European Unicorn Creation and Scale-Up Gap at Future 500 Forum

🦄 Unicorns: mythical creatures, or next-gen tech champions? 📽️ Watch to learn why these startups valued at more than $1 billion matter for Europe and its growth. Our European Tech Champions supports European scale-ups, helping ensure unicorns become a common sight in Europe. Learn more: go.eib.org/Unicorns_EIB

The BC Tech Map highlights the influential players in BC’s tech ecosystem and showcases how our members collaborate to transform more Startups into thriving Scaleups, and Scaleups into industry Anchors. Explore the BC TechMap here: https://lnkd.in/ec9mcEZy

What role do innovation ecosystems play in helping startups grow, scale, and create impact? On 16 September 2026, founders, investors, policymakers, and innovation leaders will gather at Vilnius Tech Park for "Behind Every Start-up Success Story – How Ecosystems Shape Growth, Scale and Impact", an official side event of Start-up Fair 2026. 🚀 On behalf of INNOVATE-EU, WE-RISE, and EPIC-X, this event will explore the key factors that enable startups success across Europe, from access to funding and networks to effective support systems and collaboration. 👉 Learn more and register here: https://lnkd.in/d4kMgDFs

Interesting to see that the UK, leading within Europe, has as many neurotech startups as the next two following countries, France and Switzerland, combined... Information from this recent report from Chay's Neurotech Newsletter: https://lnkd.in/e_Hcc_ea

we ship as fast today with ~220 people as we did back when we were just 20. there are lots of reasons for this, but if i had to pick one, it would be our small team structure. startups win on speed and building around small teams is, imo, the best way to maintain this as you grow. full vid on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/edcJhBfq

Startups and scaleups know that every stage of growth brings a set of new and challenging decisions with it. At Sifted Summit this year, we'll be looking at what needs to change as you scale. This is not a 'sit in the audience, scroll on your phone' event. Europe's startups deserve better. Prepare for two jam-packed days of practical takeaways, honest conversations, industry deep dives, and more curated ways to meet industry peers. Explore what scaleups get out of attending Sifted Summit 2026: https://lnkd.in/exbq2DZG

For startups from Japan who have already joined the GO AUSTRIA program in spring 2026 there is a further opportunity to come back to Austria in fall this year to further deepen the relationship already built in May.

Looking beyond the usual tech hubs to scale your startup? It might be time to put Austria on your radar. 🇦🇹 For startups in Singapore looking to expand internationally, the path often defaults to neighboring markets in SEA or major Western hubs like Silicon Valley. But if you are building deep tech, SaaS, or B2B infrastructure, Europe offers massive untapped potential and Austria is proving to be an exceptional launchpad. Just look at Dr. Ali Hasnain and the team at Curium. As a Singapore-born AI and spatial intelligence startup, they plugged into Austria’s ecosystem through programs like the Global Incubator Network Austria (GIN). Today, they are scaling their sensor fusion and digital twin tech across Europe proving that the SG-to-Austria pipeline is highly viable for global growth. About Curium: Curium is a funded, Singapore-born deep tech startup backed by SEEDS Capital that specializes in continuous sensor calibration and spatial intelligence. Originating from autonomous systems research at NUS, their patent-pending AI platform automates real-time calibration for LiDAR, radar, and cameras on the fly, while their privacy-first crowd analytics engine creates real-time digital twins for global enterprises like KONE. By utilizing the Global Incubator Network Austria, they have successfully turned Vienna into their European operational hub to scale their tech across the DACH and CEE regions. #SingaporeStartups #AustrianStartup #SGtoAustria #CEEmarket #GINAustria https://lnkd.in/gWtKxDfx

Why does Dutch AI join ScaleNL on the West Coast? 🚀 Hear directly from three founders of the ScaleNL program on the investor feedback, the sessions, and the connections that shaped their time in Silicon Valley. 📣 ScaleNL is the lift-off pad for Dutch startups scaling to the U.S. and the East Coast Accelerator (New York & Boston) is now open! Link in the comments. 🎥 Watch below.

Why would a Dutch founder fly 9,000 kilometers to the West Coast? 🇺🇸 Let's be honest, part of the answer is obvious. Everything new in tech and AI is happening there right now, and the biggest VC firms are there too. If you're serious about scaling to the US, that's where you need to be. But that's not what stayed with me. What really inspired me were the people. Speaking with like-minded founders, all ambitious, all building their own journey to the US, and hearing how they built their companies. There wasn't one single conversation that stood out, and honestly, that's exactly the point. It was all of them together that brought me further in my own journey. That's also what we believe at GloPros: technology creates the opportunity, but it's people who make the difference. Thank you to to the ScaleNL team for making this program what it is, and to the Netherlands Consulate in San Francisco for opening doors for Dutch founders in the US. Grateful for the connections and the conversations #AI #Entrepreneurship #ScaleNL #GloPros