Lahti Science and Business Park Ltd The leading Cleantech … · 2011-07-26 · Lahti Science and Business Park Ltd The leading Cleantech technology centre of the Nordic countries

Lahti Science and Business Park Ltd

The leading Cleantech technology

centre of the Nordic countriesWe speed up Finnish companies to grow and to internationalize.

We are developing the Lahti region into a world-class centre for environmental

business and research.

� The leading Cleantech Park in Northern Europe.

� Coordinator of the Finnish Cleantech Cluster

with over 500 member companies.

� 100 % subsidiary renewable energy centre

Energon (TRI Energy Oy).

� Turnover 2010 7.6 M€. Budget 2011 8.8 M€.

� Project portfolio over 30 M€.

� Number of personnel appr. 50.

� CEO Lauri Ylöstalo.

� Member or Partner of e.g.� TEKEL (Finnish Science Park Association)

� IASP (International Association of Science Parks)

� EBN (European Business and Innovation Centre Network)

� EEN (Enterprise Europe Network)

� Greenovate! Europe, Cleantech Scandinavia, Global Cleantech Cluster

Association

Lahti Science and Business Park Ltd Focus in Cleantech Business

Finnish Cleantech Cluster led by LahtiSBP was nominated the 3rd best cleantech cluster globally by Sustainable World Capital.

LahtiSBP’ s role in Lahti region

business development

� Developing the main focused businesses

Cleantech and Design.

� Promoting the establishment of

growth companies.

� Enhancing the innovation and

R&D activities.

� Developing the innovation infrastructure.


LahtiSBP’s Organisation6 Business Units

Personnel over 50


LahtiSBP | Services

� Business development & internationalization services for Cleantech companies

� Internationalization programmes: China, Russia, India.

� Investor & financer contacting: Cleantech Venture Day.

� Development services for growth-companies

� Business Incubator and ICT services

� Invest-in activities & soft-landing services

� Lahti Cleantech Park – facilities & services.

� Cleantech infrastructure - R&D labs, pilots, test-beds:

� Energon – Renewable Energy Research Centre

� Pilot-scale Soil Research Centre


Lahti – Northern Part of

the Helsinki Metropolitan Area

� City of Lahti - 7th largest city in Finland

� Population: Lahti ~ 100 000,

Lahti Region ~ 200 000

� Lahti-Helsinki 100 km ~ 1 hour by car, ~50 min. by train

� Lahti - Helsinki-Vantaa Airport 90 km ~ 40 min.

� St. Petersburgh < 5 hours by train

Population 1.6 Million

Lahti – Cleantech center of Finland

Lahti Cleantech Park

� The most significant centre of environmental research, education and business in Finland.

� Currently home to approximately 50 companies and organizations.

� Several new office buildings is planned to be built on the lot in the near future.

� The construction of the 2nd new office building has started and will be opened in the

beginning of 2012.

Business Incubator

ServicesLahti Science and Business Park Ltd

LahtiSBP Business Incubator

� The biggest business incubator in Finland

in number of customers.

� Offers versatile incubator services

for entrepreneurs whose business

idea is based on

� new technologies,

� significant research results or

� service innovation

and whose business idea

can be estimated to have growth

and internationalization potential.

Business incubation is an excellent development platform

for new, promising and economically feasible business ideas.

Business Idea – What next?

Business Business

IdeaIdea

Sales activities

and export

Development

financing


Services

� Business Development Services

� Financial Consultancy

� Business Planning Consultancy

� Support of Company Establishment

� Marketing Consultancy

� Legal Advice

� Use of External Expertise

� Office Premises

LahtiSBP Business Incubator Process

Duration 1.5 - 3 years

SEARCH PRE-

INCUBATING

START-UP DEVELOPMENT

Evaluation

Pre-incubator

Agreement

Incubator Agreement

Evaluation of

the business

potential of the

business idea

Preparations for

starting the

business

Building basic business

structures

Planning & implementing

growth activities

Feasibility

Study

Company

Establishment

& Pre-

incubating

Services

Business Management and Networking Support Services

Development of product management skills

& building up of external specialist networks

0-6 months 12-18 months 6-12 months

Growth Services

• Product ideas

• Business ideas

• Spin-offs

• Research-

based ideas

TULI project

Business Plan Starting basic operations Starting growth phase

Business Incubating Services


Phase 1

Searching potential new entrepreneurs

Duration 0-6 months

� Marketing of incubating activities & services

� In Lahti Region

� In the Päijät-Häme Region

� In the Helsinki Metropolitan Area


Phase 2

Pre-incubation

Duration 6–8 months

� Refining the business idea.

� Compiling a business plan.

� Company establishment.

� Transition to the actual incubating phase.

� Pre-incubator agreement.� Guidance and advising services by

Lahti Science and Business Park.

� 100 % compensation for the external business development expertise.


Phase 3

Starting-up

Duration 24 months (targeted)

1. Selecting of companies meeting the criteria.

2. Applying for the incubating support from the

Employment and Economic Development Centre.Criteria

� Full-time-based entrepreneurship

� Company officially registered

� Company located in the premises managed by the Business

Incubator

� ProStart program successfully completed

3. Business Incubator Agreement.


Phase 4

Exit

� Preparing for exit

� Starting 3-6 months prior to

the actual date of exit.

� Securing the ability to run business

independently.

� Assisting in finding suitable premises.

� Securing the adequacy of financing.


Forms of financial support

� Incubating Support – up to 12 months

� Max. 50 % of eligible costs (VAT 0%).

� Incubator charges.

� Accounting company expenses.

� External expertise and training costs (24 months).

� Start-up Support – up to 12 months

� For reasonable wages and social security costs (25 %) or

for one person’s calculatory wages in maximum

(not granted to entrepreneurs receiving starting support)

� For 1-3 entrepreneurs in a single company

(max 50 % of eligible wages)

� Investment Support – up to 15 % of

eligible costs (VAT 0 %)

� For production investments (e.g. computers and software)


Potential financers

� Finnvera www.finnvera.fi

� Tekes www.tekes.fi

� Innofin – Foundation for Finnish Inventions www.innofin.com

� AVERA www.veraventure.fi

� Other financial institutions

� Business Angels


Statistics 2005-2010

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

New pre-incubator agreements 44 41 44 27 51 54

New incubator agreements 18 24 18 20

Amount of incubator companies 30 41 27 32

Total amount of companies 61 70 55 55 61 54

Average incubation time /months 42 35 25 30

Number of capital investments 0 10 13 9 12 6

Lahti Science and Business Park Ltd

The leading Cleantech technology

centre of the Nordic countriesFor further information, please contact

Risto Mauno | Director | Development services for new growth-companies

+358 40 757 9308 | [email protected]

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