STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP (SEP) Startup Europe Partnership. (SEP) is the integrated pan-European open innovation platform that helps the best EU scaleups grow. meet the best corporates and investors with a single goal: make things happen. Whether that means procurement (product licensing or initiating co-development/POCs), investments, and exits (acquisitions and IPOs). REPORTS - STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) is mapping “scaleups” — European startups that have been able to break the “early-stage barrier” and are a candidate to become large global companies and real job creators. The SEP mapping and scouting database covers all European countries with the goal of providing insights and data about scaleup companies and exits involving European startups.

INVESTOR COMMUNITY

What We Offer to our Investor Community. We work closely with the European network of venture capital and private equity funds to push their portfolio companies to the next level. We provide top notch investors and accelerators with: Business opportunities for their portfolio companies (POC, license, procurement contracts with large

corporations),

SCALEUP METRICS

Scaleup Metrics by Marco Marinucci. In February, Mind The Bridge Foundation (MTB) received a mandate from the European Commission to lead the Startup Europe Partnership (SEP), a pan-European initiative to help the best startups transform into scaleups able to break the early-stage barriers to growth and development. Since then, our focus has been on matching large established companies EUROPE IS FINALLY TAKING OFF! A NEW REPORT ON TECH SCALEUP France follows it with 859 scaleups and raise only $12.7B, while Germany with 649 collected $18.7B and Sweden with 542 collected $17.5B. These three countries combine for a total of 53% of the scaleup population in Europe. Spain ranks 6th in terms of the number of scaleups, after Sweden and Switzerland, Italy is 10th, Denmark

11th, Belgium 12th.

STARTUP APPLICATION FORM Last Name (required) First Name (required) Your position in the company (required) Company Name (required) Website URL (required) Angel List URL (required) INTRAPRENEURSHIP (REALLY) IN ACTION. THE CASE OF ENAGÁS Beyond focusing on finding startups from outside, Enagás (the main natural gas transport company in Spain) decided to stimulate startups from inside. It is what are called spin-off companies, i.e. innovative startups originated by their own employees.. In less than 4 years, Enagás was able to launch 7 startups (such as Gas2move, E4Efficiency) that have already created over 160 new jobs. SCALEUP SPAIN: GOOD, BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH. A NEW REPORT. The 60% of Spanish scaleups are between 4 and 8 years old, 27% were established before 2010 and only 13% in 2015 or after. 2016 was the peak year in terms of scaleups financed (58, equal to 23% of total), while 2017 experienced a general slow down in the funding activity (52, 20% of total). Startup funding still dominated by Venture

Capital.

SCALEUPS. WHEN DOES A STARTUP TURN INTO A SCALEUP Your startup becomes a scaleup after it has validated its business model hypothesis, solved all the startup challenges, and thereby is ready for growth – exponential growth. We call this “crossing the growth chasm”, a modification and reapplication of Geoffrey Moore’s phrase— hopefully he’ll write another book for scaleups. SCALEUP NORWAY: NOW OR NEVER. NEW SEP REPORT JUST RELEASED. Despite being one of the most mature European scaleup ecosystem, the Norwegian tech-scene is still quite small and seems not to fulfill its potential yet. However, preliminary data suggests 2018 as being a positive year. This is the main evidence of the last SEP Report “Tech Scaleup Norway” just issued by Mind the Bridge with the support on Innovation Norway. STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP (SEP) Startup Europe Partnership. (SEP) is the integrated pan-European open innovation platform that helps the best EU scaleups grow. meet the best corporates and investors with a single goal: make things happen. Whether that means procurement (product licensing or initiating co-development/POCs), investments, and exits (acquisitions and IPOs). REPORTS - STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) is mapping “scaleups” — European startups that have been able to break the “early-stage barrier” and are a candidate to become large global companies and real job creators. The SEP mapping and scouting database covers all European countries with the goal of providing insights and data about scaleup companies and exits involving European startups.

INVESTOR COMMUNITY

What We Offer to our Investor Community. We work closely with the European network of venture capital and private equity funds to push their portfolio companies to the next level. We provide top notch investors and accelerators with: Business opportunities for their portfolio companies (POC, license, procurement contracts with large

corporations),

SCALEUP METRICS

Scaleup Metrics by Marco Marinucci. In February, Mind The Bridge Foundation (MTB) received a mandate from the European Commission to lead the Startup Europe Partnership (SEP), a pan-European initiative to help the best startups transform into scaleups able to break the early-stage barriers to growth and development. Since then, our focus has been on matching large established companies EUROPE IS FINALLY TAKING OFF! A NEW REPORT ON TECH SCALEUP France follows it with 859 scaleups and raise only $12.7B, while Germany with 649 collected $18.7B and Sweden with 542 collected $17.5B. These three countries combine for a total of 53% of the scaleup population in Europe. Spain ranks 6th in terms of the number of scaleups, after Sweden and Switzerland, Italy is 10th, Denmark

11th, Belgium 12th.

STARTUP APPLICATION FORM Last Name (required) First Name (required) Your position in the company (required) Company Name (required) Website URL (required) Angel List URL (required) INTRAPRENEURSHIP (REALLY) IN ACTION. THE CASE OF ENAGÁS Beyond focusing on finding startups from outside, Enagás (the main natural gas transport company in Spain) decided to stimulate startups from inside. It is what are called spin-off companies, i.e. innovative startups originated by their own employees.. In less than 4 years, Enagás was able to launch 7 startups (such as Gas2move, E4Efficiency) that have already created over 160 new jobs. SCALEUP SPAIN: GOOD, BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH. A NEW REPORT. The 60% of Spanish scaleups are between 4 and 8 years old, 27% were established before 2010 and only 13% in 2015 or after. 2016 was the peak year in terms of scaleups financed (58, equal to 23% of total), while 2017 experienced a general slow down in the funding activity (52, 20% of total). Startup funding still dominated by Venture

Capital.

SCALEUPS. WHEN DOES A STARTUP TURN INTO A SCALEUP Your startup becomes a scaleup after it has validated its business model hypothesis, solved all the startup challenges, and thereby is ready for growth – exponential growth. We call this “crossing the growth chasm”, a modification and reapplication of Geoffrey Moore’s phrase— hopefully he’ll write another book for scaleups. SCALEUP NORWAY: NOW OR NEVER. NEW SEP REPORT JUST RELEASED. Despite being one of the most mature European scaleup ecosystem, the Norwegian tech-scene is still quite small and seems not to fulfill its potential yet. However, preliminary data suggests 2018 as being a positive year. This is the main evidence of the last SEP Report “Tech Scaleup Norway” just issued by Mind the Bridge with the support on Innovation Norway.

