For organisations

Turn your objective into a programme that delivers.

ScaleGate works with governments, foundations, corporates and other organisations to design and run venture programmes across Europe and emerging markets.

From programme structure and venture selection to pilots, events and reporting, we manage the work from start to finish.

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Organisations Programmes

ScaleGate designs and runs venture programmes for governments, foundations, corporates and other organisations. We manage everything from venture selection and programme delivery to pilots, events and reporting. You set the objective, and we turn it into a programme that delivers.

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Acceleration and venture building
We design and run founder cohorts from venture selection through delivery, market progress and Demo Day.
Learn about acceleration
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Open innovation and challenges
We connect organisational challenges with relevant ventures and support the path towards pilots.
Explore open innovation
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Market access and internationalisation
We help ventures enter new markets through customers, partners and local support.
Discover market access
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Venture studios
We turn technologies, capabilities and market problems into ventures ready to launch.
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Programme details

Each model is adapted to the partner’s objective, geography, participants and intended outcomes. We work with governments, foundations, international organisations, corporates, ecosystem builders, universities and research organisations.

Acceleration and venture building

Build a structured cohort that moves founders and ventures from potential to execution.

Discuss an acceleration programme

Best suited for

Organisations supporting founders or existing ventures within a defined sector, geography or challenge.

What ScaleGate handles

Programme structure and implementation plan
Venture outreach, applications and selection
Curriculum, experts, workshops and mentoring
Venture support, pilots, market access, Demo Day and reporting

Intended outcome

A stronger cohort with clearer ventures and credible next steps towards customers, pilots, new markets or investment.

Open innovation and challenges

Turn a defined challenge into relevant venture solutions and a clear route towards testing them.

Discuss an innovation challenge

Best suited for

Corporates, governments, public institutions and other organisations seeking external solutions to a business or societal challenge.

What ScaleGate handles

Challenge definition and solution criteria
Venture scouting, assessment and selection
Expert and stakeholder coordination
Validation, pilot design, evidence collection and reporting

Intended outcome

Relevant solutions assessed against the challenge, with the evidence needed to make a clear pilot decision.

Market access and internationalisation

Help selected ventures enter a new market through practical access to customers, partners and local infrastructure.

Plan a market access programme

Best suited for

Organisations supporting ventures expanding into Europe, emerging markets or another target geography.

What ScaleGate handles

Programme design and market assessment
Venture readiness, positioning and market preparation
Customer and partner mapping, introductions and delegations
Local ecosystem access, follow up execution and reporting

Intended outcome

A clearer market entry route, stronger local relationships and concrete commercial next steps for participating ventures.

Venture studios

Turn an institutional capability, technology or market problem into a venture ready to launch.

Explore a venture studio

Best suited for

Corporates, universities, research organisations, foundations and public institutions with an opportunity that could become a new company.

What ScaleGate handles

Opportunity framing and customer validation
Value proposition and business model development
Team, expert and stakeholder coordination
Product direction, launch preparation and execution roadmap

Intended outcome

A validated venture foundation with a defined business model, coordinated team and clear route towards launch.

Bring us the objective. We will build the operating model around it.

Tell us what needs to change, where it needs to happen, who needs to be involved and what a useful outcome would look like.

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