Launch your sustainable startup in Brussels
Thinking about starting a green or sustainable business in Brussels?
Today, more than ever, doing business in Brussels is sustainable, ecological, local and responsible! greenlab helps you grow your own sustainable idea into a real business or startup, in just 6 months! The team of hub.brussels is there to support you with personal coaching, workshops and expert advice.
You provide the idea, we help you grow it into a real sustainable business!
Kickstart your business
greenlab = a 6 months accelerator programme, providing all the tools you need to launch your own sustainable start-up and allow you to:
- limit the financial risks and test your project in a real life environment
- present a professional and convincing business plan to investors
- acquire sustainable entrepreneurial skills
- integrate in a broad network of entrepreneurs and experts in sustainable and circular economy
Interested?
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The greenlab acceleration program is open to anyone wishing to create a start-up in Brussels in the fields of the environment and the circular economy.
The workshops and the trajectory can be combined with a full-time job. The greenlab sessions will take place every Wednesday evening from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm, from January 10 to June 13, 2024 (excluding school vacations). There will be 3 additional Saturday sessions (from 9.30 to 12.30) and the first weekend of february. The training sessions take place at hub.brussels (Chaussée de Charleroi 110, 1060 Saint-Gilles). A number of sessions may also be held online.
The call for applications is open from September 1 to October 31 2023 (at 23:59 pm).
Fill out the application form (at the top of this page).
Our staff will closely analyse your application, to check whether it meets our criteria for entry into greenlab (this may take a few days).
Selected candidates are asked to send us a short presentation video of their project (of about 1 minute, in a format of their choice) by November 3, 2023.
All aspiring greenlabers are invited to an introductory session on pitching and entrepreneurship, on Tuesday November 21 from 6pm to 8pm at hub.brussels
The greenlab jury will be held on Saturday November 25, 2023.
The candidates will receive detailed feedback from the jury, between November 27 and December 1st, 2023.
Selected candidates are welcome to attend our greenlab drink, on Thursday November 30, 2023 (in the evening)
After 6 months of coaching, you will be able to launch your own sustainable start-up. hub.brussels will be there to help you start and grow your business project.
At the end of 6 months of coaching, the candidates are invited to come and pitch their project in front of an audience, during the greenlab closing ceremony. Three candidates will be rewarded with a prestigious award: the greenlab.brussels Prize, the Triodos Prize (2.500 €) and the Public’s Prize.
The 15 selected participants can count on weekly guidance and coaching in order to launch their start-up. The candidates are invited to participate in workshops, brainstorms and personal expert coaching.
Is your project rooted in Brussels? Is it innovative and aiming for a positive environmental impact? Is it your objective to ultimately start your own business, to make it grow and to recruit employees? Are you committed to thoroughly and carefully engage for the the full program? Welcome to greenlab!
Please note that priority is given to production projects and those with a prototype to present.
ATTENTION: app and consultancy projects are not eligible.
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