Wageningen Impact Catalyst
The Wageningen Impact Catalyst provides financial support, knowledge and guidance to promote entrepreneurship within Wageningen University & Research (WUR). In this way, innovative ideas are nurtured and accelerated into successful businesses and social initiatives that address global challenges in food, agriculture and the living environment.
We are looking for partners!
Financial support is crucial in the incubation phase to develop business models, create prototypes, and gain knowledge. However, it is often challenging for start-up entrepreneurs to obtain a loan or attract the interest of investors.
University Fund Wageningen is therefore looking for partners to support more young WUR entrepreneurs through the Wageningen Impact Catalyst. Are you interested in making a financial contribution, offering mentorship, opening up your network, or contributing in another way? Please contact Lies Boelrijk to discuss the possibilities.
Our urgency
With the increasing complexity and urgency of global problems, it is
more important than ever to connect WUR's scientific insights with innovative startups. Startups are agile and can therefore significantly accelerate sustainable food systems, resilient ecosystems and a circular society.
To help these startups, we offer mentoring and skills development programmes and raise funds for young (student) entrepreneurs from WUR. In this way, we help them through various stages of development, from stimulating innovative ideas to prototyping, developing a proposition and quantifying impact.
Collaboration
The Wageningen Impact Catalyst is an initiative of Wageningen University & Research supported by University Fund Wageningen and a number of highly committed alumni.
We collaborate with strategic partners in our ecosystem, such as KplusV, StartGreen, Noorderwind and FoodvalleyNL. Together, we strengthen our impact and foster an innovation ecosystem where knowledge, finance, entrepreneurship and practice come together. Our diverse community enables us to deliver solutions in the Netherlands, Europe and beyond.