the Foundation's statutory activities.