PROGRAMS
Mentoring Program
We are expecting startups from all over the world for our flagship incubation program. The strengths of the program are the colorful professional support, community building and the mentoring team of national and international experts.
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Horizon Europe
The Womenture project aim is to empower innovation agencies and accelerators to generate new joint services and activities into their initiatives to boost female entrepreneurship while broadening the participating ecosystem across Europe. Our consortium partners are: DEX IC, Tehnopol, SpinLab - The HHL Accelerator.
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The AD4DG’s overall objective is to design the foundations of a European data space that support the key priorities of biodiversity, climate change, and pollution.
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The Hungarian AI EDIH will support the digital transformation of companies, especially SMEs and small mid-caps, and public sector organisations and will provide support for creating and implementing AI enabled products, services, and operations with special focus on seven priority industries.
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The WEnnovate project is a collaborative effort to create new systems and solutions to address urgent complex and systemic challenges. The focus is on the transition to sustainable renewable energy and cross-sector activities in energy and digital innovations, aligned with the European Commission's energy directives.
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In 2020 we joined a two-year long project called X-Europe. The aim of the program was to connect the innovation ecosystems of Western and Central-Eastern parts of the continent. The program helped companies that are based on scientific research and deep-tech innovation with various types of knowledge and a strong network. Our role was to pay special attention to startups of the Visegrad region.
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Space Terminal
The project uses space related themes and the genuine fascination felt by young people for space to enhance school pupils’ literacy and competence in STEM-related subjects. The ESERO project also highlights the associated applications from space and raises awareness of the large range of career prospects in the space domain.
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We are responsible for the European Space Agency’s incubation activity for space industry startups in Hungary. ESA Business Incubation Center Hungary helps entrepreneurs with professional guidance, networking possibilities and a funding of €50.000.
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Application
This is the hub of Design Terminal’s space related activites.
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The aim of the European Space Agency's Technology Broker program is to bridge the gap between space technology and market needs by supporting the transfer of space solutions to traditional industries. If a company is facing a challenge that can be solved by a space innovation, the Technology Broker connects it with the right space companies. The successful transfer is supported by the Spark Funding opportunity, which provides financial support to the companies that are looking to develop their business with space technology.
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V4 Business Development
Together with the International Visegrad Fund we established the V4 SUF as the first startup scholarship program in the V4 Region. The program helps Hungarian, Slovak, Czech and Polish entrepreneurs develop locally. We believe that’s the first step towards an easier regional expansion.
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Domestic Talent Management
We've partnered with the National Talent Centre to find young adults between 18 and 27 years old to provide them with strong financial support, business training and community to start their own business. Through the START portfolio of mentoring programs, we help participants from the idea stage all the way to market.
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We are working with the National Innovation Agency to reform the Hungarian Startup University Program. HSUP is Hungary's first higher education-level startup program which aims to shape students' innovative approaches, inspire them to seek new ideas and channel them into the startup ecosystem. In two semesters, students will learn about the world of startups and gain practical knowledge on how to build a business, from idea phase and finance to legal and HR operations.
In partnership with the Matthias Corvinus Collegium, our aim to give young talents the opportunity to gain insights into entrepreneurship beyond traditional career paths. The Entrepreneurship Development Program provides students with the opportunity to learn business-building skills, as well as basic economic awareness, business knowledge and a valuable network of contacts.
Previous Projects
As a professional partner we are cooperating with the Hungarian Chamber of Agriculture in various program elements of the first agritech startup program in the country. It’s aim is not less than the digitization of the sector. Innovative solutions increase the competitiveness of Hungarian agriculture, meanwhile startups participating can enter the market easier with the help of corporations in the program.
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The purpose of the Carpathian Basin Mentoring Program is to connect Hungarian small and large entrepreneurs in the region, thus helping to develop a cohesive entrepreneurial community. Since 2016, the program of the Prime Minister’s Office State Secretariat for Hungarian Communities Abroad, in which Design Terminal is a professional partner, has reached more than 3,000 entrepreneurs.