The STARTUP3 project builds and facilitates an open ecosystem connecting deep-tech innovators with corporations. It provides a 3-phase growth program called UPTAKE-UPGRADE-UPSCALE to help innovators bring ideas to market. The program includes networking, business plan development, expert guidance, and access to investors. Corporations can also connect with startups and innovators through the accelerator. Eligible projects will go through the phases of Best Potentials, Ideation2Product, and Product2Market. The goal is to bridge the gap between deep-tech startups and market makers like investors.
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What is STARTUP3?
The STARTUP3 project builds and facilitates an open and collaborative ecosystem for high impact
deep-tech innovators and corporates and acts as a cross-border/sectoral market-maker.
BUILDS AND FACILITATES
an open and collaborative
ecosystem
CORPORATES
DEEP-TECH
innovators
CROSS-BORDER/SECTORIAL
market-makers
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What STARTUP3 brings?
The project aims to generate, take up, ensure
market penetration and further capitalise on
the growth and impact potential of profound
research by providing access to dynamic and
3-phase across the board growth support
framework UPTAKE-UPGRADE-UPSCALE.
UPTAKE
UPGRADE UPSCALE
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STARTUP3 Business and growth programme gives you an opportunity to bring your idea into industry!
Are you an innovator?
network with
corporate representatives
develop a business plan
with corporate community
be guided by
experts from industry
attend different business
seminars
access to
targeted investors
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Are you a corporation?
STARTUP3 Accelerator gives an opportunity for corporations to connect with startups,
SMEs, researchers and innovators!
network of
deep-tech
innovators
involve
innovation into
business
cooperate with
innovative
companies
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STARTUP3 Timeline
DISCLAIMER: Please, follow the detailed rules provided in the Open Call Guideline.
February 20th
Open Call Launch
April 20th
Open Call Deadline
3 months
Best Potentials
6 months
Ideation2Product
3 months
Product2Market
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STARTUP3 Acceleration Programme
BEST POTENTIALS IDEATION2PRODUCT PRODUCT2MARKET
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Support innovators to
challenge concepts and ideas,
identify market problems,
estimate the MVP and overall
product effort, and to identify
their competitors from the
deep-tech sphere.
An MVP (Minimum Viable
Product) needs to be built and
tested; this MVP will be
launched together with a
digital marketing plan aimed
at measuring traction.
Building solid partnerships
and detecting real investment
opportunities for the top
projects in the STARTUP3
business and growth
programme.
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Mapping STARTUP3 Cross-Innovation System
STARTUP3 Ecosystem Discovery Missions
a systematic approach towards
cross-ecosystem innovation to bridge the
gap between deep-tech startups/ SMEs
and technopreneurial talent with market
makers (VCs, CVCs, etc.)
Year 1
Year 2
14. This project has received funding from the European Unions Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 871709.
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