About the role
Do you have an agrobioenterprise or an idea with transformative potential?
ImpulsaAgroBio – Empowering Ventures with a Future
The IICA Center for Agrobioentrepreneurship and Investments launches the ImpulsaAgroBio contest: Empowering Entrepreneurship with a Future, an open call aimed at producers and entrepreneurs from the agricultural, agro-industrial, bioeconomy and tourism sectors of Costa Rica, as well as university students with innovative ideas in these areas.
Through a structured process of training, mentoring, and technical validation, the aim is to transform nascent proposals into products or services with commercial potential, capable of opening new business opportunities.
Initiatives in early stages of development, such as general ideas, validated ideas, initial prototypes, or minimum viable products (MVPs), are eligible for submission. Special attention will be given to proposals with high growth potential, even if they are in their initial phases.
The selected startups will participate in intensive bootcamps focused on idea generation, business modeling, value proposition development, customer validation, pilot testing, marketing strategy, cost structure, pricing, and finance for entrepreneurs. They will also receive group and individual mentoring, as well as training sessions in key soft skills: leadership, emotional intelligence, negotiation, and teamwork.
Aim
To strengthen 50 agrobioenterprises at any stage of development (idea, project or company) through a structured process of training, mentoring and technical validation, to facilitate their entry into the market.
Who is it for?
- Entrepreneurs at any stage of development with ideas, prototypes or ventures with incipient sales.
- Science and technology-based initiatives, bio-inputs, bioproducts, bioenergy, agro-industry, agro-biotourism.
- Entrepreneurs who need training, technical support or access to networks to advance.
What does ImpulsaAgroBio offer?
Practical training in thematic bootcamps
- Entrepreneurial culture
- Opportunities for generating new businesses in agriculture, agro-industry, bioeconomy and tourism.
- Business model and value proposition
- Customer validation and pilot testing
- Marketing strategy and pitch
- Costs, prices and finance for entrepreneurs
Thematic talks
- Leadership, emotional management, negotiation, teamwork
Personalized mentoring
- Assignment of mentors according to the profile of the venture.
- Biweekly sessions for 2-3 months with personalized follow-up.
- Support in the development of prototypes
Final demonstration before key ecosystem actors
- Presentation of results before strategic allies, investors and funds.
- Link with available acceleration or financing programs.
Recognition and incentives for outstanding ventures
- Access to facilities of the Agrobioentrepreneurship Center and connection with ecosystem actors
- Project poster design for exhibition at the Agrobioentrepreneurship Center and for digital delivery, for the 3 best projects.
- Participation in entrepreneurship events, bootcamps, group and individual mentoring sessions
- Participation and visibility in capacity building programs for agrobioenterprises.
Linkage with incubators, investors and financing programs
Hybrid Format
Activities that combine theory, practice and field experiences.
Schedule
- Call: June–July 2025
- Diagnosis and training: August–November 2025
- Demo day: December 2025
Expected Results
- 30 ventures with generated or validated ideas, strengthening their value proposition, commercial strategy or access to investment.
- Greater connection between public institutions, academia, incubators and the productive sector.
Registration form here
Submit your application before August 15, 2025 (extended date).
Partner Institutions
Sparkassenstiftung Alemana, IICA Costa Rica, Municipalidad de Vásquez de Coronado, Auge, Cámara de Experiencias Rurales, Escuela de Ingeniería en Biosistemas, Parque La Libertad and IICA Costa Rica Representation.
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