The engine: R&D Hub
The R&D Hub is where the research happens; the incubator is where it becomes a company. A sensor prototyped and validated in the hub can become a funded product at the incubator’s demo day.
Project 2026–2035 · Youth entrepreneurship Young Innovators Incubator.
From idea to product — mentoring and local capital.
- 2026–2035
- Digital education & AI
Project sheet
From idea to product, with adult mentors.
The incubator turns prototypes validated in the R&D Hub into local products, services or businesses.
Project status
Concept · in preparation- 1ConceptAnalysis & partners
- 2PilotFirst activities
- 3OngoingActive in the community
- 4ExpansionRegional scale-up
19,2%
of young people aged 15–29 in Romania are neither in education nor in employment
Eurostat, 2025 · [1]5.2%of Romanian companies use AIEurostat, 2025 · [2]
✓What already exists
- The first prototypes built by young people
- Local innovators with environmental solutions
→Project objectives
- An idea-to-product mentoring programme
- An annual demo day for young people’s projects
- The first products launched from Vrancea
Young Innovators Incubator · from the field
The project in pictures.
Every photo is a real working session. Support the project so it can reach the next school.
Local innovators, solutions for the environment
From idea to product, with adult mentors
The approach
How we work.
Part of
The Digital education & AI programme.
Extended through the Social Innovation Lab
What we build next.
This programme feeds directly into the Social Innovation Lab initiatives, built on European models.
What we hope for · how you can help
Vrancea’s next tech company could start in a coding club.
Choose how you would like to contribute.
Support the incubator
Materials and mentoring for a team of young people.
Donate →Mentor entrepreneurs
Help a team land its first customer.
Become a mentor →Local businesses and investors
Prizes, internships and first orders.
Let’s talk →Project 2026–2035
This is a 10-year movement. Choose your role.
Sources and methodology
Where the figures come from.
Our own figures (young people trained, schools, localities) come from the association’s records and are published in the impact report. Context statistics come from official sources, with the year of the latest available edition.
- NEET young people (aged 15–29), Romania — the highest rate in the EUEurostat · edat_lfse_20 · 2025. See source ↗
- Companies (10+ employees) using artificial intelligence, Romania — last place in the EUEurostat · isoc_eb_ai · 2025. See source ↗
Support Young Innovators Incubator
Help this pilot get started.
Your donation goes straight into the activities of Young Innovators Incubator in Vrancea — materials, kits, trainers and transport for children and young people. Every amount counts.
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