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GROW with SAP for scaleups 

Help future-proof your growth. Structure your business with best practices, automate transactions, and scale your operations.

So, what is GROW with SAP for scaleups?

Whether you're early stage or preparing for exit, your growth trajectory requires a constant evolution of skills, systems, and future planning. Kick off and support exponential growth with a cloud-native solution for up to six months free with partnership perks.

Achieve fast time to value with SAP

Subscribe to our cloud ERP and get your core processes implemented within four weeks by applying the latest best practices gathered from SAP customers.
 

Grow and scale with cloud-native solutions

Cover your back office needs with best-in-class solutions for finance, procurement, HR, and travel and expense management.
 

Access the entire SAP community and ecosystem

Accelerate your ability to grow, scale, and exit by networking and collaborating with our global ecosystem through our hypergrowth hub.
 

Gain the ease and flexibility of the cloud for up to six months free

Take advantage of our offer designed especially for scaleups. Contact an SAP expert to verify your eligibility.

Let SAP take care of your back office while you focus on your vision

12

%

more annual revenue
on average*

13

%

added market valuation
on average*

~30

%

employee growth within the first year
on average*
Sell more and help ensure a product-market fit
  • Scale your operations to IPO and beyond by setting up and automating core business processes
  • Apply SAP Best Practices to free up administrative tasks to focus more on your core product, team, and customers
  • Support your international expansion by leveraging the SAP global ecosystem 
Raise at the right time
  • Grow your bottom line to drive up valuation by establishing lean and optimized operations
  • Manage your runway efficiently and maximize valuation with real-time access to financial data and profitability analysis
  • Mitigate future risks by incorporating compliance into your strategy, planning, and operational execution  
Manage your workforce
  • Hire new talent at the right time by anticipating growth with strategic workforce planning and analytics
  • Attract and engage top talent with global and diverse talent sourcing
  • Develop competencies, skills, and a culture aligned with your company's mission and strategy to help ensure customer-centric behaviors and processes 

*See Legal Notice on www.sap.com/legal-notice for use terms, disclaimers, disclosures, or restrictions.

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GROW with SAP for scaleups

Join a program designed for scaleups worldwide.

Frequently asked questions about GROW with SAP for scaleups

SAP supports every stage of a scaleup’s growth through the GROW with SAP offering for scaleups. This program provides a complete package of technology, service, and support, including the latest version of our cloud-native ERP for up to six months free and with a delivery timeframe between four to six weeks. In addition, scaleups can access our hypergrowth hub to take advantage of partnership benefits and perks.

 

SAP continues to invest in and accelerate numerous tech startups. Through Sapphire Ventures, SAP has invested in more than 200 IT startups, with 75 public debuts and merger and acquisition exits since 2011.

A scaleup is a high-growth company experiencing rapid expansion, growing 20% or more in employee headcount and turnover over the last three years.

 

Other common characteristics include:

  • Employing at least 10 permanent staff
  • Generating annual revenue between US$1 million and $3 million
  • Surpassing the initial seed stage in their fundraising rounds

GROW with SAP is optimized for net-new, midsize customers. The offering is complete with solutions, best practices, adoption acceleration services, community, and learning to help customers adopt cloud ERP with speed, predictability, and continuous innovation.

 

GROW with SAP for scaleups supports scaleups that experience unique challenges. They include preparing for fundraising rounds, scaling team capabilities and business operations, and driving rapid and exponential growth.

 

RISE with SAP is built to help our on-premise ERP customers to transition their current ERP data and processes to the cloud with less risk and without compromise. The bundle of tailor-made ERP software, transformation services, business analytics, and partner expertise guides organizations along a personalized path to the cloud.

Based on our global experience with startups and scaleups, the top growth milestones that indicate enterprise resource planning (ERP) readiness are:

  • Growth and entry into new markets while maintaining compliant operations
  • Organizational headcount expansion to more than 50 employees
  • Ability to innovate and change to cover new market segments
  • Competitive release of new products, services, and routes to market
  • Preparation for an exit through a merger, acquisition, or initial public offering