: an increase according to a fixed ratio

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Another factor is the lack of loyalty amongst US scale-ups where the abundance of capital raised is also utilised to lure away key talent from other companies in the ecosystem. Kjartan Rist, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024 While early-stage funding is now higher than the Bay Area, thoroughbreds face a staggering $30 billion gap in funding at the crucial scale-up stage compared to their Bay Area counterparts. Saul Klein, WIRED, 14 Oct. 2024 In his previous role, as growth manager at a fast-growing scale-up, Marks had run into a problem. David Prosser, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024 The plans encompassed not just a rapid scale-up of complex cell manufacturing, but the production of components such as cathode materials, the construction of new factories and a joint-venture with carmaker Volvo Car AB. Shawn Tully, Fortune Europe, 10 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for scale-up 

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of scale-up was in 1945

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“Scale-up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scale-up. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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