Community for Innovation driven Entrepreneurship
Tech transfer @ KU Leuven
> 120 spinoff companies
> 5000 people employed
> 5 spinoffs each year
What role should universities play?
The University as an Incubator
Scale
Launch
Prototype
Creativity
Entrepreneurship courses
InterdisciplinarityTeamwork
Inspiration NetworkingEntr
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kills
Entr
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We want to cultivate an
entrepreneurial mindset in
all students and faculty
Our Goal
Researchers & PhD students
Students
Alumni & entrepreneurs
Teachers & professors
A university-wide community topromote, stimulate and supportentrepreneurship with and by itsmembers
KICK
PiP
Academy
Skills
Internships
Research
Entrepreneurship
Coaching
Startup Support
Community
Partnerships
Events
Alumni
Spaces
Funding
Community Initiatives
KICK
PiP
Academy
Skills
Internships
Research
Entrepreneurship
Coaching
Startup Support
Community
Partnerships
Events
Alumni
Spaces
Funding
Community Initiatives
KICK
Community Initiatives
TechStart
Start-ups provide a technologicalconsultancy project
Solved by a group of students
Supervised by academic researchers & PhD students
Community Initiatives
TechStart
Start-ups provide a technologicalconsultancy project
Solved by a group of students
Supervised by academic researchers & PhD students
KICKPiP
Academy
Skills
Internships
Research
Entrepreneurship
Coaching
Community
Partnerships
Events
Alumni
Spaces
Funding
Community initiatieven
Community Initiatives
Startup Support
€34,195,000 Raised
170 Lcie Teams
136 Jobs Created
KICK Teams
Interactive online R and Python courses on topics in datascience, statistics, and machine learning.
Jonathan Cornelissen: Phd in statisticsMartijn Theuwissen: Ma in Applied EconomicsDieter De Mesmaeker: Ma engineering technology
KICK Teams: DataCamp
WHAT?
FOUNDED IN 2013
3,500,000+ aspiring data scientists trained€27M capital raised
FACTS & FIGURES
>90 employeesOffices in Leuven, London & New York
NOW
Installations to generate electricity from rivers with low drop
Geert Slachmuylders: Ma engineering technologyJasper Verreydt: Ma applied economics
KICK Teams: Turbulent
WHAT?
FOUNDED IN 2014
First operational unit in Castle in Tielt-WingeCandidate for MIT innovators under 35 in 2016
FACTS & FIGURES
6 employeesStartup in Chile
NOW
KICK
Academy
Skills
Internships
Research
Entrepreneurship
Coaching
Startup Support
Community
Partnerships
Events
Alumni
Spaces
Funding
Community initiatieven
Community Initiatives
PiP
ProductInnovationProject
Business, Engineering, Bio-engineering, Law, Sciences, Medicine, Arts, …
PiP
Product innovation Project
Interdisciplinary team of ±9 students
Solve a challenge provided by a company
Create a product and a business case in 1 academic year
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Team
10
3
1
2015-2016
Develop a solution for
people with tremor
1
Students
Faculties
Challenge
9
6
When Music Meets Science
Develop a product that uses music to
break through social isolation and
stimulates social interaction and
communication, where a mix of therapy
and technology should be used.
Students
Faculties
When Music Meets Science
An assistive app which helps children with ASD to
communicate better by drawing and creating music
9
5
When Chemistry Meets Computer Science
Use holographic computing to
improve business processes in the
chemical industry
Students
Faculties
When Chemistry Meets Computer Science
Track3D: immersive mixed reality application for
instructive learning and classroom training for employees
Have you got what it takes to become a coach?
Coaching a PiP project
Fine tune your project managementand entrepreneurial skills
Explore new ideas
What’s in it for you?
Help students launch a great solutionto a real life problem
Be amazed by what a group of brightstudents can do under your guidance!
PiP
Delphine RamonPhD Student architecture,
PiP coach ‘18-’19
Develop a sustainable solution
to help vulnerable groups deal
with urban heat islands
a lasting impact
MakePiP, IusStart, TechStart, …
Coachyour network
Expandby others
Be inspiredwith many otherentrepreneurialpeople
Collaborate
Want to take part in the community?
@Lcie.be [email protected] www.lcie.be