{"id":12618,"date":"2026-05-11T16:07:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projectnekton.com\/blog\/\/project-nekton-neemt-deel-aan-het-voka-scaleup-traject\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T09:24:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T07:24:24","slug":"project-nekton-joins-the-voka-scaleup-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectnekton.com\/en\/blog\/news\/project-nekton-joins-the-voka-scaleup-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Project Nekton joins the VOKA ScaleUp program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Growth is not only achieved by completing more lighting projects. Real, sustainable growth also requires strong internal processes, strategic choices and an organisation that is ready for the future.<strong> That is why Project Nekton is taking part in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voka.be\/antwerpen-waasland\/opleidingen\/groeien\/voka-scaleup-tijd-voor-gebalanceerde-groei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Voka ScaleUp program by Voka Antwerpen-Waasland<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The programme supports growth companies like ours over the course of a full year, focusing on themes such as scalability, leadership, strategy, business processes, sales, company culture and sustainable growth. Through workshops, peer-to-peer sessions, coaching and guidance from experts, we receive concrete tools to structurally support our growth.<\/p>\n<p>For Project Nekton, this programme <strong>perfectly aligns with our ambition to continue growing as a specialist in smart lighting and smart building solutions<\/strong>. The market around energy efficiency, connected lighting and building management is evolving rapidly. Not only technologically, but also organisationally, this requires scalable processes, strong collaboration and a clear long-term vision.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12504 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.projectnekton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ScaleUp-teaser-image-700x466.jpg\" alt=\"Project Nekton neemt deel aan het VOKA ScaleUp-traject\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.projectnekton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ScaleUp-teaser-image-700x466.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.projectnekton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ScaleUp-teaser-image-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.projectnekton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ScaleUp-teaser-image-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.projectnekton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ScaleUp-teaser-image-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.projectnekton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ScaleUp-teaser-image.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Within the programme, we will be working on topics such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>sustainable and balanced growth<\/li>\n<li>more efficient business processes<\/li>\n<li>leadership and management capabilities<\/li>\n<li>sales and marketing structures<\/li>\n<li>smart partnerships and strategic focus<\/li>\n<li>KPIs, forecasting and scalability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For us, this is the perfect opportunity to further prepare Project Nekton for the future, together with other ambitious growth companies and experts from different sectors.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The focus on balanced growth is also important to us: not growing for the sake of growing, but building a strong organisation that can continue to evolve sustainably, without compromising on quality, flexibility or our personal approach. Just as we use smart technology to make buildings more efficient and future-proof, we also want to keep strengthening and optimising our own organisation!<\/p>\n<p>Over the coming months, we look forward to taking the insights, experiences and new ideas from this programme with us into our further growth \ud83d\ude80<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the programme: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voka.be\/antwerpen-waasland\/opleidingen\/groeien\/voka-scaleup-tijd-voor-gebalanceerde-groei\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Voka ScaleUp: time for balanced growth<\/a> (Dutch)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Growth is not only achieved by completing more lighting projects. Real, sustainable growth also requires strong internal processes, strategic choices&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12505,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1683],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projectnekton.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projectnekton.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projectnekton.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projectnekton.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projectnekton.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12618"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.projectnekton.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12627,"href":"https:\/\/www.projectnekton.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12618\/revisions\/12627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projectnekton.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.projectnekton.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projectnekton.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.projectnekton.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}