CDG – Booster

Boost your company to the next level

The Creative Digital Growth Booster (CDG Booster) project exists to bridge the gap between innovative digital technologies and their application in traditional industries. By supporting SMEs in Finland, Sweden, and Estonia that utilize VR, AR, XR, metaverse, and game technologies, the project aims to foster significant growth and scalability.

Growth support for SMEs in Finland, Sweden and Estonia!

About CDG-Booster ?

Are you ready to transform your innovations into market-leading solutions? The CDG – Booster (The Creative Digital Growth Booster) is your gateway to bridging the gap between cutting-edge digital technologies, creatives, and real-world applications in traditional industries. Tailored for SMEs in Finland, Sweden, and Estonia, this INTERREG Central Baltic-funded initiative accelerates growth for companies harnessing the power of VR, AR, XR, metaverse, and game technologies.

Join the growth movement

These tech companies often need help translating their innovations into user-friendly, market-ready products and services. The CDG Booster project provides a supportive ecosystem and accelerator program to help these SMEs overcome these challenges and reach wider audiences

What do we do?

We have Three Key Activities:

  1. Accelerator Program DevelopmentCDG Booster builds a comprehensive accelerator program tailored for SMEs in Finland, Sweden, and Estonia. The program works with innovative technologies like VR, AR, XR, metaverse, and game tech. It includes business development workshops, mentoring, user experience sprints, and peer-to-peer support to help companies scale and grow.
  2. Cross-Border Ecosystem BuildingThe project creates a robust cross-border ecosystem that connects tech companies with industry experts, investors, and new markets. This ecosystem fosters collaboration, knowledge sharing, and business networking across Finland, Sweden, and Estonia, helping SMEs to scale up and expand their reach.
  3. Market Readiness and Scaling SupportCDG Booster focuses on helping tech SMEs refine their products and services to make them market-ready and user-friendly. The program also supports developing business models that fit new customer segments and facilitates access to industry events, trade missions, and investor meetings.

Expected Results

The CDG Booster project will implement a robust accelerator program featuring workshops, mentoring, and advisory services tailored to the needs of tech SMEs. By creating a cross-border ecosystem, the project will facilitate collaboration, knowledge sharing, and access to new markets and investors. As a result, CDG Booster will help 15 – 20 companies to scale up, enhancing their market readiness and business potential. This cross-border initiative will drive growth in the digital creative sectors and create lasting impacts on traditional industries by integrating cutting-edge technologies.

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CROSS-BORDER expert POOL

The CROSS-BORDER expert Pool will be created in collaboration with all partners, to get the best possible selection of experts and advisors from the Central Baltic Sea Region.

All partner organizations in the CDG-BOOSTER have a wide range of networks, which will be utilized to benefit the participating target group in this project.

The project needs to find those experts and advisors to set up further processes and activities in the projects, with the expert pool we will create the acceleration program and the content for it, as we can rely on their expertise and the network surrounding them.

The idea of the Expert/Advisor Pool is to connect our participants with the right information of an expert, who will go with them through the process of scaling up, and support them with open questions, needed to find answers and the business operating processes. Questions will also be discussed (if needed) about the suitable roles of each team member in the company, and the need for an additional workforce, or even a change of leadership. Such difficult acknowledgments can be tough to handle for some CEOs or team members, but they can mean massive growth for the company if the skill set of team members is suitable for the tasks and goals of the company.


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Contact Us

Phone
+358447028901
Email
Sabine.Suorsa@xamk.fi
Department
Digitaalinen talous
Sabine Suorsa
Lecturer,Project Manager
+358447028901
Sabine.Suorsa@xamk.fi
Phone
+358406886919
Email
Erna.Gronow@xamk.fi
Department
Digitaalinen talous
Erna Gronow
+358406886919
Erna.Gronow@xamk.fi

Facts

Project name:

Creative Digital Growth BOOSTER

Project duration: 1.5.2024–30.4.2027

Info

Lead partner: South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences
Partial partners: Tartu Science Park, LAB and Dataspelsbranschen
Other partners: Tartu Science Park, LAB and Dataspelsbranschen
Focus area: Digital economy
Research area: Game technology and cybersecurity

Budget

Total budget: 1 695 152 Euroa

Project partners

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