CONNECTS is a digital match-making platform that allows SMEs to make worldwide trusted business opportunities. Concretely we provide entrepreneurs instant access to trustworthy leads, potential customers, suppliers, skills and partnerships. The digital platform is about ‘trust’, ‘global reach’, ‘ease of use’ as well as matching the cost-efficiency in terms of absolute cost of use of the platform and opportunity cost (lost time and revenue). By working with Chambers of Commerce, we can guarantee that all users of CONNECTS are validated and known members of Chambers. The decentralized nature of the platform allows governance provided by Chambers of Commerce that ‘own’ the relationship with every user. Admission standards as well as the terms of use and data privacy policy are developed in consultation with a CONNECTS governance advisory group that gives oversight to participating chambers