INVESTOR COMMUNITY

What We Offer to our Investor Community. We work closely with the European network of venture capital and private equity funds to push their portfolio companies to the next level. We provide top notch investors and accelerators with: Business opportunities for their portfolio companies (POC, license, procurement contracts with large

corporations),

STARTUP APPLICATION FORM Last Name (required) First Name (required) Your position in the company (required) Company Name (required) Website URL (required) Angel List URL (required) INTRAPRENEURSHIP (REALLY) IN ACTION. THE CASE OF ENAGÁS Beyond focusing on finding startups from outside, Enagás (the main natural gas transport company in Spain) decided to stimulate startups from inside. It is what are called spin-off companies, i.e. innovative startups originated by their own employees.. In less than 4 years, Enagás was able to launch 7 startups (such as Gas2move, E4Efficiency) that have already created over 160 new jobs. SCALEUPS. WHEN DOES A STARTUP TURN INTO A SCALEUP Your startup becomes a scaleup after it has validated its business model hypothesis, solved all the startup challenges, and thereby is ready for growth – exponential growth. We call this “crossing the growth chasm”, a modification and reapplication of Geoffrey Moore’s phrase— hopefully he’ll write another book for scaleups. SCALEUP SUMMIT LONDON, JUNE 20-21 2019 Scaleup Summit, June 20-21, London The second 2019 SEP Scaleup Summit is hosted by London Stock Exchange on June 20-21. It is a two day, highly curated, invitation only format, where international corporates, investors and scaleups operating in specific verticals can SCALEUP SUMMIT, LONDON, JUNE 28-29 Scaleup Summit, June 28-29, London SEP Scaleup Summits are highly curated, invitation only, matching activities hosted by the most prestigious European Stock Exchanges where international corporates, investors and scaleups operating in specific verticals can do business and spot technology trends. SCALEUP SUMMIT STUTTGART, OCT 24-25 2019 Scaleup Summit, October 24-25, Stuttgart The third 2019 SEP Scaleup Summit is hosted by Boerse Stuttgart on October 24-25. It is a two day, highly curated, invitation only format, where international corporates, investors and scaleups operating in specific verticals can

WINNING TOGETHER

WINNING TOGETHER A GUIDE TO SUCCESSFUL CORPORATE-STARTUP COLLABORATIONS 5 Giuseppe Zocco, co–founder and partner at Index Ventures W herever you look, innovation today is ENEL X VISION E-ENERGY SOLUTIONS AND INDUSTRY 40 2019 Strong commitment to our SDGs targets 1. Cumulated figures since 2015 2. In the wholeGroup perimeter, 4.9 mnbeneficiarieswerereached Note: 2018E referredto 2018 forecastfigures SCALEUP PORTUGAL: LAST SEP REPORT BY MIND THE BRIDGE AND Mind the Bridge and Beta-I, under Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) initiative, are today presenting the first conclusions of the “SEP Monitor Report”, a report that looks at the Portuguese startup ecosystem in depth. “Portugal Rising” was the title of the last SEP Monitor, presented at the end of 2015, and a year and half later we can now say it was right, since Portugal is growing STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP (SEP) Startup Europe Partnership. (SEP) is the integrated pan-European open innovation platform that helps the best EU scaleups grow. meet the best corporates and investors with a single goal: make things happen. Whether that means procurement (product licensing or initiating co-development/POCs), investments, and exits (acquisitions and IPOs). REPORTS - STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP Reports - Startup Europe Partnership. Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) is mapping “ scaleups ” — European startups that have been able to break the “early-stage barrier” and are. a candidate to become large global companies and real job creators. The SEP mapping and scouting database covers all European countries with the goal of A PLAN TO SUPPORT “TIER-TWO” STARTUP CITIES IN EUROPE Officially launched StartupCity Europe Partnership (SCEP) Initiative. Part of Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) platform and led by Mind the Bridge, it aims at fostering the development of interconnected startup strategies at the local level, connecting medium-size European entrepreneurial cities and supporting them in becoming startup cities. EUROPE'S CORPORATE STARTUP STARS AGENDA 2019. The SEP Europe’s Corporate Startup Stars scheme takes place under the European Commission’s Startup Europe Partnership initiative. SEP Europe’s Corporate Startup Stars 2018 Ranking has been announced in Brussels on November 22, 2018 during an Award Ceremony at the presence of EU Vice President Katainen.

SCALEUP METRICS

Scaleup Metrics by Marco Marinucci. In February, Mind The Bridge Foundation (MTB) received a mandate from the European Commission to lead the Startup Europe Partnership (SEP), a pan-European initiative to help the best startups transform into scaleups able to break the early-stage barriers to growth and development. Since then, our focus has been on matching large established companies

SCALEUP SUMMITS

If you are a scaleup and want to meet corporates and investors from all Europe, apply now and join the Scaleup Summits! SEP Scaleup Summits leverage the experience of SEP Matching Events that Mind the Bridge organized in 2014-2017. Mind the Bridge hosted over 20 matching events involving approx. 50 corporates and 500+ scaleups with 15 deals STARTUP APPLICATION FORM Last Name (required) First Name (required) Your position in the company (required) Company Name (required) Website URL (required) Angel List URL (required) SCALEUPS. WHEN DOES A STARTUP TURN INTO A SCALEUP Your startup becomes a scaleup after it has validated its business model hypothesis, solved all the startup challenges, and thereby is ready for growth – exponential growth. We call this “crossing the growth chasm”, a modification and reapplication of Geoffrey Moore’s phrase— hopefully he’ll write another book for scaleups. STARTUP AND SCALEUP ECOSYSTEM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY 2 1. Single Startup Market As noted above, the lengthy, complex, and unfinished business of the Single Market is a major issue in regard to startup and scaleup policy. SCALEUP NORWAY: NOW OR NEVER. NEW SEP REPORT JUST RELEASED. Despite being one of the most mature European scaleup ecosystem, the Norwegian tech-scene is still quite small and seems not to fulfill its potential yet. However, preliminary data suggests 2018 as being a positive year. This is the main evidence of the last SEP Report “Tech Scaleup Norway” just issued by Mind the Bridge with the support on Innovation Norway. STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP (SEP) Startup Europe Partnership. (SEP) is the integrated pan-European open innovation platform that helps the best EU scaleups grow. meet the best corporates and investors with a single goal: make things happen. Whether that means procurement (product licensing or initiating co-development/POCs), investments, and exits (acquisitions and IPOs). REPORTS - STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP Reports - Startup Europe Partnership. Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) is mapping “ scaleups ” — European startups that have been able to break the “early-stage barrier” and are. a candidate to become large global companies and real job creators. The SEP mapping and scouting database covers all European countries with the goal of A PLAN TO SUPPORT “TIER-TWO” STARTUP CITIES IN EUROPE Officially launched StartupCity Europe Partnership (SCEP) Initiative. Part of Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) platform and led by Mind the Bridge, it aims at fostering the development of interconnected startup strategies at the local level, connecting medium-size European entrepreneurial cities and supporting them in becoming startup cities. EUROPE'S CORPORATE STARTUP STARS AGENDA 2019. The SEP Europe’s Corporate Startup Stars scheme takes place under the European Commission’s Startup Europe Partnership initiative. SEP Europe’s Corporate Startup Stars 2018 Ranking has been announced in Brussels on November 22, 2018 during an Award Ceremony at the presence of EU Vice President Katainen.

