For programme partners

From innovation mandate to ventures that can execute.

ScaleGate designs, coordinates and executes acceleration, venture-building, open-innovation and market-access programmes across Europe and emerging markets.

We build the operating model, bring the right people around it and run the work from recruitment and selection through pilots, market access and final reporting.

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End-to-end programme operation or one clearly defined delivery mandate.

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Beyond the workshop

A programme is useful when something moves after it ends.

The goal is not participation alone. It is to move ventures towards a validated business model, a pilot, a customer, a stronger company or entry into the next market. ScaleGate designs programme activity backwards from the intended outcome.

ScaleGate is the operating partner behind the programme—not the accelerator brand in front of it.

What we design and run

Four models. Built around the partner’s objective.

Every engagement is adapted to the challenge, geography, participants, stakeholders and outcomes required.

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Acceleration and venture building
Cohort-based programmes for founders or existing ventures in a defined sector, geography or challenge. ScaleGate can design the model, recruit and select ventures, coordinate delivery and move teams towards pilots, customers, market entry and Demo Day.
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Open innovation and challenge programmes
A structured route from a corporate, public or societal challenge to ventures capable of addressing it. We define the challenge, source relevant solutions, assess fit and operate validation through a clear pilot decision.
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Market access and internationalisation
Programmes connecting ventures with customers, partners and operating infrastructure in a new market, with particular strength in helping emerging-market companies expand internationally.
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Venture studio programmes
New ventures developed around an institutional capability, technology or market problem. We structure the opportunity, validate the business model, coordinate the team and build towards a launch-ready company.
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How ScaleGate operates

We design it. We coordinate it. We execute it.

ScaleGate can lead the complete programme or take responsibility for one defined part of delivery.

01
Design
Clarify the objective, outcomes, geography, participant profile and stakeholders. Build the programme model, criteria, curriculum, pilot pathway, timeline, responsibilities and measurement framework.
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Coordinate
Align the programme owner, local ecosystem, experts, mentors, technical partners and participating ventures around one operating plan and clear ownership.
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Execute
Run outreach, applications and selection. Coordinate workshops, founder support, pilots, market introductions, events and Demo Day.
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Measure and continue
Collect evidence against agreed outcomes, coordinate final reporting and build the route into possible pilots, partnerships, market entry or further support.

Who we work with

Different mandates. One accountable operating partner.

Governments and public institutions
Entrepreneurship, economic-development, market-building and sector-focused innovation programmes.
Foundations
Venture-building programmes connected to employment, climate, inclusion, livelihoods or measurable economic participation.
International organisations
Multi-stakeholder programmes needing governance, local coordination, founder delivery and reporting.
Corporates
Open innovation, venture sourcing, pilot development, supplier innovation and market-entry programmes.
Ecosystems, universities and research organisations
Founder sourcing, research commercialisation, sector programmes and routes from knowledge into viable ventures.

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