Network Member
Instituto de Emprendimientos Científicos y Tecnológicos – IECyT
Argentina
Incubator Overview
| Objectives |
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Create companies that export revenues
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Develop profitable enterprises
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| Description |
Our mission is to:
- provide support for the creation of new businesses and social organizations, utilizing and capitalizing on the knowledge base, and technological abilities of professionals, scientists and technologists, spread the characteristics of Scientific and Technological Entrepreneurship.
- To develop entrepreneurial skills
- Commercialization of Technology
- Co-operative programs with industry
- Student and faculty exchange
- Academic research
The IECyT develops Research Programs on Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship in partnership with prestigious international institutions, this very importanto for the strengthening of the argentinian and latinamerica entrepeneur enviroment.
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| Interests |
We are interesting in three different publics: entrepreneurs, investors and public and private institutions.
Entrepreneurs
Enterprising education
Design and give curses through other institutions with own material; the curses are developed on basis of incubator members experience as entrepreneurs and educators.
Coaching and entrepreneur advising
Provide coaching and entrepreneur advising to guide entrepreneurs to transform theirs ideas in enterprises and accelerate their growth. Some of these activities are development with local government support.
2nd Generation Incubators
Look for funding sources
Investor
Forum of venture capital
Angel founds network
Argentinean observatory of venture capital
Government and Institutions
Give advice to the government
Creation and management of entrepreneurs center
Social and corporative entrepreneurships
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| Services |
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Finance: Equity Financing
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Finance: Financial management training
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Finance: Linkages to financiers
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Finance: Seed Capital
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Finance: Venture Capital
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Incubation and Business Development: Business management and development advisory services
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Incubation and Business Development: Incubation program for non-resident clients (virtual incubation)
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Incubation and Business Development: Mentoring/coaching
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Incubation and Business Development: Pre-incubation services
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Incubation and Business Development: Training in business management
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Networks and Synergy: Networking events
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Networks and Synergy: Referrals to business professionals
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Technology Transfer: Help with commercializing technology
Other:
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| Year Opened |
2003
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| Type |
Private sector
(This incubator is associated with a technology park)
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| Model |
Not-for-profit
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| Sectors |
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Information and Communication Technologies
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International
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Manufacturing
Other:
Cultural Industries
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| Target Population |
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| Advocacy |
This organization actively works to improve innovation and entrepreneurship policy and regulation
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Incubator Statistics
| Space |
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Business Incubator |
Technopark |
| Buildings |
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0
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| sq.m. available in total |
0
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0
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| sq.m used for incubator services/admin |
0
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0
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| sq.m. rented by client firms |
0
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0
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Note: We do not offer rental space (virtual incubator)
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| Clients |
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Business Incubator |
Technopark |
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On-Site |
Off-Site |
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| Number of client firms |
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11
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| Number of employees in client firms |
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30
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0
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| Graduation |
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Last Year |
Total* |
| Number of graduated firms |
1
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1
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| Number of employees in graduated firms |
3
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3
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| Companies still in operation 3 years after graduation |
0
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0
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*since beginning of incubator operation
Note: Does not keep track of the companies graduated
Note: Does do not use a graduation model for our incubator
Note: Is in regular contact with (most of) the graduated firms
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