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APTENISA LAUNCH

Accelerator program designed to assist in the initial phase of the start-up project and prepare them for market launch.

42 startups will be accompanied by the 9 participating parks, whose trained staff will be able to participate along with the external support and coordination of the coordinating tractor park (La Salle Technova Barcelona).

This is a complete immersive program to promote the creation of science-technology based companies and Deep Tech, by boosting high-impact entrepreneurship, generating qualified employment and creating highly innovative Deep tech companies and spin-offs that can achieve success in the market.

It is based on the Lean Launchpad method, developed at the universities of California and Stanford, pioneers of scientific-technological entrepreneurship, to help step by step in business development: from the initial idea to the constitution of the company, validation of the business model and customer development through interviews with the market.

The program provides all the resources and knowledge necessary to move from an initial startup to a company ready to operate with high scalability projections, with tailored advice for each project in key areas for startups: how to interview clients, industrial and intellectual property, legal aspects and basic financial concepts to create a company.

Its duration is 10 weeks, with more than 20 sessions divided into conferences and six workshops, carried out in online format, between the months of October 2025 and February 2026. A minimum of 160h in total, plus individual mentoring sessions and personalized advice.

The program will have a wide network of mentors with entrepreneurial experience in all sectors at the disposal of the entrepreneurs with profiles adapted to the participating projects.

The program ends with a pitch of the participants to Business Angels, seed investors and facilitators. In this, the validated teams will be able to present their projects with a final DEMODAY at the Transfiere event , European Forum for Science, Technology and Innovation, which takes place in March 2026. This is a great opportunity to get feedback in a multiplier environment to close the program and open a new promising stage for the projects. 

Participant profiles

• Multidisciplinary teams with management capacity, committed to the project and availability to dedicate the necessary time for the execution of the tasks foreseen in the program.
• Teams of ambitious entrepreneurs with an original and scalable business.
• Start-up teams at an early stage of business development that need resources to get started.

Criteria/Evaluations

• Scientific/technological based ideas or Deep Tech.
• High-value technology solutions that provide sustainable competitive advantages with product/service maturity and an innovative component.
• Growth potential and scalability of the project.
• Sustainability of the project understood in the broad economic, environmental and social sense.
• The impact of the project for the industry/sector.
• Impact of the project on employment and development of the territory where it is located.
• Positive evaluation of women in the team.

APTENISA INVESTMENT READINESS

Special training to prepare a selection of 30 startups, the most investment-ready, to be able to present themselves to investors in investment forums or demodays. These startups may come from APTenisa Launch, previous editions of APTenisa, collaborating science and technology parks or programs promoted by ENISA.

Through a combination of hands-on training and personalized coaching from experts, participating startups will improve their pitch, strategy and readiness to participate in key events in the investment ecosystem.

The program will be structured in four modules and will include both group sessions and individual clinics to address specific needs of each project.