Periodic Reporting for period 2 - EIC Scaling Club (Growing Europe's global tech Companies)
Reporting period: 2024-08-01 to 2025-10-31
The EIC Scaling Club is a curated community where 100+ European deep tech scale-ups with the potential to build world-class businesses and solve major global challenges come together with investors, corporate innovators and other industry stakeholders to spur growth.
The EIC Scaling Club has the following 6 objectives
1. Engage a committed network (i.e. the Club) of min. 400 stakeholders (EU-centric) around the scale-ups.
• 100 of the most active investors including venture capital, growth and government funds;
• 100 of the most relevant corporations with their innovation, venturing or development units;
• 100 agencies, clusters and media that promote scale-ups in Member States, regions or sectors, and
• 100 independent mentors with experience and relationships at scale-up board level.
2. Grow annually by 40% the value, new investment, partnerships and jobs of the 100 selected member companies. Develop peer reviewed strategic roadmaps for the market opportunities; and roadmaps for the 10 most important scaling challenges; collective and individual guidance of mentors totalling up to 1600 sessions.
3. Facilitate the financing, partnering and hiring of talent for the companies through a curated roadshow of 24 in-person and online events mobilising over 5,000 contacts.
4. Share the inspirational and success stories of the members and as well the Club’s content to a network of min. 10,000 followers, subscribers or downloading content; the content includes the groups’ highlights, the roadmaps of the 10 scaling challenges and the 10 markets and the ecosystems’ needs.
5. Develop relationships for the members with the key institutions at EU level (EIC, EIB and EIT groups) as well as with policy makers in the Member States (ESNA) and regions around the policy needs for the financing, tech market regulations and ecosystems initiatives for scale-ups through data, roadmaps and events.
6. Nurture and manage the Club’s members, activities, assets and methodologies assessed and adjusted on 6- monthly basis by the Club’s management board and guided by a Club member council.
The EIC Scaling Club has the following 6 objectives
1. Engage a committed network (i.e. the Club) of min. 400 stakeholders (EU-centric) around the scale-ups.
• 100 of the most active investors including venture capital, growth and government funds;
• 100 of the most relevant corporations with their innovation, venturing or development units;
• 100 agencies, clusters and media that promote scale-ups in Member States, regions or sectors, and
• 100 independent mentors with experience and relationships at scale-up board level.
2. Grow annually by 40% the value, new investment, partnerships and jobs of the 100 selected member companies. Develop peer reviewed strategic roadmaps for the market opportunities; and roadmaps for the 10 most important scaling challenges; collective and individual guidance of mentors totalling up to 1600 sessions.
3. Facilitate the financing, partnering and hiring of talent for the companies through a curated roadshow of 24 in-person and online events mobilising over 5,000 contacts.
4. Share the inspirational and success stories of the members and as well the Club’s content to a network of min. 10,000 followers, subscribers or downloading content; the content includes the groups’ highlights, the roadmaps of the 10 scaling challenges and the 10 markets and the ecosystems’ needs.
5. Develop relationships for the members with the key institutions at EU level (EIC, EIB and EIT groups) as well as with policy makers in the Member States (ESNA) and regions around the policy needs for the financing, tech market regulations and ecosystems initiatives for scale-ups through data, roadmaps and events.
6. Nurture and manage the Club’s members, activities, assets and methodologies assessed and adjusted on 6- monthly basis by the Club’s management board and guided by a Club member council.
