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INCUBATEC — powered by SOLYDES + UPB

Turn your idea into a tech startup

20 weeks of mentoring, methodology, and community to validate your problem, build your MVP, and achieve your first sales.

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Duration

20 weeks

Cost

90% Scholarships

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Until July 19th

The Program

The technological incubator of UPB and SOLYDES Foundation

INCUBATEC accompanies entrepreneurs with innovative ideas on the path of validating their solution, building their product, and preparing their startup to enter the market.

It all starts with a free ideation workshop

It is the first step before formally applying.

In the workshop you will learn to:

Identify a real problem that technology can solve.
Apply basic tools for idea validation.
Shape your first tech product concept.
Understand what INCUBATEC looks for in the teams it selects.

The UPB academic exchange program allows students to have an enriching international experience, strengthening their academic training and personal development.

Requirements

Applies starting in the 3rd semester.
Have more than 75% overall average.
Submit a language certificate (for non-Spanish-speaking countries).
Maximum duration of 1 semester (check in advance, as exceptions may exist).

Process and key dates

5 steps to join the program

Complete the form: Register on lnk.bio/incubatec.bo to start your application.
Participate in the ideation workshop: Choose the location and date that suit you best: La Paz, Cochabamba or Santa Cruz.
Selection interview: Talk with the INCUBATEC team about your idea and your team.
Notification of results: If your team is selected, you sign the accession contract.
The program starts: Terms and conditions meeting, delivery of documents, and beginning on August 3rd.

Note

Apply with only an idea. Ventures that already have sales are not accepted.

The scholarship covers between the 50% and 100% of tuition, depending on the applicant's academic performance.

Calendar

Don't miss any important dates

Date

Milestone

June 15, 2026

Opening of the call

June 30, 2026

Ideation Workshop — La Paz

July 1, 2026

Ideation workshop — Cochabamba

July 2, 2026

Ideation workshop — Santa Cruz

July 19, 2026

Call closure

August 3, 2026

Program start

December 18, 2026

Demo Day

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Is INCUBATEC for you?

We are looking for entrepreneurial teams that:

Have identified a real problem with potential for a technological solution.
Have an innovative idea with a technological base and high growth potential.
Want to build a startup and do not know where to start.

The UPB academic exchange program allows students to have an enriching international experience, strengthening their academic training and personal development.

Requirements

Applies starting in the 3rd semester.
Have more than 75% overall average.
Submit a language certificate (for non-Spanish-speaking countries).
Maximum duration of 1 semester (check in advance, as exceptions may exist).

Profile of the applicant team

Multidisciplinary teams of 2 to 5 people.

At least one member with a technical profile (CTO or developer).

Commitment to session attendance and milestone fulfillment.

Focus on solving real problems of the Bolivian or regional market.

What's Included

Everything you need to build your startup

Methodology

20 weeks with clear validation milestones, business model workshops, finance, go-to-market, and sales, integrated into product development.

Mentorship and guidance

Mentors from the Bolivian and Latin American ecosystem, national and international facilitators and speakers.

Infrastructure

Equipped coworking spaces, available 8 hours a day in La Paz, Santa Cruz and Cochabamba.

Technological tools

More than $6,000 USD in credits and licenses (AWS, Google Cloud, Notion and others) for your product.

Results upon completing the program

Problem validated with real users.

MVP built and tested.

Sales strategy and initial commercial opportunities.

Value proposition confirmed by the market.

Viable and scalable business model.

Networking of potential clients and investors.

Contact

Coordinator La Paz

Diego Mendieta

diegomendieta@upb.edu

+591 70131326

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Cochabamba Coordinator

Yuddy Cassis

yuddycassis@upb.edu

+591 76447005

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Santa Cruz Coordinator

Inga Ybarnegaray

iybarnegaray@aceleratec.org

+591 69736204

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