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Investments and innovation deserve a personal touch. We're here to help you set camp in Romania's NW region, innovate and scale up your business.

WHAT WE DO

Regional Innovation & Entrepreneurship Portfolio

We help researchers match their results with businesses. Our Regional Innovation & Entrepreneurship Portfolio is open for researchers and innovative businesses looking to develop new products and technologies. Schedule a meeting with our innovation experts and we'll find the best solution for your needs, be it funding or research partners.

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Discover North-West Romania

Strategic location, skilled workforce, top universities, favorable business climate, and well-developed infrastructure make North-Western Romania the ideal place for your business. At INNO, we give you access to the region's largest database of public assets, helping you identify investment opportunities and make informed decisions for your business. Explore NW Romania and its 6 counties, each with its unique character and potential!

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Regional Liaison for Foreign Investors

We provide personalised data for potential investors ready to set camp in Romania's North-West region: industry, demographics, economic trends, you name it. We also help you set up meetings with real estate developers and owners, HR businesses, law firms, and any relevant trade associations. Our consultants live and breathe North-West, so you can rest assure that they'll provide the best information about investments and opportunities in our region. Schedule a meeting with our consultants and we will help you make the best decisions for you and your business!

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WHY INNO?

We're a regional one-stop-shop for your business needs, designed to help all stakeholders find the best solutions and partners for their activity. When it comes to INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP and INVESTMENTS, it's our platform that offers you direct contact with relevant stakeholders (authorities, SMEs, universities and researchers). 

We are a multidisciplinary TEAM of experts that provides investors with in-depth and personalised data sets for FREE. From economic, demographic or legal stats and information, to extensive analyses authored by authoritative sources, we’ve got you covered.

We're part of the NORTH-WEST REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, a public utility NGO working in regional development, regional projects, implementing the Regional Operational Programme and acting like a catalyst in the North-West innovative ecosystem.

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Smart Specialization Parks are hubs of economic development and innovation created to foster collaboration between companies, universities, research institutes, and public authorities. From health and life sciences to green energy and digital technologies, PSIs are designed to boost economic growth in future-oriented sectors.
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Initiated by the European Union, smart specialization is a process through which regions identify and develop their unique competitive advantages, focusing on economic sectors where they have the potential to excel in the global market.
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A new edition of the LevelUP Health & Life Sciences Accelerator is about to start. If you have an early-stage startup in the life sciences, apply now!
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Cluj-Napoca hosted a major event for Romanian SMEs in the digital, health and green technology sectors. The event marked the launch in Romania of the EU Business Hub - Japan and South Korea program, financed by the European Union.
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Eurochambres and Danis Foundation invite regional companies with internationalization ambitions to the national launch event of the EU Business Hub - Japan and South Korea program in Romania!
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The recent UK economic mission to our region left a clear impression on the guests: our region is a competent and reliable partner!
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Cluj Innovation Days is a major annual event dedicated to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship. This year's edition focused on two major themes: green digital innovations and cybersecurity.
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INNO participated last week in the Berlin Playground event, an annual gathering organized by Connect & Experience for its alumni.
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Two Romanian startup hubs secured positions within the first half of the Financial Times rankings.
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INNO, represented by Laviniu Chis, actively participated in a recent business delegation to Liverpool, fostering connections and exploring collaborative opportunities between Romanian and UK businesses.
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On November 10, the Museum of Ethnography in Budapest hosted the CEEcosystem Summit, drawing together 50 speakers and 40 companies from 12 countries. INNO was also invited to this event to showcase how our accelerator and initiatives support regional startups.
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LevelUP x iScale is an intensive 3-day bootcamp scheduled for September 6th through 8th, in Cluj-Napoca. It is part of the LevelUP Health & Life Sciences Accelerator program, the first accelerator dedicated to health and life sciences startups in Romania, funded by EIT Health and North-West RDA.
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Startup Heatmap Report 2023 is Europe’s most comprehensive study on the development of startup ecosystems and founder mobility.
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Cristina Bogățeanu will host an intensive training session on the sixth session of LevelUP Accelerator for our start-up founders. The „Agile Project Management for Startups in Life Sciences and Health Tech” workshop help you better understand how the customer's behavior and needs actually determine the development or adjustment of the products and consequently what is your role in this whole process and how you can adapt to this process.
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Meet Montse Daban Marín, a true trailblazer in the European health space. She's coming to our acceleration meeting this Thursday, exclusively for our LevelUP Accelerator start-ups.
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Thursday, June 22nd, INNO organized a practical workshop for the participating start-ups in the LevelUP Accelerator program on how to legally establish their company.
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Techsylvania is an annual technology conference held in Cluj-Napoca, that brings together professionals, entrepreneurs, investors, and tech enthusiasts from various fields and industries.
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Cluj Innovation Days is a major annual event dedicated to encouraging innovation and entrepreneurship and to forging cross-industry and cross-sector collaborations for the emergence of new business models with societal impact.
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The IDENTICOM4 Industry and Technology Fair took place in Cluj-Napoca on May 24-26, at the Regional Center of Excellence for Creative Industries. The concept of IDENTICOM4 revolves around the relationship between innovation-oriented companies, digitalization in the Industry 4.0 era, quality vision, and their customers.
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Organized by Organizația Tinerilor Medici – OTM (Young Doctors Organization) in partnership with Centrul de Cultură Urbană, HealthFEST aimed to make health fun and accessible to everyone.
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Have you wondered what sets apart 10% of start-ups that make it to market? Our Techsylvania satellite workshop will help you discover the lean start-up and learn best practices for developing defensible business models in biotech and medtech.
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The LevelUP Health & Life Sciences Program has officially begun, with a successful introductory boot camp and first acceleration meeting for the 14 participating start-ups.
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The selection period for the first accelerator in Romania dedicated exclusively to health and life sciences startups, LevelUP Health & Life Sciences Accelerator, has ended.
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Applications open for LevelUP – First Health & Life Sciences Accelerator in Romania!
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From the highs to the lows, this year has been a journey, and it's one that we're proud to have taken together. So, let's dive in and take a closer look at our 2022 year in review.
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Over the course of 15 weeks, the EIT Health Drive initiative facilitated collaboration between nine innovative regions spanning Romania, Lithuania, Portugal, Croatia, Italy, and the Netherlands. Their goal was to exchange knowledge on their best practices and identify the most effective strategies for fostering regional innovation in the medical and life sciences fields.
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Press Glass Production SRL, one of the largest producers of insulating glass in Europe, is coming to Romania, to the Eurobusiness IV Industrial Park in Oradea.
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In November 2022, the North-West Regional Development Agency held its first physical training course in Zalau as part of the project "Strengthening the Dialogue between Local Public Administration and Ecosystems in the North-West Region," with code SIPOCA 927/MySMIS2014 - 150753.
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Our colleagues, Laviniu Chiș and Ștefan Rusu, together with Anca Roman from the Smart Specialization Department, participated in the EIT Health Drive training program.
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Level 1: Entrepreneur Mindset, the first level of the StartUP LevelUP entrepreneurial program organized by INNO, has come to an end after two intense weeks of introspection, discovery of the entrepreneurial mindset, and self-discovery.
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Our department head shares insider knowledge on how we help foreign investors acclimate to the North West region of Romania.
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