SCALEUP METRICS

Scaleup Metrics by Marco Marinucci. In February, Mind The Bridge Foundation (MTB) received a mandate from the European Commission to lead the Startup Europe Partnership (SEP), a pan-European initiative to help the best startups transform into scaleups able to break the early-stage barriers to growth and development. Since then, our focus has been on matching large established companies

SCALEUP SUMMITS

If you are a scaleup and want to meet corporates and investors from all Europe, apply now and join the Scaleup Summits! SEP Scaleup Summits leverage the experience of SEP Matching Events that Mind the Bridge organized in 2014-2017. Mind the Bridge hosted over 20 matching events involving approx. 50 corporates and 500+ scaleups with 15 deals STARTUP APPLICATION FORM Last Name (required) First Name (required) Your position in the company (required) Company Name (required) Website URL (required) Angel List URL (required) SCALEUPS. WHEN DOES A STARTUP TURN INTO A SCALEUP Your startup becomes a scaleup after it has validated its business model hypothesis, solved all the startup challenges, and thereby is ready for growth – exponential growth. We call this “crossing the growth chasm”, a modification and reapplication of Geoffrey Moore’s phrase— hopefully he’ll write another book for scaleups. STARTUP AND SCALEUP ECOSYSTEM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY 2 1. Single Startup Market As noted above, the lengthy, complex, and unfinished business of the Single Market is a major issue in regard to startup and scaleup policy. SCALEUP NORWAY: NOW OR NEVER. NEW SEP REPORT JUST RELEASED. Despite being one of the most mature European scaleup ecosystem, the Norwegian tech-scene is still quite small and seems not to fulfill its potential yet. However, preliminary data suggests 2018 as being a positive year. This is the main evidence of the last SEP Report “Tech Scaleup Norway” just issued by Mind the Bridge with the support on Innovation Norway. ABOUT - STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP Established by the European Commission in January 2014 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, SEP is the first pan-European platform dedicated to transforming European startups into scaleups by linking them with global corporations and stock exchanges.

INVESTOR COMMUNITY

What We Offer to our Investor Community. We work closely with the European network of venture capital and private equity funds to push their portfolio companies to the next level. We provide top notch investors and accelerators with: Business opportunities for their portfolio companies (POC, license, procurement contracts with large

corporations),

EUROPE'S CORPORATE STARTUP STARS AGENDA 2019. The SEP Europe’s Corporate Startup Stars scheme takes place under the European Commission’s Startup Europe Partnership initiative. SEP Europe’s Corporate Startup Stars 2018 Ranking has been announced in Brussels on November 22, 2018 during an Award Ceremony at the presence of EU Vice President Katainen. EUROPE IS FINALLY TAKING OFF! A NEW REPORT ON TECH SCALEUP France follows it with 859 scaleups and raise only $12.7B, while Germany with 649 collected $18.7B and Sweden with 542 collected $17.5B. These three countries combine for a total of 53% of the scaleup population in Europe. Spain ranks 6th in terms of the number of scaleups, after Sweden and Switzerland, Italy is 10th, Denmark

11th, Belgium 12th.

SCALEUPS - STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP SEP Scaleup Summits aim at closing this growth gap in Europe. International scaleups are selected and invited to join the exclusive, invitation-only, Scaleup Summits, hosted by the most prestigious European Stock Exchanges, where they can do business and assess growth financing opportunities. This close-door matching format is an opportunity for scaleups to: SCALEUP SUMMIT LONDON, MARCH 26,27 2020 Scaleup Summit, June 8-9, London SEP Scaleup Summit is hosted by London Stock Exchange on March 26-27. It is a two day, highly curated, invitation only format, where international corporates, investors and scaleups operating in specific verticals can do business and spot

technology trends.

STARTUP APPLICATION FORM Last Name (required) First Name (required) Your position in the company (required) Company Name (required) Website URL (required) Angel List URL (required) SCALEUP SPAIN: GOOD, BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH. A NEW REPORT. The 60% of Spanish scaleups are between 4 and 8 years old, 27% were established before 2010 and only 13% in 2015 or after. 2016 was the peak year in terms of scaleups financed (58, equal to 23% of total), while 2017 experienced a general slow down in the funding activity (52, 20% of total). Startup funding still dominated by Venture

Capital.

CVC: THE CHALLENGE OF INVESTING AHEAD OF THE BUSINESS Alberto Onetti, Chairman Mind the Bridge, sits down with Michiel Van Haersma Buma, Senior Implementation Manager for Shell Ventures, to discuss in depth how a global CVC like Shell Ventures is addressing the (missing) relationship between portfolio companies and the FINLAND: THE LAND OF GAMING Mind the Bridge presents a new SEP Country Focus on scaleups and exits in Finland. The new economy specialization on gaming is confirmed. The research tracked 126 scaleups (representing 29% of the total in the Nordics) that were able to raise cumulatively $1B total in financing. STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP (SEP) Startup Europe Partnership. (SEP) is the integrated pan-European open innovation platform that helps the best EU scaleups grow. meet the best corporates and investors with a single goal: make things happen. Whether that means procurement (product licensing or initiating co-development/POCs), investments, and exits (acquisitions and IPOs). REPORTS - STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP Reports - Startup Europe Partnership. Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) is mapping “ scaleups ” — European startups that have been able to break the “early-stage barrier” and are. a candidate to become large global companies and real job creators. The SEP mapping and scouting database covers all European countries with the goal of A PLAN TO SUPPORT “TIER-TWO” STARTUP CITIES IN EUROPE Officially launched StartupCity Europe Partnership (SCEP) Initiative. Part of Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) platform and led by Mind the Bridge, it aims at fostering the development of interconnected startup strategies at the local level, connecting medium-size European entrepreneurial cities and supporting them in becoming startup cities. EUROPE'S CORPORATE STARTUP STARS AGENDA 2019. The SEP Europe’s Corporate Startup Stars scheme takes place under the European Commission’s Startup Europe Partnership initiative. SEP Europe’s Corporate Startup Stars 2018 Ranking has been announced in Brussels on November 22, 2018 during an Award Ceremony at the presence of EU Vice President Katainen.

SCALEUP METRICS

Scaleup Metrics by Marco Marinucci. In February, Mind The Bridge Foundation (MTB) received a mandate from the European Commission to lead the Startup Europe Partnership (SEP), a pan-European initiative to help the best startups transform into scaleups able to break the early-stage barriers to growth and development. Since then, our focus has been on matching large established companies

SCALEUP SUMMITS

If you are a scaleup and want to meet corporates and investors from all Europe, apply now and join the Scaleup Summits! SEP Scaleup Summits leverage the experience of SEP Matching Events that Mind the Bridge organized in 2014-2017. Mind the Bridge hosted over 20 matching events involving approx. 50 corporates and 500+ scaleups with 15 deals STARTUP APPLICATION FORM Last Name (required) First Name (required) Your position in the company (required) Company Name (required) Website URL (required) Angel List URL (required) SCALEUPS. WHEN DOES A STARTUP TURN INTO A SCALEUP Your startup becomes a scaleup after it has validated its business model hypothesis, solved all the startup challenges, and thereby is ready for growth – exponential growth. We call this “crossing the growth chasm”, a modification and reapplication of Geoffrey Moore’s phrase— hopefully he’ll write another book for scaleups. STARTUP AND SCALEUP ECOSYSTEM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY 2 1. Single Startup Market As noted above, the lengthy, complex, and unfinished business of the Single Market is a major issue in regard to startup and scaleup policy. SCALEUP NORWAY: NOW OR NEVER. NEW SEP REPORT JUST RELEASED. Despite being one of the most mature European scaleup ecosystem, the Norwegian tech-scene is still quite small and seems not to fulfill its potential yet. However, preliminary data suggests 2018 as being a positive year. This is the main evidence of the last SEP Report “Tech Scaleup Norway” just issued by Mind the Bridge with the support on Innovation Norway. STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP (SEP) Startup Europe Partnership. (SEP) is the integrated pan-European open innovation platform that helps the best EU scaleups grow. meet the best corporates and investors with a single goal: make things happen. Whether that means procurement (product licensing or initiating co-development/POCs), investments, and exits (acquisitions and IPOs). REPORTS - STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP Reports - Startup Europe Partnership. Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) is mapping “ scaleups ” — European startups that have been able to break the “early-stage barrier” and are. a candidate to become large global companies and real job creators. The SEP mapping and scouting database covers all European countries with the goal of A PLAN TO SUPPORT “TIER-TWO” STARTUP CITIES IN EUROPE Officially launched StartupCity Europe Partnership (SCEP) Initiative. Part of Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) platform and led by Mind the Bridge, it aims at fostering the development of interconnected startup strategies at the local level, connecting medium-size European entrepreneurial cities and supporting them in becoming startup cities. EUROPE'S CORPORATE STARTUP STARS AGENDA 2019. The SEP Europe’s Corporate Startup Stars scheme takes place under the European Commission’s Startup Europe Partnership initiative. SEP Europe’s Corporate Startup Stars 2018 Ranking has been announced in Brussels on November 22, 2018 during an Award Ceremony at the presence of EU Vice President Katainen.

