PowerUP – Program for innovative SMEs and startups from the Western Balkans

The World Bank, under its PowerUP: Capacity Building for Early Stage Firms in the Western Balkans program is launching a dedicated program for more than 200 companies funded by the European Union under the Western Balkans Enterprise Development & Innovation Facility (WB EDIF) and implemented with the support of the eminent consulting firm Deloitte.
PowerUP is a free of charge program designed for SMEs and start-ups who are looking for new ways to attract customers, adapt their business models, and who are potentially interested in the outside investment. All selected participating companies will receive capacity building support and training package aimed at increasing their investment readiness and supporting their growth prospects and resilience to COVID-19 and similar external shocks. The capacity building program would provide valuable know-how and focus on the topics of customers and market, financial and internal performance, branding and pitching.
The Program is aimed to last from October 2020 until February 2021.
Around 100 best performing companies from the Program will be invited to compete in the “PowerUP Finals” in an attractive location in the Western Balkans in the month of March 2021 and showcase their business on stage to an exclusively invited group of angel investors, venture capitalists, experienced entrepreneurs, corporate and media representatives. All companies participating in the finals would receive significant exposure and recognition, as they would be promoted in the local and regional media.

For more information please visit https://www2.deloitte.com/ba/en/pages/powerup/program-za-mala-srednja-preduzeca-start-up-kompanije.html
Contact persons:
Serbia
North Macedonia
Montenegro
Albania and Kosovo