KEY RESULTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS DURING 2nd Period
306 Club Stakeholders Members
▪ 21% SE
▪ 14% CEE
▪ 50% Western Europe
▪ 36 countries
120 Companies active in the Club
▪ 21% SE
▪ 18% CEE
▪ 68% Women in executive role
▪ 26 countries
▪ 60% (#72) EIC
121 Mentors active
▪ 17% SE
▪ 14% CEE
▪ 50% Women
Mentoring services
▪ 98% companies mentored
▪ 51% companies active in mentoring services
Companies feedback:
● NPS (Net Promotional Score) 74 outstanding; satisfaction 85% (4.16 out of 5.0); #220 survey replies
Three Club events organised
▪ Ignition Forum: 194 members participating; satisfaction 74% (3.7 out of 5.0)
▪ Scale 100 Forum: 334 members participating; satisfaction 80% (4.0 out of 5.0)
▪ Ambition forum: 112 members participating; satisfaction 90% (4.5 out of 5.0)
18 Investment & Partnering events:
▪ 24 unique company participants digital market opportunity groups
▪ 37 unique company participants climate market opportunity groups
▪ 16 unique company participants from health market opportunity
▪ 77 unique company participants to at least one event
▪ Total of 181 participants
▪ 37% of companies participated at least to 1 event; 21% to 2 events; 23% to 3 events; 19% to 4 events up to 7.
Roadmaps published:
▪ 10 Scaling Challenge Roadmap; 3031 downloads
▪ 10 Market Roadmap workshops; 2135 downloads
192 PR actions
▪ +12,400 followers on social media (LinkedIn & X) and newsletter subscribers (Hubspot & LinkedIn NL)
Impact
o 50 Companies raised total of +1534 million Euro (disclosed amount) by 11th November 2025
o 1 company acquired for an undisclosed amount
o Average funding growth of 48%
o Average employee growth of 27%
o Cohort 1 funding growth of 65% (18 months)
o Cohort 1 employee growth of 20% (18 months)
o Cohort 2 funding growth of 30% (12 months)
o Cohort 2 employee growth of 30% (12 months)
o All 10 Market opportunities have grown (funding)
o Next-Gen highest funding growth: 143%
o Batteries & energy storage lowest funding growth: 6.7%
o EIC-SC portfolio growing 2.2X faster than control group
306 Club Stakeholders Members
▪ 21% SE
▪ 14% CEE
▪ 50% Western Europe
▪ 36 countries
120 Companies active in the Club
▪ 21% SE
▪ 18% CEE
▪ 68% Women in executive role
▪ 26 countries
▪ 60% (#72) EIC
121 Mentors active
▪ 17% SE
▪ 14% CEE
▪ 50% Women
Mentoring services
▪ 98% companies mentored
▪ 51% companies active in mentoring services
Companies feedback:
● NPS (Net Promotional Score) 74 outstanding; satisfaction 85% (4.16 out of 5.0); #220 survey replies
Three Club events organised
▪ Ignition Forum: 194 members participating; satisfaction 74% (3.7 out of 5.0)
▪ Scale 100 Forum: 334 members participating; satisfaction 80% (4.0 out of 5.0)
▪ Ambition forum: 112 members participating; satisfaction 90% (4.5 out of 5.0)
18 Investment & Partnering events:
▪ 24 unique company participants digital market opportunity groups
▪ 37 unique company participants climate market opportunity groups
▪ 16 unique company participants from health market opportunity
▪ 77 unique company participants to at least one event
▪ Total of 181 participants
▪ 37% of companies participated at least to 1 event; 21% to 2 events; 23% to 3 events; 19% to 4 events up to 7.
Roadmaps published:
▪ 10 Scaling Challenge Roadmap; 3031 downloads
▪ 10 Market Roadmap workshops; 2135 downloads
192 PR actions
▪ +12,400 followers on social media (LinkedIn & X) and newsletter subscribers (Hubspot & LinkedIn NL)
Impact
o 50 Companies raised total of +1534 million Euro (disclosed amount) by 11th November 2025
o 1 company acquired for an undisclosed amount
o Average funding growth of 48%
o Average employee growth of 27%
o Cohort 1 funding growth of 65% (18 months)
o Cohort 1 employee growth of 20% (18 months)
o Cohort 2 funding growth of 30% (12 months)
o Cohort 2 employee growth of 30% (12 months)
o All 10 Market opportunities have grown (funding)
o Next-Gen highest funding growth: 143%
o Batteries & energy storage lowest funding growth: 6.7%
o EIC-SC portfolio growing 2.2X faster than control group