SCALE(up)ALPS - Accelerate and promote the Alpine Start-up Ecosystem

SCALE(up)ALPS aims to establish the Alpine Space (AS) as an innovative hub on the international level. The project focuses on one of the most critical phases of the enterprise lifecycle: the SCALING UP phase.

What is a SCALE UP? According to the OECD definition a "scaleup" is an enterprise with average annual growth in emplyees or turnover of over 20% per annum over a 3-year period, with more than 10 emplyees at the beginning of the period.

The project’s main outputs will be:

1) connecting AS ecosystem policies & communities of practice;

2) selecting policies that expand the quantity and the quality of AS serial entrepreneurs and fast-growing scalable ventures;

3) producing a mid-level feasibility plan with high level recommendations on start-up ecosystems’ growth and reducing fragmentation and therefore increasing collaboration across disciplines & stakeholders;

4) designing & testing innovative public-private support schemes, matching corporates and capital, attracting talent, opening up market access and improving innovation within the entrepreneurial life cycle.