Project Management: 3 in-person consortium meetings took place and weekly consortium meetings were organized to reguarly monitore progress, and manage the budget. PO has been regularly informed about the progress.
Mapping of Investment Ecosystems: Research and stakeholder interviews were completed and a survey among business angels with 91 replies was conducted, and the results were shared with stakeholders as well as used for designing the training programmes. Desktop research was done about the investment ecosystems of Estonia, Finland, Slovenia and Poland, and 14 expert interviews with stakeholders from all four countries were conducted to get insights for compiling Guidebooks on all 4 countries' ecosystems. 4 investor guidebooks were published and downloaded 579 times.
Trust building events: Study Visits were organised to Estonia, Finland, Slovenia and Poland to create connections between investors and raise know-how about the ecosystems. 19 business angels attended the Estonian Study Visit and attended Latitude59. 33 business angels attended the Finnish Study Visit organised during the SLUSH week. In Slovenia, 35 participants attended the study visit, organized during the PODIM conference. In Poland, there were 30 attendees in the study visit that was organized during the week of the Deep tech summit.
4 cross-border startup pitching events were held during the Study Visits with the startups selected for the pitching. The aim was for investors to get info about the dealflows in the 4NGELS countries and to find new investment opportunities. 16 trustbuiding events were organized to increase investors’ cross-border investment knowledge and specific market knowledge of the European Innovation ecosystem. These events included the kick-off events for the training programmes, #invest2 training sessions, #invest2 experience sharing sessions and coffee mornings.
Open calls and trainings for Investors: open calls for investors were launched at the beginning of both training programmes, resulting in remarkable participation. In Estonia, 76 investors registered (72% cross-border rate). In Finland, 82 investors registered (32% cross-border rate). In Slovenia, 46 investors have registered for the trainings (85% cross-border rate). In Poland 143 investors have applied to the trainings (25% cross-border rate). In total 347 investors applied.
As investors were able to joing the sessions after the open call, even more investors completed the trainings - 461 in total (90 in Estonia; 84 in Finland, 87 in Slovenia and 200 in Poland).
16 training sessions were delivered.
Open calls and trainings for startups: The open calls for startups were launched for all batches, resulting in remarkable participation. 751 startups applied for the cross-border syndicates and the 4NGELS study programme, demonstrating widespread interest and engagement. The open calls attracted 177 startup applications in Finland (from 10 countries) and 353 applications in Estonia, representing candidates from over 60 countries. In Slovenia, 68 startups have applied and in Poland 153 applications from the startups were received. Notably, the selected TOP startups (70) come from various countries, including Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, and Slovenia. In addition to strong representation from this region, even countries like the USA, South Korea, and Peru were represented, underscoring the global reach of the project. 70 startups were trained and 14 sessions were delivered.
The 4NGELS was very active in disseminting and communicating about the project activities: 161 newsletters were sent out, over 280 social media posts were shared. The guidebooks were downloaded over 579 times. We've also collaborated with 15 international projects, resuting in a high reach of participants from other countires (over 60 countries).
