Sustainable solutions for a better future
Businesses have more than the responsibility to be sustainable. They also have the opportunity and power to impact cities, communities, and individuals by helping them live green.
Future Hub empowers innovative solutions that offer sustainable solutions and strive to create a better future. We strive to foster enterprise growth by enabling open innovation concept for Baltic market-leading enterprises. We also aim to help sustainability startups to accelerate their growth and create new opportunities by enabling co-creation in a challenge format.
Creating purpose-driven partnerships
Future Hub is an open innovation accelerator program for sustainability startups and the most innovative companies and public sector organizations. We match startup solutions with enterprise challenges to create mutually successful and tangible partnerships.
The program brings together Baltic market-leading enterprises with top European sustainability tech startups to facilitate partnerships for a 2-month co-creation process of a pilot project. The first batch took place from March to May 2021, bringing together sustainability startups with Swedbank Latvia, Rimi Baltic, Latvenergo, Orkla Latvia, and Riga City Council.
With us, startups and enterprises grow through co-creation. Together with enterprises, startups test their pilot market alliances solutions in target technologies and industries. Future Hub strives to form long-term partnerships that accelerate startup growth and bring innovative solutions to enterprises.
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Pilot alliances
Kick-off potential pilot alliances in target technologies & industries as well as explore potential market alliances with industry leaders for market access and scaling
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Guidance & mentoring
Receive advice and guidance from our global network of mentor and advisor pool to arrive at pilot alliances with enterprises to establish tangible partnerships
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Targeted networking
Take part in targeted networking events with Future Hub community members and take advantage of all the benefits and perks offered by our ecosystem builders
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Validate your solution
Match you solution with enterprise challenges and together test your solution or apply and validate existing products that match the enterprise's problem
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Growth training
Undergo growth hacking & scaling Bootcamp through 1on1 coaching. Taught by experts with a proven track record at international companies to focus on hands-on experiences
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Enter the Baltics
Get a chance to explore the Baltic market, work with local market-leading enterprises and learn about the region and your industry spesifics from the best.
Future Hub for Enterprises
During the 2-month fast-track program, we match startup solutions with enterprise challenges. Startups tackle a challenge presented by a market-leading enterprise and explore potential pilot or market alliances in target technologies and industries.
Program timeline
AUG 15
Applications close
SEPT 13
Kick-off week
OCT 29
Future Forum & Green Leadership Awards
JUL 14
Startup applications open
AUG 18
Selected startups announced
SEPT 20– DEC 3
Acceleration weeks
DEC 9
Demo Day
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We are looking for
Mobility
Solutions that encourage positive changes in integrated urban means of various types of transportation.
Food & AgroTech
Technology applied to change the current food production and consumption habits towards a more sustainable future.
Smart cities & Energy
Tackling the innovation challenge in the industry that powers the world. Finding ways of easing city life and creating opportunities to live green.
Supply Chain & Logistics
Innovative technology solutions to improve the management and effective logistical operations in almost all businesses.
Sustainable Business & Circular Economy
Ways of redefining the supply chain by eliminating waste & using data to make company and business processes more sustainable.
Future Hub is looking for Baltic market-leading enterprises ready to present a sustainability challenge. To tackle those challenges we are scouting for B2B, B2C, and B2B2C startups operating in five sustainability and GreenTech areas. In startups, we are looking for dedicated early-stage teams ready to join Future Hub and find potential clients and grow through open innovation.
