HATCH · Run by the B2B Malta team, at BUSINESSLABS
We build founders, for the future.
A startup incubator in Malta
For early-stage founders with some traction: first customers, a pilot, early revenue or a working product. HATCH brings mentoring, a community and the networks to build a lasting business.
Applications are open all year, on hatch.mt
Who it is for
Founders with traction
Early-stage founders who can show some demand: first customers, a pilot, early revenue, letters of intent or a working product.
Also for
- Student and researcher founders
- SMEs launching something new
- Founders moving to Malta
What founders get
Mentoring, a community and a network
One-to-ones on the milestones that matter: customers, the business model and going to market, with a year of Lucian, a platform for planning and funding applications. Workshops and seminars in Malta and online, and introductions to industry, to funding and to European programmes.
The cost is agreed with each founder, case by case, and HATCH looks first for funding that keeps it low.
How it works
- Apply
- Meet
- Build
- Grow
2025
The Innovation Exchange
Three workshops at BUSINESSLABS with more than 45 innovators, entrepreneurs and academics, then a conference at Villa Arrigo on 14 November 2025 for 113 people. Organised by the EIT Community Hub Malta, powered by BUSINESSLABS and HATCH. Founders on the programme take part in it, in Malta.
Where it happens
At BUSINESSLABS
HATCH is based at BUSINESSLABS in Birkirkara, where founders can take a desk or an office, book a meeting room and join the talks and workshops, with the B2B Malta team for business plans and funding in the same building.
The end of the line
Talk to HATCH
Applications are open all year. Apply, or ask a question, on HATCH’s own site.