SCALEUP METRICS

Scaleup Metrics by Marco Marinucci. In February, Mind The Bridge Foundation (MTB) received a mandate from the European Commission to lead the Startup Europe Partnership (SEP), a pan-European initiative to help the best startups transform into scaleups able to break the early-stage barriers to growth and development. Since then, our focus has been on matching large established companies

SCALEUP SUMMITS

If you are a scaleup and want to meet corporates and investors from all Europe, apply now and join the Scaleup Summits! SEP Scaleup Summits leverage the experience of SEP Matching Events that Mind the Bridge organized in 2014-2017. Mind the Bridge hosted over 20 matching events involving approx. 50 corporates and 500+ scaleups with 15 deals STARTUP APPLICATION FORM Last Name (required) First Name (required) Your position in the company (required) Company Name (required) Website URL (required) Angel List URL (required) SCALEUPS. WHEN DOES A STARTUP TURN INTO A SCALEUP Your startup becomes a scaleup after it has validated its business model hypothesis, solved all the startup challenges, and thereby is ready for growth – exponential growth. We call this “crossing the growth chasm”, a modification and reapplication of Geoffrey Moore’s phrase— hopefully he’ll write another book for scaleups. STARTUP AND SCALEUP ECOSYSTEM RECOMMENDATIONS FOR POLICY 2 1. Single Startup Market As noted above, the lengthy, complex, and unfinished business of the Single Market is a major issue in regard to startup and scaleup policy. SCALEUP NORWAY: NOW OR NEVER. NEW SEP REPORT JUST RELEASED. Despite being one of the most mature European scaleup ecosystem, the Norwegian tech-scene is still quite small and seems not to fulfill its potential yet. However, preliminary data suggests 2018 as being a positive year. This is the main evidence of the last SEP Report “Tech Scaleup Norway” just issued by Mind the Bridge with the support on Innovation Norway. ABOUT - STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP Established by the European Commission in January 2014 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, SEP is the first pan-European platform dedicated to transforming European startups into scaleups by linking them with global corporations and stock exchanges.

INVESTOR COMMUNITY

What We Offer to our Investor Community. We work closely with the European network of venture capital and private equity funds to push their portfolio companies to the next level. We provide top notch investors and accelerators with: Business opportunities for their portfolio companies (POC, license, procurement contracts with large

corporations),

EUROPE'S CORPORATE STARTUP STARS AGENDA 2019. The SEP Europe’s Corporate Startup Stars scheme takes place under the European Commission’s Startup Europe Partnership initiative. SEP Europe’s Corporate Startup Stars 2018 Ranking has been announced in Brussels on November 22, 2018 during an Award Ceremony at the presence of EU Vice President Katainen. EUROPE IS FINALLY TAKING OFF! A NEW REPORT ON TECH SCALEUP France follows it with 859 scaleups and raise only $12.7B, while Germany with 649 collected $18.7B and Sweden with 542 collected $17.5B. These three countries combine for a total of 53% of the scaleup population in Europe. Spain ranks 6th in terms of the number of scaleups, after Sweden and Switzerland, Italy is 10th, Denmark

11th, Belgium 12th.

SCALEUPS - STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP SEP Scaleup Summits aim at closing this growth gap in Europe. International scaleups are selected and invited to join the exclusive, invitation-only, Scaleup Summits, hosted by the most prestigious European Stock Exchanges, where they can do business and assess growth financing opportunities. This close-door matching format is an opportunity for scaleups to: SCALEUP SUMMIT LONDON, MARCH 26,27 2020 Scaleup Summit, June 8-9, London SEP Scaleup Summit is hosted by London Stock Exchange on March 26-27. It is a two day, highly curated, invitation only format, where international corporates, investors and scaleups operating in specific verticals can do business and spot

technology trends.

STARTUP APPLICATION FORM Last Name (required) First Name (required) Your position in the company (required) Company Name (required) Website URL (required) Angel List URL (required) SCALEUP SPAIN: GOOD, BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH. A NEW REPORT. The 60% of Spanish scaleups are between 4 and 8 years old, 27% were established before 2010 and only 13% in 2015 or after. 2016 was the peak year in terms of scaleups financed (58, equal to 23% of total), while 2017 experienced a general slow down in the funding activity (52, 20% of total). Startup funding still dominated by Venture

Capital.

CVC: THE CHALLENGE OF INVESTING AHEAD OF THE BUSINESS Alberto Onetti, Chairman Mind the Bridge, sits down with Michiel Van Haersma Buma, Senior Implementation Manager for Shell Ventures, to discuss in depth how a global CVC like Shell Ventures is addressing the (missing) relationship between portfolio companies and the FINLAND: THE LAND OF GAMING Mind the Bridge presents a new SEP Country Focus on scaleups and exits in Finland. The new economy specialization on gaming is confirmed. The research tracked 126 scaleups (representing 29% of the total in the Nordics) that were able to raise cumulatively $1B total in financing. STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP (SEP) Startup Europe Partnership. (SEP) is the integrated pan-European open innovation platform that helps the best EU scaleups grow. meet the best corporates and investors with a single goal: make things happen. Whether that means procurement (product licensing or initiating co-development/POCs), investments, and exits (acquisitions and IPOs). REPORTS - STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP Reports - Startup Europe Partnership. Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) is mapping “ scaleups ” — European startups that have been able to break the “early-stage barrier” and are. a candidate to become large global companies and real job creators. The SEP mapping and scouting database covers all European countries with the goal of

INVESTOR COMMUNITY

What We Offer to our Investor Community. We work closely with the European network of venture capital and private equity funds to push their portfolio companies to the next level. We provide top notch investors and accelerators with: Business opportunities for their portfolio companies (POC, license, procurement contracts with large

corporations),

A PLAN TO SUPPORT “TIER-TWO” STARTUP CITIES IN EUROPE Officially launched StartupCity Europe Partnership (SCEP) Initiative. Part of Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) platform and led by Mind the Bridge, it aims at fostering the development of interconnected startup strategies at the local level, connecting medium-size European entrepreneurial cities and supporting them in becoming startup cities. EUROPE IS FINALLY TAKING OFF! A NEW REPORT ON TECH SCALEUP France follows it with 859 scaleups and raise only $12.7B, while Germany with 649 collected $18.7B and Sweden with 542 collected $17.5B. These three countries combine for a total of 53% of the scaleup population in Europe. Spain ranks 6th in terms of the number of scaleups, after Sweden and Switzerland, Italy is 10th, Denmark

11th, Belgium 12th.

