Schaalklaar (VLAIO).

Details

• URL: https://www.vlaio.be/nl/subsidies-financiering/schaalklaar
• Support amount: up to €350,000
• Duration: up to 3 years
• Minimum project cost: at least €500,000 (budgeted)
• Goal: make the company scale-ready (transition towards an innovative scale-up)
• Selection: calls with an expert jury

What is Schaalklaar?

Schaalklaar is a VLAIO grant for young innovative start-ups with the ambition and potential to scale in the short term.

Important: the grant is not meant to finance the scale-up phase itself, but to prepare your company for scaling.

Who is it for?

According to VLAIO:

• innovative companies
• 1 to 5 years old
• located in the Flemish Region

What can you use it for?

Activities that make your company scale-ready and that do not (or less) fit other innovation instruments such as feasibility studies, research projects or development projects.

Payout

Paid out based on achieving the milestones described in your project plan.

2027 call planning (as stated by VLAIO)

The 2026 call is closed (submissions were possible until 20 August 2026). VLAIO is organising a new call in 2027, with a budget of €5.25 million, and is making Schaalklaar a yearly call from now on (VLAIO news item of 3 August 2026, consulted 16/10/2026):

• November 2026: publication of all call documents on the VLAIO website
• Pre-registration: 15–29 January 2027 (maximum 100 pre-registrations)
• Full application (after a positive pre-selection advice): 22 March–23 April 2027
• Jury interviews: May 2027
• Decision: July 2027

In 2027 too, the 15 best projects receive support. Check the conditions in the call documents published in November 2026.

Contact

VLAIO: 0800 20 555