Technology Magazine January 2018 | Page 79

Deputy Prime Minister Eienne Schneider with Prime Minister Xavier Bettel of Luxembourg , Ronald Schellekens – Vodafone Group Director and Ninion Wilson , CEO VPC inaugurating the Tomorrow Street innovation centre Tomorrow Street fills a gap in the global innovation scene . Specifically targeting late-stage startups , the innovation centre helps tech businesses expand globally in a low-risk way .
“ We look at small tech startups and we say , ‘ Can they scale ?’, ‘ Are they able to grow outside their home market ?’, and if the answer is yes , then we want to bring them to Tomorrow Street ,” explains Cramer . “ We surround them with all the right people to help them to achieve that and to make their idea really come to life .
“ In this way , Tomorrow Street completes an entire innovation ecosystem , which does not exist anywhere else in the world ,” Cramer adds . “ If you ’ re looking at Silicon Valley , Asia or even Europe , there are plenty of accelerators and incubators . However , there ’ s no-one that really does what we actually do - and that ’ s really about helping companies scale up and promoting disruptive
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