Scale-up Champions were searching for deep-tech startups! We were inviting to participate in hybrid international conferences and events that will help to scale the startup to other markets.
Everything you need to know to scale your startup in Denmark, Lithuania, Poland, Estonia or Spain - get know-how from locals about legal aspects, cultural differences and meet the right people!
Scaling and softlanding in abroad markets are always hard tasks for any founders. We, the international Scale-up Champions team from Estonia, Poland, Spain, Denmark and Lithuania, help the startups to get the basics of scaling and meet the right contacts.
- Our team stands with the people of Ukraine and we support Ukrainian companies and startups - for this reason, the founders are invited to join and participate in Market Discovery Tours.
Calls for startups to scale to (currently closed):
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About the market:
Focus area: smart factory solutions on industrial automation, robotics and technologies. Spanish cities’ urban density, talents and a sociable culture that’s eagerly embraced digital chatter makes an attractive market for startups. If you are looking for talent, an enormous market and important number of corporate companies scouting for new technology. Ranked in third place worldwide for its number of coworking spaces, Spain offers plenty of affordable office space here.
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About the market:
Lithuania attracts the global attention as fintech center; the country also focuses on healthtech, biotech and smart city solutions. Lithuania has been busy transforming itself into a very startup friendly country in recent years. The country ranks first in the CEE for collaboration between universities and industry for R&D; it has some of the lowest taxes in Europe and the lowest costs of living; a highly skilled workforce. Lithuania is also known for good internet, IT specialists, and the biggest part of younger generation speaks 2-3 languages.
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About the market:
Over the past five years, the Polish innovation scene has literally exploded with opportunities. The number of tech startups doubled and a lot of new initiatives and organization has emerged. Big players entered the game (e.g. Google Campus), including corporate accelerators (e.g. Orange) ) or other initiatives designed to stimulated relationships between startups and corporates. Internationalisation and corporate innovation got to be prioritized by governments and other players. As of now, a lot of banks and energy companies in particular are interested in corporate-startup innovation.
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About the market:
One of the world's most innovative and digitalised countries with exceptional ease of doing business and a vibrant startup community. Denmark strives to become a living laboratory for experimenting with smart technologies which could address challenges posed by urbanisation and climate change. This comes with a particular focus on data-driven smart solutions, and manifests itself in a number of tech R&D investment, and testing facilities.
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About the market:
Estonia is a land of unicorns. They have 4 unicorn startups and 2 to-become-unicorns lined up. It makes the ratio of the startup companies worth 1B€+ highest per capita. Tallinn is recognised as a startup capital of Europe, producing some of the most innovative, new software and technology.
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Market Discovery Tours help to softland your business and scaleup deep-tech startups in the European markets.
Market Discovery Tours are designed for startup founders to meet with local entrepreneurship experts, network and accelerate your growth. Tours take place in 5 different countries and startups get an opportunity to get support in:
- Preparing your business for scaling and having a plan for long-term sustainability
- Getting to know the cultural essence about doing business in different countries
- Finding the basics of the legal aspects to start the growth abroad