STARTUP APPLICATION FORM Last Name (required) First Name (required) Your position in the company (required) Company Name (required) Website URL (required) Angel List URL (required) INTRAPRENEURSHIP (REALLY) IN ACTION. THE CASE OF ENAGÁS Beyond focusing on finding startups from outside, Enagás (the main natural gas transport company in Spain) decided to stimulate startups from inside. It is what are called spin-off companies, i.e. innovative startups originated by their own employees.. In less than 4 years, Enagás was able to launch 7 startups (such as Gas2move, E4Efficiency) that have already created over 160 new jobs. SCALEUP SPAIN: GOOD, BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH. A NEW REPORT. The 60% of Spanish scaleups are between 4 and 8 years old, 27% were established before 2010 and only 13% in 2015 or after. 2016 was the peak year in terms of scaleups financed (58, equal to 23% of total), while 2017 experienced a general slow down in the funding activity (52, 20% of total). Startup funding still dominated by Venture

Capital.

SCALEUPS. WHEN DOES A STARTUP TURN INTO A SCALEUP Your startup becomes a scaleup after it has validated its business model hypothesis, solved all the startup challenges, and thereby is ready for growth – exponential growth. We call this “crossing the growth chasm”, a modification and reapplication of Geoffrey Moore’s phrase— hopefully he’ll write another book for scaleups. SCALEUP NORWAY: NOW OR NEVER. NEW SEP REPORT JUST RELEASED. Despite being one of the most mature European scaleup ecosystem, the Norwegian tech-scene is still quite small and seems not to fulfill its potential yet. However, preliminary data suggests 2018 as being a positive year. This is the main evidence of the last SEP Report “Tech Scaleup Norway” just issued by Mind the Bridge with the support on Innovation Norway. STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP (SEP) Startup Europe Partnership. (SEP) is the integrated pan-European open innovation platform that helps the best EU scaleups grow. meet the best corporates and investors with a single goal: make things happen. Whether that means procurement (product licensing or initiating co-development/POCs), investments, and exits (acquisitions and IPOs). REPORTS - STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP Reports - Startup Europe Partnership. Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) is mapping “ scaleups ” — European startups that have been able to break the “early-stage barrier” and are. a candidate to become large global companies and real job creators. The SEP mapping and scouting database covers all European countries with the goal of

INVESTOR COMMUNITY

What We Offer to our Investor Community. We work closely with the European network of venture capital and private equity funds to push their portfolio companies to the next level. We provide top notch investors and accelerators with: Business opportunities for their portfolio companies (POC, license, procurement contracts with large

corporations),

A PLAN TO SUPPORT “TIER-TWO” STARTUP CITIES IN EUROPE Officially launched StartupCity Europe Partnership (SCEP) Initiative. Part of Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) platform and led by Mind the Bridge, it aims at fostering the development of interconnected startup strategies at the local level, connecting medium-size European entrepreneurial cities and supporting them in becoming startup cities. EUROPE IS FINALLY TAKING OFF! A NEW REPORT ON TECH SCALEUP France follows it with 859 scaleups and raise only $12.7B, while Germany with 649 collected $18.7B and Sweden with 542 collected $17.5B. These three countries combine for a total of 53% of the scaleup population in Europe. Spain ranks 6th in terms of the number of scaleups, after Sweden and Switzerland, Italy is 10th, Denmark

11th, Belgium 12th.

STARTUP APPLICATION FORM Last Name (required) First Name (required) Your position in the company (required) Company Name (required) Website URL (required) Angel List URL (required) INTRAPRENEURSHIP (REALLY) IN ACTION. THE CASE OF ENAGÁS Beyond focusing on finding startups from outside, Enagás (the main natural gas transport company in Spain) decided to stimulate startups from inside. It is what are called spin-off companies, i.e. innovative startups originated by their own employees.. In less than 4 years, Enagás was able to launch 7 startups (such as Gas2move, E4Efficiency) that have already created over 160 new jobs. SCALEUP SPAIN: GOOD, BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH. A NEW REPORT. The 60% of Spanish scaleups are between 4 and 8 years old, 27% were established before 2010 and only 13% in 2015 or after. 2016 was the peak year in terms of scaleups financed (58, equal to 23% of total), while 2017 experienced a general slow down in the funding activity (52, 20% of total). Startup funding still dominated by Venture

Capital.

SCALEUPS. WHEN DOES A STARTUP TURN INTO A SCALEUP Your startup becomes a scaleup after it has validated its business model hypothesis, solved all the startup challenges, and thereby is ready for growth – exponential growth. We call this “crossing the growth chasm”, a modification and reapplication of Geoffrey Moore’s phrase— hopefully he’ll write another book for scaleups. SCALEUP NORWAY: NOW OR NEVER. NEW SEP REPORT JUST RELEASED. Despite being one of the most mature European scaleup ecosystem, the Norwegian tech-scene is still quite small and seems not to fulfill its potential yet. However, preliminary data suggests 2018 as being a positive year. This is the main evidence of the last SEP Report “Tech Scaleup Norway” just issued by Mind the Bridge with the support on Innovation Norway.

INVESTOR COMMUNITY

What We Offer to our Investor Community. We work closely with the European network of venture capital and private equity funds to push their portfolio companies to the next level. We provide top notch investors and accelerators with: Business opportunities for their portfolio companies (POC, license, procurement contracts with large

corporations),

ABOUT - STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP Established by the European Commission in January 2014 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, SEP is the first pan-European platform dedicated to transforming European startups into scaleups by linking them with global corporations and stock exchanges. BLOG - STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP 12/17/2019 Serena Orizi Blog, News, Scaleup, Startup Europe Partnership. China, the land of Super Scalers. A new SEP Tech Scaleup Report. The dragon has awakened undoubtedly becoming an innovation powerhouse China is definitely “the Super” Scaler Ecosystem according to the new SEP Tech Scaleup China Report 2019, presented

today at the

SCALEUP METRICS

Scaleup Metrics by Marco Marinucci. In February, Mind The Bridge Foundation (MTB) received a mandate from the European Commission to lead the Startup Europe Partnership (SEP), a pan-European initiative to help the best startups transform into scaleups able to break the early-stage barriers to growth and development. Since then, our focus has been on matching large established companies STARTUP EUROPE AMBASSADORS Startup Europe is an initiative of the European Commission. The four main objectives of Startup Europe are to: Connect people such as startups, investors , accelerators , female entrepreneurs , corporate networks , universities and #EUTechWriters through our array of networks. Connect local startup ecosystems by supporting regional

