Objective

Expanding your business in a new international market can offer you more customers and opportunities. But a new market can also present new challenges. Linguistic and cultural differences, local legislation and regulations, and finding the right contacts and networks are all some of the important considerations entrepreneurs have to think about when expanding their business abroad. By offering a network of helpful contacts, at almost no cost, who can support you in your new target country, The Startup Exchange lowers the threshold to the internationalization process, and helps you to successfully explore new markets in an efficient and economic way. Our objective is to make the internationalization process easier, quicker and more user-friendly.

The Startup Exchange is based on the fact that many entrepreneurs already have local contacts, knowledge, and networks that can be of use to other startup companies from abroad. In some cases, innovative companies developing a new technology may also need the support of another company working in a similar field. Studies have shown that if a company can expand its business abroad and succeed, it increases its chances to sustain its growth overall. By providing a mechanism to bring business people from diverse countries in touch with each other, and a system to exchange services, The Startup Exchange offers a unique system to support small startup companies with the process of internationalization in new, unfamiliar markets.