Commission seeks feedback on the future EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy

The strategy will improve conditions for innovative startups and scaleups, enabling faster and simpler growth within the Single Market. It will address challenges such as access to finance, markets and talent, as well as regulatory and bureaucratic hurdles and market fragmentation. It will also facilitate access to state-of-the-art infrastructure, knowledge and services.

The EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy is a flagship action of the Competitiveness Compass, introduced in January 2025. It will lead to tangible measures, including the future European Innovation Act and a new EU-wide legal status, known as the ‘28th regime’, that will provide a harmonised set of rules to help innovative companies grow.

It would be particularly useful to have blue economy startups and scaleups contribute to this exercise, which is relevant for highlighting:

specific barriers and obstacles, including difficulties in accessing private capital, markets, and talent, as well as
regulatory and bureaucratic hurdles and market fragmentation in the EU.

The call for evidence is available on the Commission’s ‘Have your Say’ portal in all official EU languages.

Submissions are open until 17 March.