From Lab to Market – Your Startup Journey Begins Here
Want to explore how your research-based idea can become a successful startup?
Apply to our four-session Startup Camp to gain a clear understanding of the fundamentals of taking innovations from the lab to the market – together with other driven research teams.
From discovery to venture – empowering you – and future research at Chalmers
Application is now closed for Startup Camp Deep Tech 2025
For research-based ideas
Are you curious about how to go from your research-based idea to a successful commercial venture and want to take an active role in the process? Startup Camp idea edition is your opportunity to fast-track that journey. Join us and likeminded teams for a seven-week program going through the basics of what it means to go from idea to a growth start-up.
This application round is now closed.
Startup Camp: Deep Tech is your oportunity to accelerate the journey from research to real-world impact – together with one of the leading venture builders and deep tech investors in the Nordics, Chalmers Ventures.
When supporting researchers in the unlocking of the commercial potential of their ideas, we explore market opportunities, understand how to build successful ventures and master how to pitch innovations to different audiences.
Startup Camp Deep Tech is designed specifically for the unique challenges deep tech startups face – helping you navigate the transition from scientific breakthrough to viable business.
With every successful venture we help create, the returns are reinvested to help fuel new research and innovation at Chalmers University of Technology – ensuring long-term impact and continued scientific progress.
The application period for Startup Camp Deep Tech 2025 is now open – deadline is set to October 6th.
Four evenings of hands-on workshops where you’ll develop your idea, learn from peers, and get expert guidance from the experienced team at Chalmers Ventures.
Tackle real assignments, refine your concept, and cap it all off by pitching your innovation on the final evening, attended by distinguished guests.
With the acquired skills and tools from Startup Camp, the future of your startup is in your hands. We are ready to continue working, through our different offers – with ideas ready to take the next step towards the market.
What do previous participants say? Scroll down for a few testimonials.
"The start-up camp organized by Chalmers Ventures was a perfect platform for me to gauge the commercial potential of our technology. The highly interactive sessions organized by the camp provided me with essential know-how on commercialization of research-based ideas and basic challenges faced by deep tech startups."
"As a scholar, it is hard to know what steps you can and should take to transform our social science, earth observation and machine learning research into a marketable product. The Deep Tech Startup camp was an eye opener for us and for anyone that wants to gain key a deeper insight about this transformation."
"We wanted to find a way to provide our expertise and software to improve bioimage analysis with deep learning to a larger community. The Start-Up Camp provided us the essential understanding and tools to refine our idea, and laid the groundwork for the successful creation of the startup IFLAI AB."
Giovanni and his team have now started IFLAI AB (www.iflai.com).
"Startup camp gave me the tools to understand the commercial and impact potential of my research-based idea. Through the workshops and 1on1’s with experienced business coaches I learned to see my idea through the eyes of others."
Kate has now taken her next steps and complete her team through the Encubation track.
What we expect from applications to Startup Camp: Deep tech.
Teams consist of at least one person with the drive to explore the commercial potential of an idea.
A connection to the Västra Götaland-region is required. Applicants must have the ability to actively attend the Startup Camp track.
All ideas/projects are based on unique technologies – resulting from research developed at universities located in the western parts of Sweden.
You – and the team – should have clear ownership rights over the idea ( if needed, your respective innovation office can assist and guide you in this process).
Your solution targets a global market potential.
Your solution offers positive impact potential on national as well as global scale.
Welcome to Startup Camp Deep Tech!
Our primary aim is to assist researchers like you in transitioning your groundbreaking ideas from lab to market. Let's embark on this transformative journey together!