Tech Tour and PhotonHub Europe are launching the PhotonHub Scaling Club.
This Member-only Club will select and engage 12-15 ambitious tech Company Members upscaling at 2 combined levels:
- Their Company growth and value through accelerated investments, partnerships and leadership
- The technology solution(s) based on PICs (Photonics Integrated Circuits) beyond TRL-6
The Value for selected Scaling Club Company Members
- Maximize the growth of the Company, year-on-year
- Find and engage investors [lead or syndicate] for the next round
- Generate strategic partnering/customer leads
- Develop the leadership in the Company, in the market and its ecosystem and media
- Reduce time, costs and risks to achieve strategic goals
- Access to a a collaborative group of 12-15 independent Board-level Mentors
- Co-funding of the Club Member Company Program's cost at 50%, decided annually
- Minimize tech upscaling and manufacturing risks with a Pilot Line project, one year repeatable
- Tap into cutting-edge design and manufacturing expertise of the Upscaling Partner[s]
- Test-before-invest with the Pilot Line facilities before production.
- Co-funding of max 50% on costs of max 500K
- Lower administrative costs and financial risks with Upscaling Partner experts
Application & Selection
- Companies
- Company Applications will be reviewed by PhotonHub Europe for their upscaling potential.
- Companies can express interest in the "Company" Membership here and will be guided to an Information Webinar and/or Application Briefing.
- Stakeholder
- Investors, Corporations, Clusters and Mentors can express interest in the "Stakeholder" Membership here and will be guided to an Information Webinar and/or Membership Briefing.
- Companies can be nominated here for an Application Briefing Top of Form
PhotonHub Scaling Club entails the following sessions and activities:
PhotonHub Europe Scaling Club is an initiative developed by Tech Tour, Europe’s largest tech investment community and PhotonHub Europe - a unique European full-service one-stop-shop digital innovation hub for photonics, as part of the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation in Public Private Partnership with Photonics21.
