BUSINESS MODEL FOR THE KIC
BENGT STREIJFFERT, LUND UNIVERSITY
FOODBEST NETWORK MEETING, APRIL 5 2013

Active KICs
3 KICs are active since 2010:
- Climate KIC on climate change
mitigation and adaptation
- EIT ICT Labs on future innovation and
communication technology
- KIC InnoEnergy on sustainable energy
All with good results!

Partnership and
organisation
• All KICs:
– are organised into Co-Location Centres (CLCs), i.e.
geographical locations involving universities, research
centres, companies, other support organisations (e.g.
innovation parks, VCs, etc.)
– have different ‘levels’ of partners (i.e. core partners,
affiliate/associate partners), and built over time a
partnership policy
– have a CEO, a director for each CLC, executives
overseeing the activities on the 3 axes of the
innovation triangle

KIC Funding
KIC activities
activities
KIC added value activities KIC complementary activities
(KAVA) (KCA)
EIT funding Co-funding Complementary
(25%) funding
funding
Non-EIT funding (75%)
KIC Budget

Key Activities
Creating a new Enabling excellent individuals
breed of and multidisciplinary teams
entrepreneurs to develop breakthrough
ideas
Elementary and higher
education programs
High potentials` think tank 2030/
advanced research camp/…
Education Research & Innovation
Innovation and
development projects
Product and business Valorisation and business
development camps development support
Business
University & industry Innovation
crossover programs radar
Supporting innovators
all the way to the market

Good advice from
active KICs
“It is very complicated and often heavy to run a
KIC with six nodes, members with varying status
and a mix of companies, universities and NGOs
in up to ten countries with different traditions.”
Therefore
Keep (what you can) simple

Legal status
• European association
• Possibly six associated nodes/regions
• Node/region includes all members within the
node
• Co-Location Centre is a geographical address
within the node
”Keep it simple”

Membership
• Core members
• Affiliate members
• Project members?
”Keep it simple”

TRUST
”Keep it simple”