initiatives

INTRAPRENEURSHIP (REALLY) IN ACTION. THE CASE OF ENAGÁS Beyond focusing on finding startups from outside, Enagás (the main natural gas transport company in Spain) decided to stimulate startups from inside. It is what are called spin-off companies, i.e. innovative startups originated by their own employees.. In less than 4 years, Enagás was able to launch 7 startups (such as Gas2move, E4Efficiency) that have already created over 160 new jobs. SCALEUPS. WHEN DOES A STARTUP TURN INTO A SCALEUP Your startup becomes a scaleup after it has validated its business model hypothesis, solved all the startup challenges, and thereby is ready for growth – exponential growth. We call this “crossing the growth chasm”, a modification and reapplication of Geoffrey Moore’s phrase— hopefully he’ll write another book for scaleups. SCALEUP SUMMIT, LONDON, JUNE 28-29 Scaleup Summit, June 28-29, London. SEP Scaleup Summits are highly curated, invitation only, matching activities hosted by the most prestigious European Stock Exchanges where international corporates, investors and scaleups operating in specific verticals can do business and spot technology trends. EUROPE’S CORPORATE STARTUP STARS, RANKING 2018 SEP Europe’s Corporate Startup Stars 2018 Ranking has been announced in Brussels on November 22, 2018 during an Award Ceremony at the presence of EU Vice President Katainen. AGENDA 2018. SCALEUP SUMMIT STUTTGART, OCT 24-25 2019 Scaleup Summit, October 24-25, Stuttgart The third 2019 SEP Scaleup Summit is hosted by Boerse Stuttgart on October 24-25. It is a two day, highly curated, invitation only format, where international corporates, investors and scaleups operating in specific verticals can STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP (SEP) Startup Europe Partnership. (SEP) is the integrated pan-European open innovation platform that helps the best EU scaleups grow. meet the best corporates and investors with a single goal: make things happen. Whether that means procurement (product licensing or initiating co-development/POCs), investments, and exits (acquisitions and IPOs). REPORTS - STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP Reports - Startup Europe Partnership. Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) is mapping “ scaleups ” — European startups that have been able to break the “early-stage barrier” and are. a candidate to become large global companies and real job creators. The SEP mapping and scouting database covers all European countries with the goal of

INVESTOR COMMUNITY

What We Offer to our Investor Community. We work closely with the European network of venture capital and private equity funds to push their portfolio companies to the next level. We provide top notch investors and accelerators with: Business opportunities for their portfolio companies (POC, license, procurement contracts with large

corporations),

A PLAN TO SUPPORT “TIER-TWO” STARTUP CITIES IN EUROPE Officially launched StartupCity Europe Partnership (SCEP) Initiative. Part of Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) platform and led by Mind the Bridge, it aims at fostering the development of interconnected startup strategies at the local level, connecting medium-size European entrepreneurial cities and supporting them in becoming startup cities. EUROPE IS FINALLY TAKING OFF! A NEW REPORT ON TECH SCALEUP France follows it with 859 scaleups and raise only $12.7B, while Germany with 649 collected $18.7B and Sweden with 542 collected $17.5B. These three countries combine for a total of 53% of the scaleup population in Europe. Spain ranks 6th in terms of the number of scaleups, after Sweden and Switzerland, Italy is 10th, Denmark

11th, Belgium 12th.

STARTUP APPLICATION FORM Last Name (required) First Name (required) Your position in the company (required) Company Name (required) Website URL (required) Angel List URL (required) INTRAPRENEURSHIP (REALLY) IN ACTION. THE CASE OF ENAGÁS Beyond focusing on finding startups from outside, Enagás (the main natural gas transport company in Spain) decided to stimulate startups from inside. It is what are called spin-off companies, i.e. innovative startups originated by their own employees.. In less than 4 years, Enagás was able to launch 7 startups (such as Gas2move, E4Efficiency) that have already created over 160 new jobs. SCALEUP SPAIN: GOOD, BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH. A NEW REPORT. The 60% of Spanish scaleups are between 4 and 8 years old, 27% were established before 2010 and only 13% in 2015 or after. 2016 was the peak year in terms of scaleups financed (58, equal to 23% of total), while 2017 experienced a general slow down in the funding activity (52, 20% of total). Startup funding still dominated by Venture

Capital.

SCALEUPS. WHEN DOES A STARTUP TURN INTO A SCALEUP Your startup becomes a scaleup after it has validated its business model hypothesis, solved all the startup challenges, and thereby is ready for growth – exponential growth. We call this “crossing the growth chasm”, a modification and reapplication of Geoffrey Moore’s phrase— hopefully he’ll write another book for scaleups. SCALEUP NORWAY: NOW OR NEVER. NEW SEP REPORT JUST RELEASED. Despite being one of the most mature European scaleup ecosystem, the Norwegian tech-scene is still quite small and seems not to fulfill its potential yet. However, preliminary data suggests 2018 as being a positive year. This is the main evidence of the last SEP Report “Tech Scaleup Norway” just issued by Mind the Bridge with the support on Innovation Norway. STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP (SEP) Startup Europe Partnership. (SEP) is the integrated pan-European open innovation platform that helps the best EU scaleups grow. meet the best corporates and investors with a single goal: make things happen. Whether that means procurement (product licensing or initiating co-development/POCs), investments, and exits (acquisitions and IPOs). REPORTS - STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP Reports - Startup Europe Partnership. Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) is mapping “ scaleups ” — European startups that have been able to break the “early-stage barrier” and are. a candidate to become large global companies and real job creators. The SEP mapping and scouting database covers all European countries with the goal of

INVESTOR COMMUNITY

What We Offer to our Investor Community. We work closely with the European network of venture capital and private equity funds to push their portfolio companies to the next level. We provide top notch investors and accelerators with: Business opportunities for their portfolio companies (POC, license, procurement contracts with large

corporations),

A PLAN TO SUPPORT “TIER-TWO” STARTUP CITIES IN EUROPE Officially launched StartupCity Europe Partnership (SCEP) Initiative. Part of Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) platform and led by Mind the Bridge, it aims at fostering the development of interconnected startup strategies at the local level, connecting medium-size European entrepreneurial cities and supporting them in becoming startup cities. EUROPE IS FINALLY TAKING OFF! A NEW REPORT ON TECH SCALEUP France follows it with 859 scaleups and raise only $12.7B, while Germany with 649 collected $18.7B and Sweden with 542 collected $17.5B. These three countries combine for a total of 53% of the scaleup population in Europe. Spain ranks 6th in terms of the number of scaleups, after Sweden and Switzerland, Italy is 10th, Denmark

11th, Belgium 12th.

STARTUP APPLICATION FORM Last Name (required) First Name (required) Your position in the company (required) Company Name (required) Website URL (required) Angel List URL (required) INTRAPRENEURSHIP (REALLY) IN ACTION. THE CASE OF ENAGÁS Beyond focusing on finding startups from outside, Enagás (the main natural gas transport company in Spain) decided to stimulate startups from inside. It is what are called spin-off companies, i.e. innovative startups originated by their own employees.. In less than 4 years, Enagás was able to launch 7 startups (such as Gas2move, E4Efficiency) that have already created over 160 new jobs. SCALEUP SPAIN: GOOD, BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH. A NEW REPORT. The 60% of Spanish scaleups are between 4 and 8 years old, 27% were established before 2010 and only 13% in 2015 or after. 2016 was the peak year in terms of scaleups financed (58, equal to 23% of total), while 2017 experienced a general slow down in the funding activity (52, 20% of total). Startup funding still dominated by Venture

Capital.

