Luxinnovation
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Luxinnovation is the Luxembourg national innovation agency. It offers services to companies and public research actors in order to foster innovation, thus supporting the Government's economic development objectives.
The agency encourages and supports individual companies, regardless of their size, stage of maturity and economic sector, along their path of innovation. The agency provide them with access to knowledge, funding, infrastructure and networks.
Luxinnovation also gathers knowledge and fosters collaborative, innovative projects that benefit the Luxembourg economy as a whole in line with the Government’s twin goals of stimulating a competitively sustainable and data-driven economy.
History
Founded in 1984, Luxinnovation is an Economic Interest Grouping (EIG). It is a public-private partnership that now combined the efforts of:
- the Ministry of the Economy{{Cite web|url=https://meco.gouvernement.lu/en.html|title=Ministry of the Economy - The Luxembourg Government|first=Ministère de l'Économie|last=Address: 19-21|date=March 27, 2025|website=meco.gouvernement.lu}}
- the Ministry for Research and Higher Education{{Cite web|url=https://mesr.gouvernement.lu/en.html|title=Ministry of Research and Higher Education - The Luxembourg Government|first1=Ministère de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement supérieur|last1=Address: 18-20|first2=montée de la Pétrusse L.-2327 Luxembourg Luxembourg Phone:247-86619|last2=Fax:26 29 60 37|date=December 17, 2024|website=mesr.gouvernement.lu}}
- the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs{{Cite web|url=https://mae.gouvernement.lu/en.html|title=Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade - The Luxembourg Government|date=November 29, 2024|website=mae.gouvernement.lu}}
- the Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce{{Cite web|url=https://www.cc.lu/en/|title=cc.lu|website=www.cc.lu}}
- the Chamber of Skilled Crafts{{Cite web|url=https://www.cdm.lu/|title=Accueil - Chambre des Métiers du Luxembourg|first=Chambre des Métiers du|last=Luxembourg|website=www.cdm.lu}}
- Fedil{{Cite web|url=https://fedil.lu/en/|title=FEDIL – The Voice of Luxembourg's Industry|website=fedil.lu}}
Startup support
In an effort to foster the local entrepreneurial ecosystem in the technological field, in 2015 Luxinnovation launched its first startup accelerator Fit 4 Start, that now offers 6 months of coaching and mentoring by startup experts, up to €150,000 of equity-free funding and free access to co-working space.{{cite web|title=Start and scale your innovative startup|date=21 January 2025 |url=https://luxinnovation.lu/start-and-scale-your-business|accessdate=21 January 2025}}
Company relations and support / Cluster initiative
Through the services it offers, the agency helps companies to develop and to remain competitive through innovation.{{cite web|title=Luxembourg Cluster Initiative|url=https://www.luxinnovation.lu/innovate-in-luxembourg/luxembourg-cluster-initiative/|publisher=Luxinnovation|accessdate=7 December 2018}}
Funding support
Expert advisors provide guidance to companies with regard to national and European research and development funding opportunities that best suit their RDI strategy. Luxinnovation advises on the most appropriate instruments and programmes and supports companies preparing funding applications.{{cite web|title=Funding opportunities|url=https://www.luxinnovation.lu/innovate-in-luxembourg/funding/|publisher=Luxinnovation|accessdate=7 December 2018}}
Company performance programmes
Luxinnovation offers different types of programmes to encourage and support companies to innovate and grow taking into account their specific needs:{{cite web|title=Performance programmes|url=https://www.luxinnovation.lu/innovate-in-luxembourg/performance-programmes/|publisher=Luxinnovation|accessdate=7 December 2018}}
- Fit 4 Digital – Supports the digitalisation of SMEs.
- Fit 4 Innovation – Improves the competitiveness of SMEs by strengthening their organisational performance.
- Fit 4 Sustainability – helps companies assess and reduce their environmental impact in order to decrease costs, improve their reputation and gain new clients who value a sustainable approach.
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