{"id":78671,"date":"2024-10-30T16:30:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T15:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slord.sk\/?post_type=aktualita&#038;p=78671"},"modified":"2024-10-30T16:30:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T15:30:24","slug":"72-new-companies-including-slovakias-glycanostics-join-the-prestigious-eic-scaling-club","status":"publish","type":"aktualita","link":"https:\/\/slord.sk\/en\/aktualita\/72-new-companies-including-slovakias-glycanostics-join-the-prestigious-eic-scaling-club\/","template":"","tags":[751],"oblast-slord":[794],"class_list":["post-78671","aktualita","type-aktualita","status-publish","hentry","tag-news","oblast-slord-europska-rada-pre-inovacie-eic-en"],"acf":{"nadpis":"72 New Companies, Including Slovakia's \"Glycanostics,\" Join the Prestigious EIC Scaling Club","opis":"<a href=\"https:\/\/eic.ec.europa.eu\/index_en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The European Innovation Council (EIC)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> recently announced that <\/span><b>72 companies from 23 European countries have been selected to join its prestigious EIC Scaling Club. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">These new members were introduced during the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eicscalingclub.eu\/events\/scale100forum\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scale 100 Forum<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, held in Athens, Greece, on October 21-22.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/eicscalingclub.eu\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The EIC Scaling Club<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> now comprises over <\/span><b>120 top \u201cdeep-tech scale-ups\u201d from across Europe, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">with plans to expand the club<\/span><b> to 200 members <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">in the coming years.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Following this recent selection, Slovakia now has <\/span><b>two representatives in the EIC Scaling Club<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, positioning the country <\/span><b>alongside Poland as the most successful among the Visegr\u00e1d Four (V4) nations <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Czech Republic: 1, Hungary: 0, Poland: 2, Slovakia: 2). <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gadrilling.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">GA Drilling<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, focusing on renewable energy, was an early member, and is now joined by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/glycanostics.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Glycanostics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a cutting-edge biotech company specializing in innovative platform technologies.<\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_78680\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"size-full wp-image-78680\" src=\"https:\/\/slord.sk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/image-9-1.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" \/> Source: EIC[\/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All companies benefit from <\/span><b>the support of over 400 dedicated club members<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Through funding support, mentorship, strategic partnerships, media exposure, and talent acquisition support, the club aims <\/span><b>to accelerate growth for its members<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, potentially <\/span><b>increasing their value by up to 40%. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The ultimate goal is to <\/span><b>scale 20% of them into unicorns.\u00a0<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The club\u2019s <\/span><b>group of 120 companies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, actively <\/span><b>operating across ten prominent deep tech markets,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with a <\/span><b>collective capital raised of over \u20ac3.4 billion,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> represent <\/span><b>a diverse geographical landscape within the EU:\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Central &amp; Eastern Europe: 19 companies (15.8%), with Estonia (5) and Bulgaria (4) leading\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Western Europe: 51 companies (42.5%)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Northern Europe: 21 companies (17.5%)\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Southern Europe: 29 companies (24.2%)<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New members of the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">EIC Scaling Club <\/span><b>are nominated by a range of stakeholders, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">including investors, mentors, agencies, public funds, media, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and other industry experts.<\/span> <b>A jury of investors evaluates these nominations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> based on criteria like strong <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">management<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, innovative technology, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0a robust market strategy, and a high potential for meaningful, scalable impact,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with a preference for diverse teams and sustainable growth trajectories.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The selected deep tech companies fall within <\/span><b>six predefined market sector opportunities:\u00a0<\/b>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Agri &amp; Food Tech,<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Batteries &amp; Energy Storage,\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cardiovascular Therapies,\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Clean Fuels &amp; Hydrogen,\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New Biotech Platforms,<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New Space Tech.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">More information and the full list of EIC Scaling Club members can be found here:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eic.ec.europa.eu\/news\/72-new-companies-join-eic-scaling-club-which-aims-turn-20-its-members-unicorns-2024-10-21_en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">European Commission<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/innonews.blog\/2024\/10\/25\/do-prestizneho-eic-scaling-club-bolo-zaradenych-dalsich-72-firiem-ktore-maju-sancu-stat-sa-deep-tech-jednorozcami-v-klube-su-aj-2-slovenske-firmy\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">InnoNews<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Recently announced was also the launch of the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/eic.ec.europa.eu\/eic-fund\/trusted-investors-network_en\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> EIC Trusted Investor Network<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which brings together <\/span><b>more than 50 of Europe's leading technology venture capitalists and investors. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This network aims to accelerate co-investments with the EIC Fund as well as to raise funding for selected high-potential startups.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Published October 30, 2024, slord<\/span>","kratky_opis":"European Innovation Council's (EIC) Scaling Club: 72 scale-ups from 23 European countries have been selected to join \r\n","oblast":["686"]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slord.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aktuality\/78671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slord.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aktuality"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slord.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/aktualita"}],"acf:term":[{"embeddable":true,"taxonomy":"oblast-slord","href":"https:\/\/slord.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oblast-slord\/686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slord.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slord.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78671"},{"taxonomy":"oblast-slord","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slord.sk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oblast-slord?post=78671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}