A DeepTech Entrepreneurship Toolbox comprises methods, tools, workshop scenarios and guidelines to support business innovation at the pre-incubation stage. The Toolbox can be used by business support organisations, career centres, technology transfer offices, higher education institutions and sectoral agencies to mentor, train and support students and young researchers interested in running businesses in the deep-tech sector. Students and young researchers can also make use of the Toolbox to strengthen their entrepreneurial competencies.

The Toolbox provides a structured framework to guide students and young researchers from the earliest stages of idea generation to the first steps of business validation. As many of them have limited entrepreneurial experience and often approach opportunities from research rather than a commercial perspective, the Toolbox helps bridge this gap by introducing essential business knowledge, skills and practical experience. Its content is organised into five maturity stages, ranging from users with no start-up idea or entrepreneurial experience to those already operating a company.

Each maturity stage is divided into three learning components (Think, Learn and Act), ensuring users follow a step-by-step process and apply new knowledge directly to their own ideas. This structure makes the solution easy to replicate and scale, supporting the creation of research-based start-ups and strengthening regional deep-tech ecosystems. One of the practical tools in the Toolbox is the AI-powered Pitch Training App , which lets users upload their business pitch and receive comprehensive, context-aware feedback tailored to their technology domain and target audience.