innovation programmes
WE HAVE DISCOVERED
IN INNOVATION
MANAGEMENT
THE CHALLENGES OF INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
Do you resonate with either of these problems?
Scaling is difficult for startups
70% of startups fail because of premature scaling and lack of funding & market knowledge
It’s complicated to bring research and business into line
Researchers often lack the necessary business knowledge and skills to bring their innovations to the market
Innovation managers and knowledge transfer officers are often overwhelmed
Coping with the increasing workload and managing complex projects and programmes are challenging
We collaborate with universities, innovation hubs, export agencies, and managers of grant-funded projects and take the load off their shoulders by orchestrating impactful innovation programmes.
Our approach involves conceptualising, executing, and managing comprehensive projects for alumni, or joining ongoing initiatives.
Venture Building
B2B Sales / Business Development
Fundraising
International Expansion
HOW WE DO IT
Innovation Management Services
SCOUTING & EVALUATION
Finding the best talents
Assessment of applicants and ideas
Identification of the best projects
MENTORING
Individual advisory
Internal Demo Days
Peer-to-peer learning focused group mentoring
WORKSHOPS
Workshops / Masterclasses
Bootcamps
Hackathons
Longer innovation programmes
INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
Scouting & Project Evaluations
We support our partners in creating attractive value propositions and finding the best candidates for their programmes. Besides having significant scouting experience, our extensive community network and access to events allow us to provide visibility and marketing support to our partners and their initiatives.
If needed, we also evaluate applicants and ideas to help the programme managers in identifying the best applicants.
OUR 360 DEGREE APPROACH
Startup Scouting Services
Value proposition design: Understanding and boosting your value proposition and application process to generate more engagement & leads.
Internal database & social media: Access to startups that we closely worked with, our followers on social media and the databases that we built for previous campaigns.
Growth hacking: Database building and data enrichment using cutting-edge tech tools and softwares.
Community engagement: A large network of our partners – accelerators, investors, universities and other stakeholders – will be approached with bespoke “partner KIT” to promote your initiative & delegate candidates.
Newsletter management, warm and cold emailing, calling and SMS campaigns: A well-curated and perfectly targeted, outreach campaigns on the platforms of your choice.
Ads management: Social media and Google campaign management.
Closing report: A comprehensive closing report with all the details and shareable datasets.
INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
Mentoring
Individual & Group Mentoring
We help participants by sharing our expertise in our key domains during individual and group advisory sessions, online and offline.
Internal Demo Days and peer-to-peer learning focused group mentoring
We prepare participants for Demo Days and other pitch competitions and challenge them with our questions.
We also create a peer-to-peer learning environment within which participants can give feedback and recommendations to each other.
INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
Workshops
We help startups to gain strong early traction, acquire clients, raise funding and scale globally by delivering practical and engaging workshops on specific business growth-related topics.
- 3 modules, 12 workshops (1.5-2 hrs each)
- Online & offline
- Sharing field experience
We design, develop and run complete innovation programmes from scratch – such as bootcamps, hackathons or even longer – 3-6-12-months – programmes.
WORKSHOPS
Our Key Modules
1. INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION
- 1.1 The Challenges of International Market Entry
- 1.2 Cultural Differences
- 1.3 Understanding Market Potential and Identifying Competitors
- 1.4 Competitive Analysis and Advantage
2. B2B SALES / BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
- 2.1 Sales Process Design for B2B Sales
- 2.2 B2B Sales Prospecting – RECORDING HERE
- 2.3 Elevating B2B Sales: From Discovery to Closure
- 2.4 The Art of Global Networking – Both Online & Offline
3. FUNDRAISING
- 3.1 Understanding the VC World
- 3.2 Resource Management & Financial Planning
- 3.3 Pitch Deck Design
- 3.4 Pitching Techniques
+1 MODULE
Legal & Technical Infrastructure
1. LEGAL TOPICS
- 1.1 EU Law Essentials for Startups: IP, Data Protection, GDPR, Compliance
- 1.2 Strategic Legal Planning for Startups
- 1.3 Deal Structures
2. TECHNICAL TOPICS
- 2.1 Hardware Design, Prototyping
- 2.2 Mobility Development, Electronics Development
- 2.3 Sustainable Fuels, Hydrogen-driven Technologies
- 2.4 Defense & Motorsport Projects
ADDITIONAL SERVICES FOR STARTUPS
Support in IT Development, Prototyping and Legal Matters
DIGITAL & IT SOLUTIONS
Product Design
Web & Mobile Development
Game Development
Cybersecurity Consulting
Web 3.0 & Blockchain
Fractional-CTO-as-a-Service
PROTOTYPING
3D printing (all materials inc. titanium or Inconel)
Precision manufacturing
Test rig assembly
Development of custom measurement and data analysis systems
Development of microcontroller-based embedded systems
LEGAL CONSULTING
Company Setup & Employment
Contracting & Privacy Matters
Taxation & Financial Law
Investment Due Diligence
OUR CLIENTS AND RECENT COLLABORATIONS
PARTNERS
THE CORE TEAM
Innovation and business growth experts specialising in international expansion, fundraising and business development
Gergo Gulyas IMC
Co-Founder, CBO, Innovation & Business Growth Partner
TOP ENGAGEMENTS:
Head of Operations & Strategic Partnerships at OUVC
Head of Wolves X at Wolves Summit
Founder at cLAB Ventures
Member of the Board, Startup Campus (VC)
Tamas Szeker MSc
Co-Founder, CSO, Innovation & Business Growth Partner
TOP ENGAGEMENTS:
International BizDev Strategist & B2B Sales Partner at Tamas Szeker
Innovation & Funding Partner at Strata
Head of Business Development and Partnerships at Hackquarters & EASAwards
THE EXPERT TEAM
Our international team includes vetted hands-on experts in various domains
Subject-matter expertise
Our advisors cover areas such as legal, tech, IT, funding, innovation, cybersecurity and recruitment
Deep commitment
They are passionate about helping businesses succeed
KEY PARTNERS
Some of our key partners contributing to our value proposition
PERKS & DISCOUNTS
Partners offering perks & discounts worth $200K+ to support startups
FIGURES
Our Collective Traction
100+
Startup programmes designed and executed
500+
Startups supported
500+
Investors and accelerators in our network
Our Geographic Reach
WHY CHOOSE US
What Makes Us Different
- Extensive field experience
- Know-how and network from top 5 European startup ecosystems
- Embeddedness in the ecosystem
- Applying and showcasing disruptive technologies
- Outstanding satisfactory rate
TESTIMONIALS
TESTIMONIALS
What our clients say about us
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iScale Hub provided great support to our alumni during our Bootcamp. Their task was to prepare the startups for their international expansion and help them in fundraising. The workshops were value-focused and well presented, and they helped the attendees to understand the key concepts. The mentoring sessions were tailor-made but also encouraged peer-to-peer learning if it was possible. They created strong connections with the teams, everyone could approach them with questions openly and freely – even after the programme. Both, the students, and the organisers were happy with the performance iScaleHub, therefore I strongly recommend them for similar initiatives.
