StarEU

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Start-ups and spin-outs (when existing businesses form new companies) promote future development. They form the target group of the program StarEU. To simplify matters, in this project the term „start-up“ covers both start-ups and spin-outs. In Tyrol, in South-Tyrol and in Trentino there have been efforts over the past years to implement a start-up ecosystem on a regional level. But only joint efforts will fulfill the main goal: to build a dynamic ecosystem for start-ups and to persist internationally. Therefore Tyrol and South-Tyrol decided to carry out the project together with Trentino, which is outside the Interreg-Program-Area: Nevertheless, the strengths of Trentino complete both regions ideally in order to build a sustainable, dynamic ecosystem. The project offers the unique opportunity to develop the Euroregion Tyrol as a region for start-ups on a European level. Thereby shall be built upon existing strengths. New tools from the international start-up hotspots shall be integrated. The importance of this project was acknowledged by the governors of the three regions (resolution in the EGTC-Board 28/05/2015). The main goal is to successfully build a sustainable start-up ecosystem and to create an interregional start-up network with a minimum of 100 active members. At least 300 projects shall be supported, which should lead to more than 80 start-ups and more than 100 co-operations. Finally more than 60 business angels shall be integrated in a network for investors.

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