European Scaleup Strategy Forum: Navigating Beyond Early-Stage
📍 Helsinki | 📅 November 19 | 🕔 17:00–19:30
Europe Doesn’t Lack Ambition. It Needs to RISE & SCALE.
Join founders, policymakers, investors, and ecosystem leaders for an evening that goes beyond talk and towards building the scaleup ecosystems Europe needs to compete globally. Together, we’ll explore how the RISE & SCALE initiative, EU Scaleup Strategy, EU Inc., the EU Scaleup Fund, and other projects can translate into concrete actions, better policy, and regional impact in your ecosystem. You will also discover the Scaleup Ecosystem Assessment Tool, a practical benchmark to evaluate your region’s scaleup readiness.
✨ Highlight: AMA with Jan Oberhauser, n8n
Get direct insights at an open Ask Me Anything with Jan Oberhauser, Founder & CEO of n8n, Germany's newest Unicorn!
🇪🇺 Scaleup Policy Insights
Hear short impulses on what’s next for EU startup and scaleup policy from active players in the European policymaking landscape as well as Allied for Startups.
Powered by Start2 Group (#1 rated hub in EU for network & startup outcomes), this forum is part of the RISE & SCALE ecosystem initiative, a platform that equips leaders with actionable tools, peer insights, and proven frameworks to help ecosystems scale companies, not just start them.
Expect bold ideas, practical takeaways, and connections that last well beyond Helsinki.
🚀 Powered by Start2 Group
Rise & Scale is a global ecosystem initiative by Start2 Group, the world’s largest scaleup accelerator, connecting the people and programs shaping Europe’s growth story. From Berlin to Singapore, São Paulo to Silicon Valley, Start2 Group works with startups, corporates, investors, and governments in 30+ ecosystems to help the bold rise and scale their ventures into global success stories.
As the team behind German Accelerator, Scaler8, and VITAL/BARDA, we support 800+ founders each year, bridging innovation with impact and helping Europe’s brightest grow globally.
Let’s make Europe the best place in the world to build a scaleup. 🥂
Limited capacity — apply to join the conversation.
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