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Are you an employee or a student at Linköping University with a business idea? Let us help you explore the market needs and find a strategy for commercializing your innovation.

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VFT Application

We provide students and employees at Linköping University support to carry out initial verification activities with the aim of supporting the commercialization, application and exploitation of innovative ideas and business concepts.

Support activities are funded and carried out stepwise in such a manner that relevant areas for utilization, such as customer benefit, uniqueness and market potential are investigated, tested and developed. In this way, risks can be identified and reduced in each step and funds can be used efficiently. The verification support is funded by the Vinnova program ‘Verifiering för Tillväxt’ (VFT).

To request a meeting with LEAD, please use the form below. Do not enter sensitive information related to patent applications, etc. We recommend that you have initiated a dialogue with LiU Innovation or Student innovation by LiU prior to meeting LEAD.

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VFT
I/we own the idea and/or the IP behind the idea
The idea is not already commercialized
There is not already a company founded (based on the idea) having regular revenues or having external investors funding it with capital (LiU Invest excluded)
LiU offers innovation advisors either from LiU Innovation or Student Innovation by LiU, if you have an innovation advisor, choose your advisor in the list below:
LEAD is the Business Incubator connected to LiU. Have you been in contact with LEAD before? If yes, who is your Business Coach?
Location
Outline your idea for a product/service/solution and how it will solve the customer’s problem. Be concise, to-the-point (1-2 sentences).
Describe the customer’s or market’s key problem or unmet need are you addressing. Who is the customer, i.e. having the problem/need and is willing to pay for resolving it? What will happen if the need is not met? Can you somehow quantify the market (overall size, prices, growth trends, geography, etc.)?
Describe your solution, broadly speaking, and the most important aspects of your approach (strategy, business model etc.). How will this approach allow you to reach the customers and address their need?
Describe the benefits a customer will experience by using your approach. Can you quantify the value (money/time/convenience/improved quality etc.) for the customer? At what cost for the customer, e.g. investments in rebuilding and/or reorganizing to implement?
Describe the competition, i.e. other ways of addressing the same problem/need. Why does your solution represent the best value for the customer? Can you name some competitor companies?
How would you describe the current situation of development of the idea in a commercial direction? Self-assess what you have achieved team-wise, customer-wise, IP-wise and technology-wise in the dropdown menus below.
What do you see as the next step in your commercialization journey?
Who is behind the idea? What kind of knowledge/background do you bring to the project? (State the names of all initial founders and their roles within the project/company)
Confirmation
The application above does not contain detailed information about the invention that may be sensitive in relation to patenting.
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