EIT Digital's 2017 business plan aims to drive Europe's digital transformation by adding €2.5 trillion to GDP by 2025. It focuses on research-based innovation, entrepreneurship through the EIT Digital Accelerator, and entrepreneurial education via the EIT Digital Academy. Key goals for 2017 include an 82% increase in new products and services from innovation activities, average scaleup revenue growth of 180%, and reaching 50,000 MOOC learners through the entrepreneurial education program. The plan also outlines continued support for 9 regional digital innovation centers through the RIS program.

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EIT Digital
Business Plan 2017
Delivering Transformation

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Driving Europe’s Digital Transformation
Adding €2.5 trillion to GDP in 2025

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Driving Europe’s Digital Transformation
Pillars of our Strategy
Pan-European Ecosystem
Innovation &
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial
Education

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Research-based Innovation
Grow & go (to market)
2010-2016 2017
New/Improved Products & Services 106 82
Startups from Innovation Activities 44 13
Innovation Activities led by Business Partners 70 32

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Entrepreneurship - EIT Digital Accelerator
Scaling up European digital ventures
2010-2016 2017
Average scaleups revenue < € 1.24 M € 3.5 M
Average scaleups team size < 15 22
Average scaleups valuation < € 8 M € 16 M
Total scaleups VC funding (incl. alumni) € 77 M (€ 240 M) € 23 M (€ 50 M)

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Entrepreneurial Education EIT Digital Academy
Next generation digital entrepreneurs
2010-2016 2017
Master School Students 1,150 1,600
Doctoral School Students 140 180
MOOC learners 25,000 50,000
Industrial Doctorates 8 15
Female Students share 21% 35%
EU Students share 35% 50%
Doctoral School
Industrial
PhD
Innovation
Action
Line
integration
Master School
Focus
women
and EU
IoT and
Data
Science
MOOCS
Boost
Post
Master
Master School
Doctoral School

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Entrepreneurial Education EIT Digital Academy
Digitally skilled workforce
2015-2016 2017
Courses offered 13 40
Learners 500 1,000
Learners in MOOCs 6,000 20,000
Professional School
IoT and I&E
MOOCs
2 Cross-KIC
MOOCs
Open and
in-
company
execution
20 online I&E
modules

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RIS
Innovation for the European people
2015-2016 2017
RIS Digital Innovation Centres 6 3
Scaleups introduced to EIT Digital Accelerator 22 30
ARISE Students in Master School 29 24
ARISE Students in Summer Schools 64 51
Significant growth in 2017
Boost
scaleup
scouting
Stronger
focus on
education
New actors
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activities

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EIT Digital BP2017
Delivering transformation
Research-based Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurial Education
RIS
52% increase New Products & Services
Average scaleups revenue up 180%
Towards 50,000 MOOC learners
Total of 9 RIS Digital Innovation centres