Develop
your
idea
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us

Take the first step

Meet one of our business coaches

Do you have a business idea and need help getting started? Book a meeting with one of our business coaches! With decades of experience supporting startups, we help you unlock your full potential and grow your business faster.

Getting started

Grow with our programs

Do you want to develop your business idea? Discover our our programs

BootUp

BootUp is the program for early stage startups and research ideas. Through workshops, coaching and networking, you will get the tools to take your idea forward quickly. The program lasts for three months and ends with a PitchDay where participants pitch to a panel of investors.

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BusinessLab

BusinessLab is the place where good ideas become real. It gives you six to twelve months to test, challenge and refine your business idea, with the support of experienced coaches and a network of driven people.

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Incubate

Incubate is our incubation program that you will be admitted to when the company has been given the go-ahead that the solution is interesting for potential customers. In Incubate, you start a journey from verifying the business model to a mature business with growth potential within 1-3 years.

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Dual Use Accelerator

Sweden faces the challenge of strengthening its innovation capacity and competitiveness through increased collaboration between civilian and military actors. At LEAD, you can accelerate your innovation that can be used in both civilian and military contexts.

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Entrepreneurs in residence

Entrepreneurs in Residence is LEAD’s trainee program for those who want to develop both as a person and an entrepreneur. During the program, you work in pairs with a clear mission; to take new ideas or technologies, often directly from researchers at Linköping University, and turn them into real startup companies.

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SummerMatch®

Where ideas originating from research at Linköping University are developed into marketable products and services. The Summer Match is an intensive entrepreneurship program at LEAD that focuses on developing ideas derived from research at Linköping University into marketable products and services.

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LEAD community

Networking and cooperation

Being part of LEAD is not just about developing your individual business idea, here we cross-fertilize businesses, ideas, innovation together. Our community is at the heart of our business and a place where startups learn from each other.