SCALEUPS. WHEN DOES A STARTUP TURN INTO A SCALEUP Your startup becomes a scaleup after it has validated its business model hypothesis, solved all the startup challenges, and thereby is ready for growth – exponential growth. We call this “crossing the growth chasm”, a modification and reapplication of Geoffrey Moore’s phrase— hopefully he’ll write another book for scaleups. SCALEUP NORWAY: NOW OR NEVER. NEW SEP REPORT JUST RELEASED. Despite being one of the most mature European scaleup ecosystem, the Norwegian tech-scene is still quite small and seems not to fulfill its potential yet. However, preliminary data suggests 2018 as being a positive year. This is the main evidence of the last SEP Report “Tech Scaleup Norway” just issued by Mind the Bridge with the support on Innovation Norway.

INVESTOR COMMUNITY

What We Offer to our Investor Community. We work closely with the European network of venture capital and private equity funds to push their portfolio companies to the next level. We provide top notch investors and accelerators with: Business opportunities for their portfolio companies (POC, license, procurement contracts with large

corporations),

ABOUT - STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP Established by the European Commission in January 2014 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, SEP is the first pan-European platform dedicated to transforming European startups into scaleups by linking them with global corporations and stock exchanges. BLOG - STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP 12/17/2019 Serena Orizi Blog, News, Scaleup, Startup Europe Partnership. China, the land of Super Scalers. A new SEP Tech Scaleup Report. The dragon has awakened undoubtedly becoming an innovation powerhouse China is definitely “the Super” Scaler Ecosystem according to the new SEP Tech Scaleup China Report 2019, presented

today at the

SCALEUP METRICS

Scaleup Metrics by Marco Marinucci. In February, Mind The Bridge Foundation (MTB) received a mandate from the European Commission to lead the Startup Europe Partnership (SEP), a pan-European initiative to help the best startups transform into scaleups able to break the early-stage barriers to growth and development. Since then, our focus has been on matching large established companies STARTUP EUROPE AMBASSADORS Startup Europe is an initiative of the European Commission. The four main objectives of Startup Europe are to: Connect people such as startups, investors , accelerators , female entrepreneurs , corporate networks , universities and #EUTechWriters through our array of networks. Connect local startup ecosystems by supporting regional

initiatives

INTRAPRENEURSHIP (REALLY) IN ACTION. THE CASE OF ENAGÁS Beyond focusing on finding startups from outside, Enagás (the main natural gas transport company in Spain) decided to stimulate startups from inside. It is what are called spin-off companies, i.e. innovative startups originated by their own employees.. In less than 4 years, Enagás was able to launch 7 startups (such as Gas2move, E4Efficiency) that have already created over 160 new jobs. SCALEUPS. WHEN DOES A STARTUP TURN INTO A SCALEUP Your startup becomes a scaleup after it has validated its business model hypothesis, solved all the startup challenges, and thereby is ready for growth – exponential growth. We call this “crossing the growth chasm”, a modification and reapplication of Geoffrey Moore’s phrase— hopefully he’ll write another book for scaleups. SCALEUP SUMMIT, LONDON, JUNE 28-29 Scaleup Summit, June 28-29, London. SEP Scaleup Summits are highly curated, invitation only, matching activities hosted by the most prestigious European Stock Exchanges where international corporates, investors and scaleups operating in specific verticals can do business and spot technology trends. EUROPE’S CORPORATE STARTUP STARS, RANKING 2018 SEP Europe’s Corporate Startup Stars 2018 Ranking has been announced in Brussels on November 22, 2018 during an Award Ceremony at the presence of EU Vice President Katainen. AGENDA 2018. SCALEUP SUMMIT STUTTGART, OCT 24-25 2019 Scaleup Summit, October 24-25, Stuttgart The third 2019 SEP Scaleup Summit is hosted by Boerse Stuttgart on October 24-25. It is a two day, highly curated, invitation only format, where international corporates, investors and scaleups operating in specific verticals can STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP (SEP) Startup Europe Partnership. (SEP) is the integrated pan-European open innovation platform that helps the best EU scaleups grow. meet the best corporates and investors with a single goal: make things happen. Whether that means procurement (product licensing or initiating co-development/POCs), investments, and exits (acquisitions and IPOs). REPORTS - STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP Reports - Startup Europe Partnership. Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) is mapping “ scaleups ” — European startups that have been able to break the “early-stage barrier” and are. a candidate to become large global companies and real job creators. The SEP mapping and scouting database covers all European countries with the goal of

INVESTOR COMMUNITY

What We Offer to our Investor Community. We work closely with the European network of venture capital and private equity funds to push their portfolio companies to the next level. We provide top notch investors and accelerators with: Business opportunities for their portfolio companies (POC, license, procurement contracts with large

corporations),

A PLAN TO SUPPORT “TIER-TWO” STARTUP CITIES IN EUROPE Officially launched StartupCity Europe Partnership (SCEP) Initiative. Part of Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) platform and led by Mind the Bridge, it aims at fostering the development of interconnected startup strategies at the local level, connecting medium-size European entrepreneurial cities and supporting them in becoming startup cities. EUROPE IS FINALLY TAKING OFF! A NEW REPORT ON TECH SCALEUP France follows it with 859 scaleups and raise only $12.7B, while Germany with 649 collected $18.7B and Sweden with 542 collected $17.5B. These three countries combine for a total of 53% of the scaleup population in Europe. Spain ranks 6th in terms of the number of scaleups, after Sweden and Switzerland, Italy is 10th, Denmark

11th, Belgium 12th.

STARTUP APPLICATION FORM Last Name (required) First Name (required) Your position in the company (required) Company Name (required) Website URL (required) Angel List URL (required) INTRAPRENEURSHIP (REALLY) IN ACTION. THE CASE OF ENAGÁS Beyond focusing on finding startups from outside, Enagás (the main natural gas transport company in Spain) decided to stimulate startups from inside. It is what are called spin-off companies, i.e. innovative startups originated by their own employees.. In less than 4 years, Enagás was able to launch 7 startups (such as Gas2move, E4Efficiency) that have already created over 160 new jobs. SCALEUP SPAIN: GOOD, BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH. A NEW REPORT. The 60% of Spanish scaleups are between 4 and 8 years old, 27% were established before 2010 and only 13% in 2015 or after. 2016 was the peak year in terms of scaleups financed (58, equal to 23% of total), while 2017 experienced a general slow down in the funding activity (52, 20% of total). Startup funding still dominated by Venture

Capital.

