Delivering quality business support – EU|BIC Impact in 2025 – EBN

LAZIO ABITARE GREEN is a living lab initiated by EU|BIC Lazio Innova to tackle the green transition in the construction value and supply chains. Launched in 2023, it offers advisory services, training, co-design activities, and innovation matchmaking to support operators and communities in developing sustainable housing solutions. By promoting replicable practices and engaging stakeholders through open calls, the programme drives experimentation, skills development, and collaboration to modernise the construction sector—a sector crucial to the economy but dominated by outdated, inefficient housing and small companies.

The initiative includes co-design sessions, training on energy efficiency and green public procurement, and wide-reaching dissemination efforts. Over 100 organisations have been engaged through events, calls, and workshops. One participating SME, Studio Sofia, reports significant benefits, including upskilling in sustainable plant design, peer learning, and expanded networks. These activities are crucial in addressing the sector’s environmental footprint by supporting innovation and practical implementation of greener, more efficient construction practices.

Raising the standard in innovation support

Across Europe, startups face a fragmented support landscape. Too often, services fail to meet the complexity of deep tech and impact-driven entrepreneurship. The numbers speak for themselves: just 18% of early-stage European founders say raising funds is easy, and EU-based startups are 30% less likely to achieve a successful exit compared to their U.S. counterparts.

To meet this challenge, business support must move beyond generic offerings toward data-driven, quality-certified, and sector-specific solutions.

EU|BIC Impact in 2024

EBN and the EU|BIC community lead this transformation. We deliver Europe’s most trusted innovation support— certified for quality, designed for impact. Our programmes span ideation, incubation, and acceleration, combining personalised guidance with market-aligned strategy.

SURVIVAL RATES: Startups nurtured by EU|BICs don’t just survive — they thrive. The EU|BICs can be proud of the high success rate
of the companies they support. 84.5% of companies supported by EU|BICs are in business and growing three years after receiving
quality-certified support services. This rate reflects the EU|BICs’ role as trusted growth partners. It is well above the European
average of 58% and marks a slight increase from the 83% survival rate in 2023.

Led by EU|BIC Krakow Technology Park, the EDIH hub4industry provides SMEs in manufacturing, logistics, retail, and services with Digital Maturity Assessments and tailored digital transformation roadmaps using the ADMA methodology.

This service evaluates companies’ current digital capabilities, identifies key personnel for transformation initiatives, and benchmarks progress against industry standards and the “factory of the future” vision. The assessment highlights growth potential, outlines necessary technological improvements, and guides companies on how to advance their digital maturity, drawing from global best practices such as the World Economic Forum’s Global Lighthouse Network.

Following the assessment, companies receive a detailed report characterising their existing business model, digital adoption level, and strategic opportunities for innovation. This report becomes the foundation for a Digital Transformation Roadmap, a strategic tool that outlines concrete steps and investment directions to boost competitiveness through Industry 4.0 technologies. The roadmap supports leadership in making informed decisions to enhance productivity, efficiency, and employee well-being. So far, 30 companies have benefited from customised roadmaps under this structured approach.