Małopolska – a region in the south of Poland – is definitely one of those regions where innovation plays a crucial role in the overall economic development. Małopolska has a rich intellectual capital supported by some of the best universities in the country and an entrepreneurial spirit of local people.
The goal of the project is to enable innovative SMEs from Małopolska to establish cooperation with partners from Poland and abroad. This will have a positive impact on the realisation of investments in Małopolska, which will be associated as a place of innovation and development, and will contribute to an improvement in the level of entrepreneurship in the region.
Main objectives of the project:
- Enabling a discussion between the business and science sectors on strengthening cooperation in the field of R&D
- Establishment of long-term contacts of Małopolska start-ups with the corporate sector, science and investors
- Strengthening contacts between international startups in the area of new technologies and cooperation
- Support for startups from Małopolska in the implementation and development of products/services and their international promotion
- Promotion of products/services offered by Małopolska entrepreneurs in foreign countries
- Promotion of innovative start-up projects from Małopolska
- Support of investment process for Malopolska start-ups
Companies operating within Małopolska’s smart specializations are supported by the Economic Accelerator – an initiative by the Institute for Eastern Studies (ISW) addressed to innovative companies. The aim of the program is to promote SMEs in the field of internationalization. The ISW conducts political, economic, and cultural activities. It is best known as the organizer of international conferences:
- Economic Forum
- European Congress of Local Governments
- Innovation Forum
- Europe-Ukraine Forum
In November 2021, three startups from Małopolska participated in the “Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology” online. The Singapore Fair is one of the largest FinTech festival in the world and a knowledge platform for the global FinTech community. Due to the pandemic, the 2021 fair was held online.
Enterprises from Małopolska which were present at the fair:
Ideo Klocki Mateusz Kustra:
My name is Matt Kustra and I represent Ideo-Bricks I am a professional bricks builder. I am building models for the needs of exhibitions, museums, private collectors and companies. I build on various scales. On a minifigures scale, a smaller medium scale and an architectural scale such as architectural models. In the near future I plan to introduce some new products made of bricks. This year I have introduced bricks paints builds with Lego bricks.
Sulma & Sulma:
WE IGNITE LOVE FOR PRODUCTS of our clients. We deal in efficient introduction of products to the market and dynamic generation of sales. How we work: Market fit test – At this first stage, we analyse to determine if the product has a good market fit from the market and customers’ perspective. Then we will improve your market fit and help you to build a scaling sales process.
WearFits:
WearFits® is an internet fitting room technology for e-commerce clothing retailers. Improving apparel online shopping experience and quality of CG visualisation by relying on physically correct 3D body representation, industry standard virtual garment model and high quality simulation process. It is able to accurately predict both the fit and the perceived comfort of wearing the garment by utilising a hybrid of accurate physics simulation and Machine Learning techniques.
