Entrepreneurship Portal
The Ģֱ offers excellent conditions for starting a research and knowledge-based business.
The Research and Innovation Services can help with various early-stage funding opportunities.
The Enterprise Factory coaches start-up teams and companies and also provides guidance on how to find different funding opportunities.
Unifund Ltd can invest capital in the most interesting start-ups. Intangible property IPR (patents, software, data) generated by university research and owned by the university can also be invested in a company through Unifund.
We also train our students in entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial thinking.
What does it mean to be entrepreneurial? Are you considering setting up a company?
We offer attractive, multidisciplinary studies that respond to the competence needs of today and tomorrow. Our education utilizes the opportunities of changing working environments and networked practices. Education at JYU offers an opportunity to build competence profiles that are meaningful for the world of work in the future. Support services produced by the University enhance the conditions of multidisciplinary study and research.
Do you have a business idea or innovation? Do you have research result which could yield as business?
All our researchers are supported in possibilities to exploit their research commercially. Support for research based business covers the phases from a business idea to a growth company.
Many companies have been established on the basis of the research results of the JYU or founded by the university alumni.
Research and Innovation Services serves JYU researchers in applying for research funding and helps companies, work communities and researchers to find common interests. If you need support with your funding application or guidance on research ethics, impact or commercialisation.
Research and Innovation Services staff
The Ģֱ has a financing company Unifund Jyväskylä Ltd to support the start up of research-based businesses.
The operations of new businesses may be based on the utilisation of intellectual rights created at the University or on services originating from research results.
Unifund Jyväskylä Ltd
