Official launch of the Scale-EUp² Program: DeepTech4Good

Scale EUp² is an Acceleration Program, financed under the Horizon 2020 framework, committed to help Deep Tech startup accelerate their development and scale up at European level.

Scale EUp² is led by 4 innovation hubs from Germany, France, Austria and Spain, working together to identify high potential Deep Tech startups.

The Scale EUp² Program aims to support European Deep Tech startups to:

• Accelerate growth
• Cooperate with major European corporates
• Raise funds from European investors
• Attract public funding for their innovation and R&D projects
• Attract talents, reinforce their skills and strategy
• Get higher visibility

Deeptech4Good#Paris is the first business event of the Scale EUp² Acceleration Program. The four winners of this event will have the opportunity to have access to this 2 year Acceleration Program.

The team behind the Scale EUp² Program:

Austria: Photonics Austria, Silicon Alps

France: Paris&Co, Opticsvalley

Germany: Steinbeis 2i GmbH, Photonics BW

Spain: Southern European Cluster in Photonics and Optics (SECPhO), Fundació i2CAT  

Targeted Markets

• Smart City (Smart Building – Smart Home – Energy monitoring and saving – Smart metering – Smart grids – Air and Water quality monitoring – Waste Management – Security and monitoring – Transport infrastructures and networks – Parking – Traffic management)
• Smart Mobility (Autonomous vehicle [Sensors – Data processing/analysis – Obstacle detection and recognition – AI] – Connected vehicle [V2X – Telematics – ADAS – Natural interaction and interfaces – Intelligent/cooperative transportation systems] – Shared mobility)
• Industry 4.0 (Digital/connected factory – Digital Twin Conception – Design and simulation of new materials – Advanced materials – Surface engineering – 3D printing/additive manufacturing – Quality control: on-line monitoring, non-destructive testing – Robotics, cobotics – Predictive maintenance)
• Health & Well-being (Personalized healthcare/medical care – Medtech – Biotech treatments – non-invasive diagnosis – Monitoring and autonomy solutions for disabled or elderly – Smart Agriculture – Food processing – Personalized nutrition)

First event: DeepTech4Good#Paris

You are a Deep Tech startup developing disruptive technologies targeting one or several of the above markets?

Become one of the 20 finalists of the Deeptech4good #Paris event:

• Pitch your project, meet European VCs and attract private funding,
• Meet corporate players and create business opportunities,
• Participate to collaborative projects emergence and attract public funding for innovation and R&D projects

Participate to the Scale EUp² Program if you are among the 4 final winners

Next steps 

Closing of application: March 30^th Annoucement of the 20 finalists : April 23^th  Date of the event: July 11^th  // Venue: Paris City Hall   Selection Criteria

• Value proposition 
• Disruptiveness of the technology
• The quality of the team
• The economic potential of the technology

Apply to Deeptech4good #Paris