Innovation Bridge LAB
A collaborative hub where academia, business, and society unite to co-create real-world solutions
Mission
Vision
About the Innovation Bridge LAB
- User-centric co-creation
Through structured engagement with companies, researchers, and end-users, the lab enhances the market readiness of innovative solutions and fosters impactful, sustainable growth.
- Cross-sector collaboration
Operating within a dynamic ecosystem, the lab enables active collaboration between researchers, businesses, public institutions, and civil society. By utilizing the quadruple helix model, the lab fosters synergy across disciplines to turn knowledge into impactful solutions.
- Commercialization and market readiness
The lab actively supports the translation of research outputs into market-ready products and services. With programs like Evolut 4.0 and strategic connections to international networks like IASP and ESA BIC, it enhances commercialization opportunities for innovations born in the lab.
Focus areas
- Digital transformation and smart technologies
- Health, life science and wellbeing
- Sustainable innovation and societal impact
Working group: Research and innovation
Activities
- Regular matchmaking and networking events
- Thematic trainings
- Pre-acceleration program
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Explore our digital tools and business service sets at Distance LAB Hub!
The Distance Soft Interaction Skills tool
The Design for Sustainability tool
Stakeholders
Explore and connect with relevant networks
EEN Network
Clusters
Incubators
- VMU Biotechnology and agrifood Incubator – cross-industry
- CERN Lithuania incubator - partnership framework that connects Lithuania with CERN, enabling collaboration in nuclear and particle physics
- HealthTech Catalyst incubator - training program focused on developing competencies and building new products in healthcare
- Baltic Sandbox incubator and pre-accelerator – med tech, bio tech, agro tech, food tech, pharma tech, health tech
- Kickstart Lab pre-accelerator and incubator by Spiečius for youth under 30 years old
- KTU Startup Space incubator – cross-industry
Centres of Innovation and Excellence
Other Resources
- KTU Artificial Intelligence Center – coordinating and providing services for AI projects
- M-Lab – interdisciplinary prototyping laboratory center
- Nemunas Valley – integrated science, study and business center for the development of the agriculture, forestry, and food sector
- Santaka Valley – integrated science, study, and business center for the development of the chemistry, biopharmacy, energy, mechatronics, and IT sectors
- VDU CTTC laboratories – laboratories of Vytautas Magnus University Communication and Technology Transfer Center 9
Contact Innovation Bridge LAB
Founder: Tech-Park Kaunas
Contact person: Tomas Černevičius
Address: K. Petrausko g. 26, LT-44156 Kaunas, Lithuania
