ASPER-HUJI Innovate  - The Hebrew University’s center for innovation and entrepreneurship, leverages the University’s innovation potential to solve substantial problems through entrepreneurship. 

The center promotes the University as a supportive environment for entrepreneurship, cultivates an entrepreneurial mindset and skills among students, researchers and staff and serves as a catalyst for the development of startups and social enterprises.

Outstanding Award!

ASPER-HUJI Innovate was awarded the prestigious international prize: "Outstanding Emerging Entrepreneurship Center" at the annual conference of the Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers in Higher Education (GCEC).

The Hebrew University shares this award alongside Yale University and East Carolina University.

The GCEC includes 300 Universities from around the world and the prize is presented once a year. 

Our Activities

The Asper prize

The Asper Prize is a startup competition that celebrates startups that utilize innovative technologies with the aim of creating a positive impact on a global scale.  The annual competition is open to Hebrew University- associated founders (alumni, faculty, students or startups utilizing University IP). 

The winning startup will receive a 100,000 ILS cash prize (equity free) and be named The Hebrew University Rising Startup of the Year.

More Information and to Register

Startup sunday

When was the last time you met Pashuta - face to face?! 

We’re thrilled to share that on the 31/10/21 we’ll be hosting an event starring Pashuta! The event will take place at Beer Bazaar, Jaffa St. 163, “Rashut Hashidur”. 

Registration is free but spots are incredibly limited! 

Click here to register. 

Innovation Leaders 

The second cohort of our Innovation Leaders program has begun!

The program guides participants in launching innovation & entrepreneurship communities for Hebrew University students, or in joining and driving forward existing communities - all while promoting leadership and innovation skills.

We invite you to apply to this program - but spots are limited!

Click here for details & registration.

Our Past Activities

DEMO DAY- OPEN 2021

Proud to introduce the 2021 startups!

Click here to meet them

Falling Walls 2021

The JLM IMPACT Innovation Consortium is inviting you to represent Israel in the prestigious Falling Walls competition in Berlin, Germany.

Falling Walls is an international competition that promotes groundbreaking ideas and connects entrepreneurs, researchers and scientists in various fields worldwide. 

For more information

OPEN 2021

The OPEN Program is our flagship startup pre- acceleration program. During the program, founders work on market research, ideation, business planning and product development. The programs offer hands-on workshops, support from experienced mentors, industry connections and a shared workspace. The program culminates in a demo day event in which the founders pitch their startups to investors and other entrepreneurs.

Registration is closed, see you next year!

For more information

Communicity - JLM IMPACT Hackathon

We invited you on this Hackathon to solve significant problems – together!

The covid-19 pandemic hit Jerusalem as she did the rest of the world, to say the least. On the last few months we've been learning about the difficulties  the city faces these days, from both the Jerusalem Municipality and other members of the city and students' eco-system.

We believe there is creative power in you, the students of Jerusalem. You can develop solutions for some of the greatest challenges we deal with today. 

The Communicity Hackathon had invited you to to deal with these problems and offer your solutions and ways to improve our lives.  

We were excited to see you particiapte and take a part in the journey of Jerusalem. Some amazing ideas came up and we can't wait to see what next years' brilliant minds will come up with.  

Registartion is over, see you next year!

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From the Silicon Valey to ASPER-HUJI Innovate!

We're so excited to re-open our Start-Up Sunday program (in which we meet an interesting person from the entrepreneurship and innovation world every Sunday). 

And this time we’re hosting Yasmin Lukatz, one of the most successful Israelies in the Silicon Valley. Yasmin is well-experienced in the innovation world, especially in High-Tech, and she’s coming to give her tips for those who are just starting their journey as entrepreneurs.


Register Here

Investors Course

We want you to think like an investor, and we know just how to do it!

We’re proud to announce that we’ve built a course with JLM Impact and Fresh Fund, a venture fund that will give you a glance to behind the scenes of their world. We’ll teach you all you need to know in order to think like an investor, raise money and take a part in the innovation and entrepreneurship world.

Sound interesting? Great. The course is open for students and non-students, all you need is fluent English, curiosity and ambition. 

For more information and registration: 

Click Here

Watch the OPEN 2020 Demo day:

The second cycle of OPEN venture creation programs came to an end.
In case you've missed our Demo-Day event, we invite you to watch the full event and get to know The Hebrew University's up&coming ventures and entrepreneurs: