Scale your company from Nigeria to the world.
ScaleGate works beside your team on the priorities that move a company forward: strategy, customers, market entry, grants, capital, product, technology and communication.
Begin in Nigeria. Build the next market with an international team in Europe.
Start with the company you have today.
You may have a working product, early customers, a pilot, a strong technical solution or a clear market problem. You do not need to look perfect. You do need to be ready to share the real position of the company and work openly on what is blocked.
Build
For founders defining the model, product, positioning and route to market.
Enter
For companies preparing to reach European customers, partners or a new operating market.
Scale
For ventures building repeatable sales, capital readiness, grant capacity and delivery infrastructure.
What ScaleGate can own with you.
- 01
Venture strategy
- Market research and validation
- Business and revenue model
- Positioning and route to market
- Business plan and execution roadmap
- 02
Customers and business development
- Customer discovery
- Account research and outreach
- Pilot and sales-pipeline development
- Commercial partnerships
- 03
Market entry
- European market selection
- Entry strategy and soft landing
- Local operating partners
- Customer, research and institutional connections
- 04
Grants and capital
- Grant scouting and strategy
- Application development and management
- Financial model and data room
- Investment readiness and investor strategy
- 05
Product and technology
- Product definition and scoping
- Prototype or MVP delivery
- AI and software development
- Technical architecture and delivery coordination
- 06
Brand and communication
- Brand positioning and messaging
- Pitch, sales and investor materials
- Website and launch assets
- Content, SEO and marketing foundations
Start with one defined need. ScaleGate can remain for the work that follows.
Local context. European execution.
Nigeria
Work begins with the company, customers and operating reality in Nigeria. Local collaborators and city-based sessions help keep decisions grounded.
Europe
The European team works on market entry, business development, grants, partnerships, investment readiness and company-building.
An eligible route to build in the Netherlands.
For eligible non-EU founders, Startup Visa facilitation can form part of an active 12-month ScaleGate engagement. The engagement combines facilitator coordination with real company-building work.
Explore Dutch Startup Visa
From application to an agreed engagement.
- 01
Apply
Share the company, existing evidence, target market and what is blocked. - 02
Review
ScaleGate reviews company fit, founder readiness, market case and where it can contribute directly. - 03
Scope
If there is a fit, agree priorities, ownership, deliverables, timing and private commercial terms. - 04
Begin
Work starts only after both sides agree the engagement.
ScaleGate is an operating partner, not a fund and not a guarantee. Customers, grants, investment, market entry and residence permits are never guaranteed.