Project description
Accelerating women-led innovation in deep tech
Women-led start-ups remain underrepresented in Europe’s deep tech and digital sectors. One way to shrink this gap is to empower women entrepreneurs to scale their businesses in strategic areas such as AI and cybersecurity. With this in mind, the EU-funded SCALE’HER project will focus on start-ups with product-market fit or early financing, especially from less-connected innovation ecosystems. Specifically, the project offers tailored acceleration, cross-border networking, and visibility initiatives. These include blind auditions, investor matchmaking, and the Women Entrepreneur Roadshow. Through initiatives like Mission Innovation, the project builds lasting bridges between ecosystems, aiming to boost diversity, foster growth, and advance Europe’s leadership in critical digital technologies.
Objective
"SCALE'HER aims to strenghten women-led start-ups in strategic digital and deep tech markets across Europe. It emphasises growth, leadership development, market validation, and networking to enhance their market footprint and strengthen connections with relevant ecosystems and potential new markets.
Prioritising startups with market-product fit or financing, especially from LCIEs, SCALE'HER provides support services for women-led startups. Through innovative cross-border activities like blind audition competitions, and an individually tailored acceleration programme, it fosters connections between startups and ecosystems including matchmaking with investors and business opportunities. The project also includes initiatives such as ""Mission innovation"" to strenghten the connection within and between the stakeholders and ecosystems in Europe, or the ""Women Entrepreneur Roadshow"" to showcase startups to investors, expanding their presence in key areas like AI and cybersecurity.
Ultimately, SCALE'HER will foster the growth of women-led scale-ups, promote diversity, and advance strategic digital technologies across Europe while creating solid bridges between European innovation ecosystems in Europe."
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Programme(s)
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HORIZON.3.2 - European innovation ecosystems
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HORIZON.3.2.3 - Joint programmes close to innovators
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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support Actions
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Call for proposal
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