Start a company
Or become more entrepreneurial. University research can lead to an idea for a product, service or innovation. A logical step might be to partner with an existing company, or other external party. Maybe you rather follow your own path and start your own spin-off company? How do you get from a good research based idea to your own company or social enterprise? Discuss it with IXA and get the most out of our services and facilities.

Incubator facilities
Do you have a promising idea that could be the start of a business? At the Demonstrator Lab you can turn your idea into a tangible product or concrete service. It offers an ideal environment to learn entrepreneurship by doing. You will find different types of support here particularly suitable for ideas in the earliest stages of a business. The Demonstrator Lab is open to Amsterdam students and researchers from all disciplines. Are you still in the very early stages of the idea-to-market process? Come to the Demonstrator Lab!

IXA for students
HvA students and recent alumni have access to the HvA Venture Centre – part of IXA-HvA. The team helps them develop their entrepreneurship skills with coaching and programs. Such as the 20-week 10K Incubator programme that gives students the chance to turn their innovative ideas into start-ups with sustainable impact.
Are you a master’s student at the HvA, UvA or VU and want to go into business? The universities offer you a number of services and facilities. Student start-ups can go to the incubator Demonstrator Lab. And for an investment in your start-up, you can turn to the Amsterdam Student Investment Fund (ASIF Ventures).