The University Business Incubator
the University of Maribor’s deep-tech startup accelerator
Venture Factory is a purpose-driven business & ecosystem-building organization
We help ambitious founders and companies challenge the status quo and build resilient businesses.
Venture Factory is a purpose-driven business & ecosystem-building organization
We help ambitious founders and companies challenge the status quo and build resilient businesses.
What can you achieve with us?
We offer our advice, fresh perspective, concrete outputs and valuable connections, while working on strategy development, business design and ecosystem collaboration.
Agile strategy
We help you describe what your organization will look like in the future. We offer a team-based approach to designing a roadmap to achieve a much higher return on investment with a new innovation strategy that focuses on transformative rather than incremental innovation. Furthermore, we help you manage end-to-end innovation processes, including managing the portfolio of your existing and new businesses.
Building businesses
We help you explore new market opportunities in a structured and effective way and validate early-stage business ideas through a wide range of customer-centric testing methods. We help you use the right mix of entrepreneurial agility, corporate planning, and sales and management techniques to achieve rapid growth.
Ecosystem collaboration
We help you set up a strong innovation ecosystem. Not only that, but we bring you together with the right partners and assist in successfully shaping the future by leveraging our extensive network of startups, corporates, investors, and other experts involved in the Podim conference and Start:up Slovenia ecosystem platforms.
100+ supported startup teams
20+ years of acceleration experience
The most influential startup &
tech event in the CEE region
Educate & Inspire
Get inspired by startup success stories and bold innovation projects, explore the CEE startup ecosystem, learn about building resilient businesses and running game-changing projects.
About Venture Factory
We're on a mission to empower through entrepreneurship & innovation
With a spirit of collaboration and curiosity, we support founders and companies to realize their bold visions.
We connect a vast network of entrepreneurs, mentors, experts, investors, and institutions to create business ties and strategic partnerships for a better tomorrow.
Helping ambitious founders and companies challenge the status quo and build resilient businesses
In doing so, we offer our advice, fresh perspective, concrete outputs and valuable connections, while working on strategy development, business design and ecosystem collaboration. We use our 20+ years of acceleration experience and leverage our Podim conference and Start:up Slovenia ecosystem platforms to achieve the set goals.
Breakthrough innovation for achieving the SDGs
Reaching the SDGs can succeed in creating prosperity on Earth and opening new market opportunities. This requires solutions that have the power to make a difference and go beyond incremental innovation. Companies need to step up their sustainability efforts and act decisively to:
- adopt new ways of thinking,
- build, test and implement new business models, and
- develop and integrate disruptive technologies.
Innovate with us and improve your ESG performance.
Our mindset is what makes us different
You can expect us to focus on where we can make the biggest impact, allowing us to offer uncomparable, tailor-made advice and engagement.
We are able to apply entrepreneurial and corporate approaches simultaneously in running your business and help you achieve rapid growth.
Selected Corporate Clients
Partners we’ve collaborated with
Get on the path to becoming a resilient business
Work and innovate with us to create new value for customers and make a difference in the market. Together with your team, we will discover;
- Your winning ambition
- Where do you play?
- How do you win?
- Your core competencies.
- Your core systems.
From this point of view, we will clearly envision the future of your business and make the best strategic decisions to get there.
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Wondering what the future can bring to your business? Looking for ways to stay ahead of your competition? To spot unique business opportunities where others only see risk. How to inspire your team and your investors to join forces and commit?
Register today. You’ll receive our latest tips to help you build a resilient business! You’ll also get special discounts on our workshops and events
