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Preliminary Findings

Preliminary Findings from Cleantech Incubation Cluster Analysis on Identifying Best Practice Cleantech Incubation Policies Pauline van der Vorm, TU Delft, Netherlands Gareth Jones, Opportunity Peterborough, UK. Best practice cleantech incubation policies.

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Preliminary Findings

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  1. Preliminary Findings from Cleantech Incubation Cluster Analysis onIdentifying Best Practice Cleantech Incubation Policies Pauline van der Vorm, TU Delft, Netherlands Gareth Jones, Opportunity Peterborough, UK

  2. Best practice cleantech incubation policies We interviewed, surveyed and collected data on 16 clusters in 13 countries… • Copenhagen (DK) • Malmo & Lund (SE) • Helsinki (FI) • Munich (DE) • London & Peterborough (UK) • Oslo (NO) • Delft & Rotterdam (NL) • Zurich (CH) • Styria (AU) • Paris (FR) • Barcelona (ES) • Budapest (HU) • Torino (IT) • What policies (strategies, structures and processes) are most effective in enabling and supporting cleantech incubation at a regional level?

  3. Regional Innovation Scoreboard 2012 (map) & Global Cleantech Innovation Index 2012 Map source: DG Enterprise & Industry (2012) Index source: Global Cleantech Group & WWF (2012)

  4. Best practice cleantech incubation policies • Main Findings #1 Cleantech Incubators are a good way to connect academic research and public R&D institutes with SMEs for knowledge transfer, and the reverse flow detailing innovation needs of SMEs. Main Findings #2 Cleantech Incubation is at the core of regional eco-innovation ecosystems and cleantech clusters.

  5. Best practice cleantech incubation policies • Main Findings #3 Cleantech Incubators need a stakeholders network with complex interactions : • Local and regional government • Local and regional universities • Local and regional companies, partners, etc. • Financiers…

  6. Example: I3P's stakeholders network

  7. Cleantech Incubation can be "observed“ as a complex system divided into four steps with many supporting actors and tools: • Main Findings #4

  8. The Best Practice “CIE Project Model” 1. Cleantech Incubation Ecosystem • Definition of a cleantech policies • Public procurement support • Organising of networking and brokering activities • Building the incubation stakeholders‘ network 2. Sources of Ideas / Idea Generation • Innovation climate • Research funding • Entrepreneurship education • PhD awareness of innovation • Scouting • Interviews with researchers • Networking events 3. Selection of “Winners” • Idea & business plan competitions • Tutor support • IPmanagement & protection support • Support in new company setup • Definition of final exam criteria & commission 4. Funding Start-ups • Pre-seed loans • Prototype funds • Proof-of-concept funds • Seed investment funds • Venture capital funds • Access to special agreements with banks

  9. The Best Practice “CIE Project Model” 5. Facilities, business support, training & coaching • Physical infrastructure of the incubator • Tutorship support (strategic consulting) • Access to a network of professionals • Business support • Mediation instruments • Access to "Friend-Companies“ • Marketing support • Internationalisation support 6. Exit Strategy • Monitoring tools for the “health" of start-ups • Growth / acceleration programmes • Support in facing the dilemma “sell / growth" 7. The Business of Incubation • Best business models for running the incubator itself 8. Incubation Performance • Best Key Performance Indicator (KPI) for cleantech incubation (start-ups created, investment funding collected, jobs created, etc. • These points will be summarised in a new handbook: • "Cleantech Incubation Policy and Practice: Recipes for Creating Cleantech Incubator Hotspots" • This will be ready for the final conference in Delft, 12-13 June 2014.

  10. Thank You Visit our website at www.cleantechincubation.eu to register for our newsletter and follow us @CIE_EU

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