Startup Coach | Program Manager at Berlin University of Applied Sciences and Technology (BHT)
(Germany)
TESTIMONIALS
What our clients say about us
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Tamas offered an insightful and extremely useful session to our students and alumni on where to begin with sales. He framed the session so that attendees could walk away with actionable tasks to move their businesses forward.
Head of Networks & Alumni | Entrepreneurship Centre | Saïd Business School | University of Oxford
TESTIMONIALS
What our clients say about us
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We had a professional and practical B2B sales workshop with Tamas, that although was on Zoom, he delivered best practices, kept the audience fully engaged, and had excellent feedback from the researchers and PhDs of Technion.
Director at Technion Hub for Entrepreneurship & Innovation Hub (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology)
TESTIMONIALS
What our clients say about us
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The seminar on ‘How to design an effective sales process for B2B sales’ was very informative and provided valuable insights for startups at different stages. The practical advice provided was also very useful and it was clear that many of the attendees were able to put it into practice. Overall, I would highly recommend this seminar to anyone looking to improve their B2B sales process.
Program Analyst & Operations at B4i – Bocconi for Innovation
(Bocconi University, Italy)
TESTIMONIALS
What our clients say about us
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iScale Hub helped us to educate our researchers about entrepreneurship in a way that was specifically designed for people from science-heavy backgrounds. We later decided to involve the knowledge transfer office as actually, the officers could benefit a lot from understanding more about this segment of innovation management, especially in sales and corporate collaboration strategies..
TESTIMONIALS
What our clients say about us
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Gergő was a guest lecturer during the Summer School “Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Creativity” organised by the Faculty of Economics, Business and Tourism – University of Split. He was working closely with the teams and shared his insights from the start-up community, guiding students through the process of establishing and running a start-up, developing strategic mindset, networking, and raising capital and pitching the project. His great strength is explaining complex issues in a simple way backed by real life examples. With his knowledge, experience, network and enthusiasm for entrepreneurship, he can help any start-up in different stages of their journey. He is a structured thinker and pragmatic communicator, well suited to working with entrepreneurs from various backgrounds.
TESTIMONIALS
What our clients say about us
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I highly recommend Tamas as a startup mentor. He recently gave several masterclasses for my company, Demium, and his insights on international expansion, fundraising, market analysis, and go-to-market strategy were invaluable. Tamas is also a great mentor and his guidance has helped many startups achieve their goals. Tamas has a wealth of knowledge and experience in the sales field and I have no doubt that he will be an asset to any team or organization.
TESTIMONIALS
What our clients say about us
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Gergő was a mentor for DeepTrait, a deep tech startup I co-founded. Getting things right for deep tech is extremely challenging: the conventional tools for a market size estimate do not work, the business model is often fuzzy, and the textbook examples of business development fall apart. Gergő is among the few business consultants who can work in such ambiguity. He helped us put the business strategy together from scratch when the templates did not fit our company and suggested the way forward from strategic planning and execution standpoints.
CASE STUDY
BHT Startup Bootcamp
We delivered a 5-day startup bootcamp together with the MIT at the Berlin University of Applied Sciences and Technology (BHT) in Germany, focused on business growth-related topics such as International Expansion, Business Development, B2B Sales, Global Networking, Financial Planning, Fundraising, and Pitching & Pitch Deck.
We also mentored the participating startups, organized and delivered an Internal Demo Day and participated as a jury member at the closing Demo Day.
CASE STUDY
InnoUNITA Startup Programme
We collaborated with UBIMedical at the University of Beira Interior in Portugal where, as part of the European program InnoUNITA – “From University Research to Business”, we trained six selected teams in the Life Sciences space and equipped them with the necessary business knowledge and skills to build and scale their own startups.
InnoUNITA was a one-month international hybrid program, implemented in six European universities, in which 36 teams were be accelerated and trained about the essentials of business: the lean startup methodology, the problem solution fit, the BMC, the product market fit, the MVP, and the elevator pitch, among others. The participating universities included Universidade da Beira Interior (Portugal), University of Turin (Italy), Université Savoie Mont Blanc (France), Universidad de Zaragoza (Spain), University of Pau and Adour Countries (France), and West University of Timisoara (Romania).
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