In the Digital Innovation and Scale-up initiative (DISC), EU4Digital Facility Phase I conducted a ‘Market assessment for Digital Innovation and Scale-up Initiative (DISC) in Eastern partner countries’. EU4Digital also developed a guide for ICT entrepreneurial ecosystem development, including maturity assessments and country-specific recommendations. The gaps identified led to continued, in-depth research in Phase II, to identify in detail the gaps hindering ecosystem performance. Following the development of detailed recommendations for empowering high-performance incubation, EU4Digital Facility is supporting the launch of a targeted regional programme aimed at eliminating the gaps on the start-ups incubation stage.