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HSL’ s mission is to cultivate high-growth entrepreneurs, talents, and teams to solve problems through entrepreneurship and innovation.
Hebron Start-up Lab is technically one of the clusters in Covenant University’s and operates as a Start-up Accelerator aimed at taking ideas from Concept to Product to Market.
Though the Lab was founded in November 2016, efforts have been made earlier in the University to drive innovation, enterprise, and the transformation of ideas via platforms such as the Dreamers’ project and the Visioners’ project. To stir the culture of innovation, facilitate the commercialization of research output and enable the transformation of concepts into market-ready products, Stephen Oluwatobi got approval to proceed with the establishment of the Hebron Start-Up Lab (HSL).
Our reputation to make things happen as well as our capacity to cultivate and support talents, skills and entrepreneurs are reflected in the quality of our graduates. Some of the companies founded by our graduates include Softcom, Kora Pay, PiggyVest, Thrive Agric, Level UP, etc. These were delivered with available resources, support from the University as well as from the external community who helped to give exposure, mentoring, training, opportunities, and support.
This plan is to scale and achieve more results that will create value, opportunities, and wealth for many more.
In line with the Covenant University Core Values (Spirituality, Integrity, Possibility-Mentality, Capacity-building, Responsibility, and Sacrifice), the following are the values that govern the lab’s operations
HSL is looking at generating 12 high-growth startups within the next three years (September 2022 to August 2025). Our target is to create four start-ups per year.
Chair, HSL Board & Founder, HSL
Board Member & Curator, HSL
Board Member & Manager, HSL Studio
Lead, Venture Acceleration
Lead, Venture Support
Lead, Tech & IT
Lead, Events, Programmes & Partnerships
Lead Media and Marketing
Hebron Start-up Lab serves mainly early-stage start-ups and spinoffs, start-ups from pre-seed and seed stage, and spin-offs from research output with market viability.
The areas of focus include…
To maximize the success rate and ensure the success of the Start-up and Spinoff companies, the Hebron Start-up Lab leverages on the core competencies of the University.
This will help the Start-up/Spinoff companies save cost, share resources and leverage on existing knowledge, experience, and opportunities.
Some of these are presented as follows: