is your sustainable idea ready for the next step?
Are you an SME, startup or scale-up looking to build a clean, smart and healthy world? Then the Techport Green Incubator is your springboard. In four intensive days, you get everything you need: practical tools, professional coaching and a network of investors, customers and partners. Together, we put your innovation on the cutting edge.
The Green Incubator is an accelerator programme for companies with a promising idea that is already in motion - for example, you already have sales or have closed a first deal. Your team is agile, your vision is in focus, but you are still looking for that real confirmation: does the market really want this?
Together, we will test and prove it. We work on your value proposition, validate your idea and bring focus to your growth strategy. So you go home with a validated plan and a network that helps you move forward. In short: we give your innovation the green light.
👉 Next entry point
The next edition of the Green Incubator will take place at 23 & 24 March 2026 and 20 & 21 April 2026.
Four days where your innovation gets the acceleration it deserves!
Useful to know
The Green Incubator is a compact but powerful four-day acceleration programme. You bring the idea - we give you the mindset, tools and skills to develop it faster and smarter into something that makes real impact.
For whom. Startups and SMEs with sustainable innovation in the development stage.
Where do you stand? You already have initial traction, but are looking for the answer to the question: is my innovation market-ready?
What do we ask? Nothing. No shares, no options. Just your ambition to make a difference.
When? 23 & 24 March 2026 and 20 & 21 April 2026
THIS DELIVERS:
- A validated idea tested by the market
- Understanding your market, customer, problem and the right business model
- A sharply formulated value proposition for your product or service
- A clear distinctive position in the market
- Focus and a concrete action plan for the coming months
- A compelling story that you can pitch powerfully
- Access to a large and valuable network in the IJmond and North Holland region
This is what we offer:
- A strong and results-oriented acceleration programme
- Development of innovative, sustainable products and services that customers really want
- Direct access to a network of 100+ companies, experts, coaches, mentors and investors
- Opportunities to participate in leading conferences, events and trade shows
- Fast and better collaborations through involved (semi)governmental authorities, corporates and industry partners
- Understanding investment needs and connection to regional funding and innovation instruments
- Membership of the Alumni programme, with regular meetings and knowledge sharing
This is how you participate.
Completely convinced already? Then apply your company for the Green Incubator. Once you have applied, a committee of experts will judge your submission on, among other things, potential, the team and the degree of sustainability of your innovation. The 10 best teams will get a spot in the programme.
| Techport Green Incubator 2026 Closing registration: 25 February 2026   Start: 23/45 March & 20/21 April 2026 Contact Michiel de Klein (michiel.deklein@techport.nl) |
new ideas, knowledge sharing & networking
From The Green Incubator, we organise monthly low-threshold moments to get together, share knowledge and bring new ideas to life: the Techport Networking Breakfast and the Techport Innovation Café. Curious about the next editions? Check out the upcoming breakfasts and cafés in our agenda and join us for a dose of inspiration, innovation and connection.
network breakfast
The best conversations don't start behind a laptop, but at breakfast. During the Networking Breakfast, you will meet other entrepreneurs from the region in an informal setting. Over a croissant and good conversation, you will share insights, make new connections and discover opportunities to work together on a sustainable future.
innovation café
In the afternoon, we move the inspiration to the Innovation Café. Here, together with experts, entrepreneurs and students, we dive into current topics such as AI, hydrogen, digitalisation and energy storage. A relaxed setting where new ideas emerge, knowledge is shared and the next collaborations often start at the bar.
Our executive partner in this project is Innomics.
Techport Green Incubator is made possible in part by a grant from the Just Transition Fund IJmond.