SCALEUPS. WHEN DOES A STARTUP TURN INTO A SCALEUP Your startup becomes a scaleup after it has validated its business model hypothesis, solved all the startup challenges, and thereby is ready for growth – exponential growth. We call this “crossing the growth chasm”, a modification and reapplication of Geoffrey Moore’s phrase— hopefully he’ll write another book for scaleups. SCALEUP NORWAY: NOW OR NEVER. NEW SEP REPORT JUST RELEASED. Despite being one of the most mature European scaleup ecosystem, the Norwegian tech-scene is still quite small and seems not to fulfill its potential yet. However, preliminary data suggests 2018 as being a positive year. This is the main evidence of the last SEP Report “Tech Scaleup Norway” just issued by Mind the Bridge with the support on Innovation Norway. STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP (SEP) Startup Europe Partnership. (SEP) is the integrated pan-European open innovation platform that helps the best EU scaleups grow. meet the best corporates and investors with a single goal: make things happen. Whether that means procurement (product licensing or initiating co-development/POCs), investments, and exits (acquisitions and IPOs). REPORTS - STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP Reports - Startup Europe Partnership. Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) is mapping “ scaleups ” — European startups that have been able to break the “early-stage barrier” and are. a candidate to become large global companies and real job creators. The SEP mapping and scouting database covers all European countries with the goal of

INVESTOR COMMUNITY

What We Offer to our Investor Community. We work closely with the European network of venture capital and private equity funds to push their portfolio companies to the next level. We provide top notch investors and accelerators with: Business opportunities for their portfolio companies (POC, license, procurement contracts with large

corporations),

A PLAN TO SUPPORT “TIER-TWO” STARTUP CITIES IN EUROPE Officially launched StartupCity Europe Partnership (SCEP) Initiative. Part of Startup Europe Partnership (SEP) platform and led by Mind the Bridge, it aims at fostering the development of interconnected startup strategies at the local level, connecting medium-size European entrepreneurial cities and supporting them in becoming startup cities. EUROPE IS FINALLY TAKING OFF! A NEW REPORT ON TECH SCALEUP France follows it with 859 scaleups and raise only $12.7B, while Germany with 649 collected $18.7B and Sweden with 542 collected $17.5B. These three countries combine for a total of 53% of the scaleup population in Europe. Spain ranks 6th in terms of the number of scaleups, after Sweden and Switzerland, Italy is 10th, Denmark

11th, Belgium 12th.

STARTUP APPLICATION FORM Last Name (required) First Name (required) Your position in the company (required) Company Name (required) Website URL (required) Angel List URL (required) INTRAPRENEURSHIP (REALLY) IN ACTION. THE CASE OF ENAGÁS Beyond focusing on finding startups from outside, Enagás (the main natural gas transport company in Spain) decided to stimulate startups from inside. It is what are called spin-off companies, i.e. innovative startups originated by their own employees.. In less than 4 years, Enagás was able to launch 7 startups (such as Gas2move, E4Efficiency) that have already created over 160 new jobs. SCALEUP SPAIN: GOOD, BUT NOT GOOD ENOUGH. A NEW REPORT. The 60% of Spanish scaleups are between 4 and 8 years old, 27% were established before 2010 and only 13% in 2015 or after. 2016 was the peak year in terms of scaleups financed (58, equal to 23% of total), while 2017 experienced a general slow down in the funding activity (52, 20% of total). Startup funding still dominated by Venture

Capital.

SCALEUPS. WHEN DOES A STARTUP TURN INTO A SCALEUP Your startup becomes a scaleup after it has validated its business model hypothesis, solved all the startup challenges, and thereby is ready for growth – exponential growth. We call this “crossing the growth chasm”, a modification and reapplication of Geoffrey Moore’s phrase— hopefully he’ll write another book for scaleups. SCALEUP NORWAY: NOW OR NEVER. NEW SEP REPORT JUST RELEASED. Despite being one of the most mature European scaleup ecosystem, the Norwegian tech-scene is still quite small and seems not to fulfill its potential yet. However, preliminary data suggests 2018 as being a positive year. This is the main evidence of the last SEP Report “Tech Scaleup Norway” just issued by Mind the Bridge with the support on Innovation Norway.

INVESTOR COMMUNITY

What We Offer to our Investor Community. We work closely with the European network of venture capital and private equity funds to push their portfolio companies to the next level. We provide top notch investors and accelerators with: Business opportunities for their portfolio companies (POC, license, procurement contracts with large

corporations),

ABOUT - STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP Established by the European Commission in January 2014 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, SEP is the first pan-European platform dedicated to transforming European startups into scaleups by linking them with global corporations and stock exchanges. BLOG - STARTUP EUROPE PARTNERSHIP 12/17/2019 Serena Orizi Blog, News, Scaleup, Startup Europe Partnership. China, the land of Super Scalers. A new SEP Tech Scaleup Report. The dragon has awakened undoubtedly becoming an innovation powerhouse China is definitely “the Super” Scaler Ecosystem according to the new SEP Tech Scaleup China Report 2019, presented

today at the

SCALEUP METRICS

Scaleup Metrics by Marco Marinucci. In February, Mind The Bridge Foundation (MTB) received a mandate from the European Commission to lead the Startup Europe Partnership (SEP), a pan-European initiative to help the best startups transform into scaleups able to break the early-stage barriers to growth and development. Since then, our focus has been on matching large established companies STARTUP EUROPE AMBASSADORS Startup Europe is an initiative of the European Commission. The four main objectives of Startup Europe are to: Connect people such as startups, investors , accelerators , female entrepreneurs , corporate networks , universities and #EUTechWriters through our array of networks. Connect local startup ecosystems by supporting regional

initiatives

INTRAPRENEURSHIP (REALLY) IN ACTION. THE CASE OF ENAGÁS Beyond focusing on finding startups from outside, Enagás (the main natural gas transport company in Spain) decided to stimulate startups from inside. It is what are called spin-off companies, i.e. innovative startups originated by their own employees.. In less than 4 years, Enagás was able to launch 7 startups (such as Gas2move, E4Efficiency) that have already created over 160 new jobs. SCALEUPS. WHEN DOES A STARTUP TURN INTO A SCALEUP Your startup becomes a scaleup after it has validated its business model hypothesis, solved all the startup challenges, and thereby is ready for growth – exponential growth. We call this “crossing the growth chasm”, a modification and reapplication of Geoffrey Moore’s phrase— hopefully he’ll write another book for scaleups. SCALEUP SUMMIT, LONDON, JUNE 28-29 Scaleup Summit, June 28-29, London. SEP Scaleup Summits are highly curated, invitation only, matching activities hosted by the most prestigious European Stock Exchanges where international corporates, investors and scaleups operating in specific verticals can do business and spot technology trends. EUROPE’S CORPORATE STARTUP STARS, RANKING 2018 SEP Europe’s Corporate Startup Stars 2018 Ranking has been announced in Brussels on November 22, 2018 during an Award Ceremony at the presence of EU Vice President Katainen. AGENDA 2018. SCALEUP SUMMIT STUTTGART, OCT 24-25 2019 Scaleup Summit, October 24-25, Stuttgart The third 2019 SEP Scaleup Summit is hosted by Boerse Stuttgart on October 24-25. It is a two day, highly curated, invitation only format, where international corporates, investors and scaleups operating in specific verticals can

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17Apr

CORPORATE STARTUP STARS AWARDS GO GLOBAL WITH ICC!

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The Corporate Startup Stars Awards (CSS) are going  global.   The international advisory firm Mind the Bridge announced today a... Read

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16Mar

CVC: THE CHALLENGE OF INVESTING AHEAD OF THE BUSINESS

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What’s the elephant in the CVC room? The (missing) relationship between portfolio companies and the corporate business units. I had...

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26Feb

INTRAPRENEURSHIP (REALLY) IN ACTION. THE CASE OF ENAGÁS

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Beyond focusing on finding startups from outside, Enagás (the main natural gas transport company in Spain) decided to stimulate startups... Read More →

17Dic

ENEL, SAP AND TELEFÓNICA ARE THE OPEN INNOVATION CHAMPIONS IN EUROPE

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Corporate Startup Stars Awards 2019 For the fourth year running, startups across Europe have nominated the most active corporates in...

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