Startup Europe Partnership

established by the european commission in january 2014, sep is dedicated to transforming european startups into scaleups able to break the early-stage barriers to growth and development by linking them with global corporations in a pan-european entrepreneurial ecosystem. sep’s goal is to accelerate early-stage companies to become global players and real job creators. by participating in the sep program, global companies can help this process via business partnerships and strategic and venture corporate investments, providing them with access to the best technologies and talents through procurement of services or products, corporate acquisition or “acqui-hiring”. under the umbrella of the eu startup europe initiative, sep is the first open platform dedicated to support the growth and sustainability of european startups able to compete and raise funds internationally. it is one of the six actions for web entrepreneurs defined in the commission communication, “entrepreneurship 2020 action