Scaleup Club provides a peer forum for startup-based companies that have already established their business. The club offers a platform for exchanging ideas on topics such as business, financing, and internationalization, as well as for identifying peer support and collaboration opportunities.

Meetings are themed according to the wishes of the club members, and guest experts are invited to each meeting based on the specific themes. The club gathers 3–4 times a year.

Target group: Startup-based companies: (“Scaleups”) with an established customer base and business, as well as the goal and desire to break into international markets.

To support this, we are developing a partner network with international innovation centers, primarily targeting EU countries and North America.

The goal is to offer low-threshold trials, visits, exchange programs, and soft-landing opportunities for market exploration, identifying business potential, customers, and partners.

Background: EU Interreg Baltic Program

Scaleup Launchpad is a project funded by the EU Interreg Baltic program, running from January 2023 to December 2025. The total funding for the project is 1.3 million euros. The program is implemented through a collaboration between Business Tampere, Tartu Science Park, and Norrköping Science Park. A total of 29 companies have been selected to participate in the program.

Applications for ESA BIC incubation programs are open twice a year (spring/autumn). Exact dates and application guidelines are available on the ESA BIC Finland website. In the program, each company defines its own project, which is executed during the program. The project implementation receives support of up to €90,000.

To be eligible for the program, companies must meet the Business Finland TEMPO funding requirements, as part of the program’s funding comes from there.