Associação Fraunhofer Portugal ResearchWhat
Technology Transfer Program!
AHEAD Portugal is a technology transfer, entrepreneurship & innovation program especially designed at and for Fraunhofer. It is tailored to challenge and promote complementary teams, establish actionable roadmaps, nurture pitching skills and intensively expose teams and tech to a broad external stakeholders’ network.
AHEAD Portugal aims at translating world-class technology into successful start-ups and take innovative ideas to market, by incubating spin-offs and concluding licensing agreements based on Fraunhofer technologies. It will expose external entrepreneurs to the potential developed by Fraunhofer Portugal specialists, leading to the foundation of start-ups.
Why
AHEAD Portugal will:
> Foster an entrepreneurial thinking and start-up culture;
> Translate FhP researchers’ high potential technology to commercial availability;
> Take full advantage of FhP‘s IP portfolio;
> Promote return on investment from technology transfer;
> Nurture cooperative networks to embrace the future innovation needs of the market;
> Create conditions to maintenance of the country’s economy by transferring research into economic value-added.
Who
Who is it for?
> Fraunhofer Employees who want to embrace an entrepreneurial project;
> Entrepreneurs who want to partner with highly driven teams and be part of high-end technology based start-ups;
> Expert Mentors who want to support the translation of world-class technology into successful start-ups;
> Investors who are prone to bet on early stage start-ups.
How
Phases 2021
AHEAD Portugal was designed specially to target the Portuguese technological and entrepreneurial ecosystem and it will support the teams along the entire tech transfer process, connecting them to a broad enriching and inspiring stakeholder network.
Bootcamp
18 to 21 January
For all teams, two will be selected in the end by a jury.
Sprint
17 to 19 February
Only for the two selected Teams on the Bootcamp.
Check-ins
03/03, 24/03, 14/04, 05/05, 26/05, 16/06, 07/07, 28/07, 08/09, 29/09, 20/10, 10/11, 02/12
Moments for mentoring, training, pitching, contact with relevant stakeholders and answering any needs the teams might have.
