The beginnings of Gdańsk Business Incubator STARTER go back to 2005. In reply to the signals from the market, Gdańsk City Hall has created Gdańsk Entrepreneurship Foundation. From that time, GEF has started to be one of the most important instruments supporting SMEs in Gdańsk. The main goals are implemented by educational activity within the range of entrepreneurship, legal and economic consulting, supporting SMEs and promotion of entrepreneurship. Economic Policy Department in Gdańsk City Hall, the originator of building the Incubator, as well as its applicant, was responsible for preparing project and gaining funds from Regional Operational Programme of Pomeranian Voivodeship.
The new location of Gdańsk Business Incubator STARTER, which wasfinalised in the 4th quarter of 2011, is a modern office building, whose architecture refers to neighbouring buildings of Arkonska Business Park. The total space of the building is over 10 thousand square meters. The office space located on overground floors reaches aprox. 6,5 thousand square meters. Members of the Incubator have at their disposal jointly 132 parking places in underground and overground space.
About 60 percent of the space is assigned to the startups and companies, which conduct business activity no longer than 3 years. There is a possibility of benefiting from many facilities, like lower charges during the first period of business activity. The rest of the space falls on strategic clients, who have to pay market rates for rented space. All the income received from that activity is used to fund start-ups.
Gdańsk Business Incubator STARTER offers for rent both single desks in the open space and office space with diverse areas (from 25 to 2155 square meters), which gives a wide range of arrangements, in accordance with requirements and abilities of the tenant.
Both the members of the Incubator, and the other companies, have at their disposal a modern and highly specialized Training and Conference Centre. Rooms are equipped with computers, Internet, projector, screens, flipcharts and professional sound system. Three fully air-conditioned rooms are provided with high quality conditions. Thanks to the extendable partitions, there is a possibility of combining them in one big room of total space over 170 square meters. For clients looking for private space there are special rooms available for business meetings, consultations, etc.
Gdańsk Business Incubator „STARTER” provides professional consulting in the range of operational and strategic activity, keeping the accountancy, and innovative service – Virtual Office, providing full secretarial service, access to training rooms, rooms for business meetings, consultations with experts in: law, marketing, accountancy, creating business plans and acquisition funds for carrying out economic activity, mentoring programmes as well as stationary and online trainings.
