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The European Fee introduced on Thursday, June 1, the launch of the EIC Scale Up 100 initiative to establish, promote, and help the expansion of 100 extremely promising deep tech firms in Europe.
The Fee will implement the EIC Scaling Membership along with a consortium of companions led by TechTour.
This consortium consists of Bpifrance, 3ura, EurA, Universidad de Navarra – IESE Enterprise Faculty, Webrazzi, and Hiya Tomorrow. These companions had been chosen by way of an open name for functions launched below the EIC Work Programme 2022.
Based on the Fee, the choice course of will contain evaluating the top-performing awardees of EIC monetary schemes in addition to candidates from nationwide and European innovation programmes.
The initiative will interact chosen firms within the EIC Scaling Membership – a community of 400 high quality ecosystem gamers consisting of:
100 most lively traders, together with enterprise capital, progress, and authorities funds;100 most related firms with their innovation, venturing, or growth items;100 businesses, clusters, and media that promote scale-ups in Member States, areas, or sectors;100 unbiased mentors with expertise and relationships on the scale-up board degree.
Firms might be chosen from varied sectors that contribute to Europe’s inexperienced and digital transition, together with:
Sustainability (local weather and vitality) Digital innovation Healthcare, and extra.
Member states and Horizon Europe-associated international locations may have the chance to appoint firms from their ecosystems, and their participation might be topic to a range course of.
Advantages of the EIC Scale Up 100 Initiative
The EIC Scale Up 100 initiative will help firms in advancing their company methods, reaching strategic traders and companions, and scaling their companies internationally.
It’s going to additionally facilitate firms constructing and nurturing relationships with strategic companions and key establishments on the EU degree (European Innovation Council, European Funding Financial institution, and European Institute for Innovation and Expertise) in addition to with policymakers within the Member States and areas.
Throughout two years of help actions, taking part firms are anticipated to develop yearly by 40 per cent of their valuation, new investments, partnerships, and jobs and by 50 per cent throughout the identical parameters for the 20 top-performing firms.
Based on the Fee, “the initiative aligns with the New European Innovation Agenda’s goal to extend entry to funding for scale-ups, and partially additionally to its name for attraction and retention of deep tech skills and improved coverage instruments.”
