South3E meets its sister projects in a kick-off meeting organised by the European Commission
South3E is a project selected and granted by the European Commission as part of the Expanding Acceleration Ecosystems mission.
The Engine for South European Deep Tech (S3E) is a new European project led by HiSeedTech, the Institute for Sustainable Development of the European Public Law Organization, International Development Ireland and AUSTRALO that has been selected under the HORIZON-EIE-2021-SCALEUP-01-01 call for proposals.
The SCALEUP destination aims at elevating the scalability potential of European business and strengthening and expanding cooperation between innovation players to better support the next generation of innovative companies whose solutions will lead the shift towards a more competitive EU and a more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient world.
Last September, 20th, S3E consortium members participated in a remote kick-off meeting organised by the European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) addressed at all 5 funded projects in the very same topic.
From S3E, our colleague Claudia Barbosa from HiSeedTech shared the main insights of our project, the objectives and actions we are going to develop during the following 30 months to disrupt the Southern innovation ecosystem and support the uptake of Deep Tech from research teams, startups and scaleups.
To know more about the project read our First Press Release
The project is glad to have met its sister projects with whom we will build an expanded acceleration ecosystem in Europe: AccelerAction, ACCELERO, BEYOND and Food-scalEUp.
Looking forward to exploring synergies and creating a long-lasting collaboration.
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South3E partners publish its First Joint Press Release, go read it!
Download and read the first joint press release published by the S3E consortium for the launch of the project.
South3E Joint Press Release
The Engine for South European Deep Tech kickstarts!
A new initiative to disrupt the South European innovation ecosystem
In July 2022, the consortium of S3E – Southern European Entrepreneurship Engine was pleased to announce, during the “HiTech Closing Session” in Lisbon, the launch of an ambitious joint initiative selected and granted by the European Commission as part of the European Innovation Ecosystems - Horizon Europe Programme.
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During its 30-month run, 4 partners from Portugal, Greece, Ireland and Spain will join forces to make S3E a reality and develop an engine of growth that will improve the connectedness and efficiency of the entrepreneurship ecosystems in Southern European countries. The focus is on the acceleration of start-ups and SMEs working on Deep Tech solutions that can provide long-term sustainability through social development and economic growth in these countries.
S3E is here to shatter the North-South divide and shift the state of play: this new engine will unlock the untapped innovation potential of Southern European Deep Tech, targeting scientific and technical excellence in the fields of agricultural, life and physical sciences, engineering and technology.
The program is built around 3 tracks of bespoke services tailored to start-ups’ varying levels of maturity (i.e. early, growth, and scaling stages). Participants in the program will be selected through Open Calls: S3E will support 150+ Deep Tech ventures throughout its complete run, so stay tuned for the launch of the very first Open Call, on October 31st!
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