Mercator Launch is a pre-incubator for early phase entrepreneurship at the Heyendaal Campus in Nijmegen. And it doesn’t matter if you are a student, researcher or a teacher at the Heyendaal Campus, our mission is simple.
We want to help develop and showcase your innovative business ideas and support the start-ups that emerge from these ideas.
What we believe in
Mercator Launch helps students and researchers at the Heyendaal Campus realize and validate their business ideas. How we do this? These are our core values:
- Empower
We want to empower entrepreneurial minds and help you with your first steps in becoming a successful entrepreneur! - Room to fail
No room for failure means no room for learning and growing. F.A.I.L. stands for: First Attempt In Learning. Something we definitely encourage! - Bringing ideas together
We believe in bringing ideas and people together. There is no ‘i’ in team. And we believe that Together Everyone Achieves More (TEAM). So dare to share your ideas!
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Our founding story
Mercator Launch was founded in 2017 and was set up as an entrepreneurial program for the entire Heyendaal Campus that aims to stimulate entrepreneurial spirit among employees, PhD students and students and wants to help starting entrepreneurs with their ideas.
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