Mission Statement
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Start and grow your business with high success rate
The companies of Technopark Lucerne clearly demonstrate above average success rate. This is the result of
- admitting only companies with both convincing management team and business case
- coaching the entrepreneurs to systematically increase the value of their company
- providing the necessary network to lead customers, the financial community, expert advice and universities.
- enabling companies to concentrate on their customers and business due to the availability of state-of-the-art infrastructure services.
At present, around 40 selected companies are starting and growing their business in the Technopark Lucerne.
- The blended mix of companies in the different entrepreneurial stages from start-up to early growth to stable on-going business "under one roof" creates an inspiring environment.
- In this environment, Technopark companies are profiting from the active exchange of ideas and experience with colleagues facing the same entrepreneurial challenges.
- Specially valuable to the Technopark community are the experiences of serial entrepreneurs who have already successfully started and sold a business and have chosen Technopark Lucerne to start their new ventures.
- The some 400 active and Alumni companies of the Technopark Alliance enable additional valuable contacts on how to start and grow a business successfully.
- As Technopark Lucerne is embedded in the famous D4-Business Campus with more than 100 established internationally successful companies with more than 2000 people such as Nielsen, Geistlich, Sage, Siemens, Noser, Sealed Air, Zurich Financial Services, Technopark Lucerne companies are not isolated in an only start-up environment, but positively exposed to the reality of daily pulsating business.
Technopark Lucerne companies are successfully serving important customers such as Siemens, Schindler, Swisscom, SBB, Post Finance, Nokia, BKW, Migros, Coop, Bayer, Atel, Securitron, Puma, CSS, etc.
Technopark Lucerne Companies have the advantage to have access to the partner companies supporting the Technopark such as Schindler, SUVA, Maxon Motor, Luzerner Kantonalbank, CKW, Sage, ALSO, B Braun Medical, Bison, etc., be it as potential customers or just to get valuable feedback on important business issues.
Wachstumskapital AG
WK AG as 100% subsidiary of the Luzerner Kantonalbank delivers early-growth financing for selected companies. The fund has been established as result of a joint initiative of Technopark Lucerne and LUKB. Several Technopark Luzern companies have positively passed the acceptance criteria. Together with other financial stakeholders (CTI Invest, BAS Business Angels, SFN Stiftung für Neuunternehmer, among others), yearly investment level will be several Mio. CHF.
Luzerner Start-up Model
- Value selling and early proof of quantified customer value.
- Value capturing by actively ensuring sustainable competitive advantages where possible.
- Methodical value & risk management: Identify and systematically eliminate risks in the right order. Each time a risk is eliminated, the company value goes up accordingly, making bootstrap finance possible.
- Balanced Scorecard to actively manage the non-financial value drivers. The nature of value drivers change as the company develops through the seed, start-up and early-growth phase.
- Lifecycle coaching as highly structured process to guide the companies over several years to success, integrating CTI, venturelab, IFJ, etc. offerings when and where appropriate.
Rental area: ca. 5,000 m2
Companies: ca. 50
Member of the TECHNOPARK®-Alliance