BeScaled

BeScaled Baltic Scale-up ecosystem for security, national defense and crisis resilience businesses

We are increasing the number of defence and security (DS) sector growth companies in the Baltics. At the same time, we are strengthening collaboration to drive innovation for DS markets.

Growth thru defense & security

We are increasing the number of defence and security (DS) sector growth companies in the Baltics. At the same time, we are strengthening collaboration to drive innovation for DS markets.

In the Baltics, we have a lot of potential industries which could serve the DS sector, e.g. gaming, logistics, digital services, XR, AI and telecommunications products and services. DS sector crossborder start-up acceleration collaboration is crucial as Finland has joined NATO and it must learn from Estonia’s experiences. Estonia needs technology know-how from Finland.

Currently it´s hard for start-ups to pivot to the DS sector. Non-DS sector start-ups do not have enough information and know-how on dual-use technologies or the optimal DS sector business models.

BeScaled Objectives

Our main objective is to help 40 Finnish and Estonian non-DS sector start-ups pivot to the defense and security sector. We are bringing together the technology know-how, business development experience and industry networks of five university, science park & city project partners to help your company reach new markets. Xamk University will be especially active in offering expert consulting and product development program using our areas of strength, i.e. game technologies, XR, VR, AR, cybersecurity, logistics and drones.

The objectives in a nutshell:

  • Find and select the potential SME companies that could be able to pivot to DS markets. We will make the value proposition to 120 potential participants and awareness raising and start-up onboarding activities to 80 participants
  • Offer scale-up services to 40 potential non-DS sector companies. We will have 17 actions to reach this objective. We are going to identify baseline situations for all selected companies
  • Increase the number of DS sector growth companies in the Baltics by 25 start-ups

Contact us for more information:

Email: erna.gronow@xamk.fi

Phone: +358 40 6886919

Project name:

BeScaled

Project duration: 1.5.2025–30.4.2028

Info

Lead partner: HAMK Häme University of Applied Sciences
Partial partners: Tartu Science Park, Tallinn University, City of Riihimäki, Xamk University of Applied Sciences
Focus area: Digital Economy
Research area: Digital business, Game technology and cybersecurity
Research centre: Cybersecurity and Game Technology Research Unit
Impact goal: Entrepreneurship and high added value

Budget

Financier and main source of funding: Interreg Central Baltic Program
Total budget: 1 546 000