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High-Tech Business Incubator - Burgas is a non-profit organization established in Burgas in 2003, whose mission is to encourage entrepreneurs, researchers, scientists and academics to start and develop their own businesses, as well as to facilitate the introduction and the development of high technologies in Burgas region. The main goal behind the operation of the organization is to make the region of Burgas more attractive to investment, to contribute to the utilization of its economic potential and to the development of the local economy.

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EBN – the European Business Innovation Centers Network is a non-profit organization based in Brussels. EBN offers services in the area of the joint management of the activities of the Business Innovation Centers, the development and promotion of the concept of Business Innovation Centers within and outside the EU. The organization was established in 1984 and has currently 160 BIC (full members) and 21 associate members.

The mission of INI-GraphicsNet Stiftung is to assist scientific research and technological developments through the encouragement and facilitation of their application to business in the area of ICT. To accomplish these goals, INI-GraphicsNet Stiftung creates innovative networks of research results and outputs that are available to business and industry, thus acting as a mediator in the implementation of innovative technologies.
INI-GraphicsNet is part of INI-GraphicsNet Stiftung, one of the most famous information and communication technologies network which employs 350 experts, more than 500 researchers and has an annual budget of approximately 40 million Euros. The founder of INI-GraphicsNet Stiftung is Prof. Dr. Jose Luis Encarnasao.
Based on its vast experience and in-depth knowledge, INI-GraphicsNet Stiftung develops individual concepts for the assessment of market opportunities of innovations. The team of regional and global experts working for INI-GraphicsNet provides every client with a unique individually-tailored solution. The services provided by INI-GraphicsNet Stiftung during the incubation phase of businesses include: market research, assistance in the development of business plans and strategies, qualification trainings, identification of strategic measures to enter the market and development of appropriate financial mechanisms.
So far, INI-GraphicsNet Stiftung has successfully assisted more than 30 starting enterprises. The foundation has supported the best-quality prototypes to reach the highest stage of their development and to successfully enter the technologies market.
The operation of INI-GraphicsNet led to the establishment of INI-GraphicsNet Partnership Network which includes investors and managers from several venture capital funds, business angels and partner networks. INI-GraphicsNet Stiftung has signed partnership agreements and contracts with the following universities: TU Darmstadt, University of Rostock, Universidade do Minho, Portugal, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI, USA, University of Rhode Island, (URI), Providence, RI, USA, University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE, USA, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, The University of the Basque Country, San Sebastian, Spain, EWHA Womans University, Seoul, Korea, Universita degli Studi di Trento, Italy.