Innovation Academy
In 2021, Riga Business School launched a 24-week practical pre-acceleration program called “Innovation Academy” or INO to foster the creation of globally competitive start-ups. INO is an opportunity for people to work with experienced mentors throughout the program to validate, test and develop their solutions. Solutions that are built in the INO program represent various industries and use of different technologies.
MENTORS
Internationally experienced mentors from start-up, technology, and the corporate environment
WORLD CLASS CONTENT
Lectures and seminars on the basic principles of development and commercialization of new products and services
EVENTS
Networking events, experience stories of start-ups, talks on current issues in various industries
FUNDING
Funding for prototyping and testing of developed solutions
Innovation Academy
In 2021, Riga Business School launched a 24-week practical pre-acceleration program called “Innovation Academy” or INO to foster the creation of globally competitive start-ups. INO is an opportunity for people to work with experienced mentors throughout the program to validate, test and develop their solutions. Solutions that are built in the INO program represent various industries and use of different technologies.
MENTORS
Internationally experienced mentors from start-up, technology, and the corporate environment
WORLD CLASS CONTENT
Lectures and seminars on the basic principles of development and commercialization of new products and services
EVENTS
Networking events, experience stories of start-ups, talks on current issues in various industries
FINANCING
Funding for prototyping and testing of developed solutions
The first season of the pre-acceleration program Innovation Academy proved that there are many ambitious, technological ideas with global potential in Latvia. We also learned that systematic, proactive and practical work in teams on the development of these ideas allows engaged participants to achieve clearly measurable progress and helps to create an early, investment-ready flow of projects, thus promoting the ecosystem basis of Latvian start-ups. On October 20th, 2022, the second Innovation Academy program will begin.
Viesturs Sosārs
Riga Business School Entrepreneur in residency, Innovation Academy Program Director
The first season of the pre-acceleration program Innovation Academy proved that there are many ambitious, technological ideas with global potential in Latvia. We also learned that systematic, proactive and practical work in teams on the development of these ideas allows engaged participants to achieve clearly measurable progress and helps to create an early, investment-ready flow of projects, thus promoting the ecosystem basis of Latvian start-ups. On October 20th, 2022, the second Innovation Academy program will begin.
Viesturs Sosārs
Riga Business School Entrepreneur in residency, Innovation Academy Program Director