Awareness & opportunity discovery
Entrepreneurship activations, idea exposure and pathways into the innobiz DUT ecosystem.
- Entrepreneurship awareness
- Opportunity discovery
- Programme orientation
What we do
Support that
moves ventures.
innobiz DUT combines practical learning, founder development, business support, infrastructure, funding pathways, market access and partnerships around one entrepreneurship ecosystem.
The support ecosystem
Capabilities around
the venture.
What We Do is not a second incubation sequence. It is the wider support system that entrepreneurs, students, DUT staff and partners can access before, during and after the official five-stage incubation pathway.
The capabilities below reflect the services supplied for innobiz DUT: training, mentorship, compliance, seed funding, enterprise development, intellectual property support, advisory, leadership development, market access, exchange programmes and practical learning spaces.
Six support pillars
Choose the help
you need.
These capabilities can support different users at different moments; they are not sequential programme stages.
Business & technical skills
Practical training that strengthens commercial thinking, sector knowledge and execution capability.
- Business start-up training
- Sector-specific training
- Business & technical skills
Founder & leadership development
Personal development, mentorship and leadership support for people building and leading ventures.
- Mentorship & training
- Personal development
- Leadership development
Advisory, compliance & IP
Support that helps ventures become more structured, compliant and commercially ready.
- Business support & advisory
- Business compliance
- Intellectual property support
Funding, markets & partnerships
Connections that help entrepreneurs access finance, customers, collaborators and wider networks.
- Seed funding pathways
- Funding & market access
- Collaborations & partnerships
Enterprise & supplier development
Growth-oriented support for operating businesses, industry linkage and longer-term enterprise development.
- Enterprise development
- Supplier development
- Local & international exchange
Where incubation fits
One official
five-stage pathway.
The structured incubation programme remains distinct: Selection, Hackathon, Pre-Incubation, Incubation and Post-Incubation.
Explore incubation1Selection
2Hackathon3 days
3Pre-Incubation6 months
4Incubation12 months
5Post-Incubation12 months
Support in action
Real people.
Real environments.
The supplied imagery shows the breadth of innobiz DUT activity without turning every image into a formal programme stage.
DUT student applications
Apply by
sector.
Each sector opens a tailored application and carries the selected route directly into the innobiz DUT CRM.
Find the right support
Tell us what you are trying to achieve.
The enquiry flow adapts to founders, DUT staff, researchers, partners and organisations so you only see the questions relevant to your route.