Descripción del proyecto
Ayuda para que las empresas emergentes accedan a los mercados
Las empresas emergentes de tecnología profunda tienen dificultades para salir del laboratorio y acceder satisfactoriamente al mercado. Existen toda una variedad de retos culturales, económicos y jurídicos que tienen que abordar. Para muchas de ellas, el principal obstáculo es la gran cantidad de tiempo necesario para lograr un nivel de madurez, lo que dificulta atraer inversores. En los países de ampliación, la comercialización es aún más compleja. A fin de revertir esta tendencia, la Comisión Europea ha puesto en marcha iniciativas a nivel europeo como, por ejemplo, el Consejo Europeo de Inversiones y Start Up Europe. En este contexto, el proyecto VENTURES THRIVE, financiado con fondos europeos, apoyará a 32 empresas emergentes, proporcionando hasta 100 000 EUR (efectivo y bonos) a cada una de ellas. Además, se ayudará a las empresas emergentes a acceder a los mercados a través de concursos corporativos y oportunidades de establecimiento de redes de contactos.
Objetivo
European startups face barriers when scaling due to the cultural, legal and economic fragmentation of the market. While the EU demonstrates high performance in “the lab”, this does not translate proportionally into thriving commercial ventures. For deeptech startups, the key challenge is the lengthy time needed to reach a maturity level adequate for adoption, making investing risky. In the case of Widening Countries, commercialization of deeptech is even more challenging.
The EC has made a substantial effort to support deeptech with initiatives aiming to invest in and connect entrepreneurs at a pan-European scale (EIC Accelerator and the Startup Europe initiative). VENTURES THRIVE inherits the spirit of these initiatives, concretely building on three waves of Startup Europe with a novel approach targeted at deeptech startups in Widening Area countries. This unique open innovation startup programme will provide up to €100K (cash and vouchers) each to a total of 32 startups. Along with equity-free funding, the core programme offers value-add services aimed at: fostering access to markets via corporate challenges, improved investment readiness, and greater visibility, investment and networking opportunities. The project consortium and external associates comprise venture builders, event organisers, VC & Angel Investors, corporates and expert mentors. Overall, the startups are expected to unlock +€18M via investment, grants and corporate procurement.
The secret ingredient is the consortium and their extensive networks. ACCELER8 (Malta) is a venture builder commercialising top-level scientific innovations. ANTHOLOGY VENTURES (Bulgaria) is a venture studio, incubating early-stage teams and business angels. WOLVES SUMMIT (Poland), the major event for startups in the CEE region, offers the perfect connection with investors, corporates and the tech community. Notably, they have already facilitated over 37,000 meetings between startups and investors from +60 countries.
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Programa(s)
- HORIZON.3.1 - The European Innovation Council (EIC) Main Programme
Convocatoria de propuestas
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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support ActionsCoordinador
MST 1019 Mosta
Malta
Organización definida por ella misma como pequeña y mediana empresa (pyme) en el momento de la firma del acuerdo de subvención.