The City of Amsterdam and Innofest are teaming up to strengthen sustainable and social innovation in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area. We will help start-ups and scale-ups set up a test case to be tested at festivals in the Amsterdam region, including Kwaku, DGTL and Op de Ring.
Test your innovation in Amsterdam Metropolitan Region
The program
The programme consists of a series of six workshops, in which the test case takes shape step by step. In preparation of and during the final practical test at the festival, entrepreneurs receive personal guidance from our test expert to achieve optimal results. We also organise innovation tours at the festival, to give partners and sponsors a look behind the scenes.
After the test case, an evaluation workshop follows. In it, the entrepreneurs look back on the test case and look ahead to possible future steps. This way, we ensure that the data collected is used to improve the prototype.
The themes of sustainable mobility, circular material flows, energy, (digital) security, food and inclusiveness were chosen because the City of Amsterdam will be fully committed to them in the coming years. They therefore want to use this test track to explore the possibility whether they can apply the innovations in the metropolitan region. So after testing, a follow-up process may follow, in which the selected entrepreneurs will be supported with mentorship, business development and possible cooperation with the City of Amsterdam.
Good to know: if your company is selected for a test spot, a test budget will be available that allows you to partially reimburse your expenses.
Why would you participate?
- You test your prototype using a proven method
- You gain access to unique testing locations in the Netherland
- You collect valuable data to further develop your prototyp
- You can use the test budget to cover part of your incurred costs
- You create visibility for your company
"Innofest's work is an important complement to our accelerators. It forces entrepreneurs to name their assumptions and test them in the real world."
Manon Klein, Director Impact Hub Amsterdam
About Innofest
Innofest offers innovators the chance to test prototypes at living labs, kickstarting their success. By validating key assumptions at an early stage, startups increase their innovation’s chances of success and pick up crucial evidence for investors or launching customers.
Since its founding in 2016, Innofest has guided more than 350 test cases in this way at festivals and living labs. We do this using our own validated testing methodology. Download the whitepaper in which we have defined our methodology to learn more.
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