Acceleration
Programme (ACE)- http://europeanace.eu/
provides innovative startups and
high growth ICT companies with direct assistance in finding partners clients
and financing to accelerate their move into cross border and international
markets.
Access to finance- http://europa.eu/youreurope/business/funding-grants/access-to-finance/
This site will help you to apply
for loans and venture capital supported by the European Union. Click on your
country to locate banks or venture capital funds that provide finance supported
by the EU.
Access to risk finance - https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/horizon2020/en/h2020-section/access-risk-finance
This programme helps companies
and other types of organisations engaged in research and innovation (R&I)
to gain easier access, via financial instruments, to loans, guarantees,
counter-guarantees and hybrid, mezzanine and equity finance.
Business Beyond Borders- http://www.businessbeyondborders.info/
Business Beyond Borders (BBB)
helps businesses, in particular Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and
Clusters, to operate internationally with the ultimate goal of increasing
economic growth within and outside Europe.
The project provides support to
companies participating at international fairs by establishing a series of
Business to Business (B2B) and Cluster to Custer (C2C) matchmaking events and
by supporting the development of the companies’ activities in target markets.
COSME programme- http://ec.europa.eu/growth/access-to-finance/cosme-financial-instruments/
The programme for the
Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (COSME)
is improving access to finance for SMEs through two financial instruments: The
Loan Guarantee Facility (LGF) and the Equity Facility for Growth (EFG).
Creative Europe https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe/node_en
Creative Europe provides funding
for 2,500 artists and cultural professionals, 2,000 cinemas, 800 films, 4,500
book translations.The programme aims to help the cultural and creative sectors
seize the opportunities of the digital age and globalisation.
EA Link- http://www.ealink.eu/business-support
Do you have any question relating
to establish commercial relations with Asian countries? EA Link will point you to the right business
support organization in Asia.
EIF's Private Equity and Venture Capital Funds Investments-http://www.eif.org/what_we_do/equity/deals/index_.htm
The European Investment
Fund-supported funds that provide enterprises with equity finance but also
advice and know-how.
ELAN programme- http://www.elannetwork.org/
ELAN (European and Latin American
Business Services and Innovation) is a European Union (EU) initiative that
seeks to increase and diversify the EU economic presence in Latin America also
aims to boost the opportunities that both markets offer for European and Latin
American SMEs, through two interdependent strategies:
European and Latin American
Business Services (ELAN Biz): Whose main objective is to provide up-to-date and
comprehensive information services to European SMEs interested in doing
business in strategic Latin American countries.
European & Latin American
Technology Based Business Network (ELAN Network): Whose main purpose is to
generate technology-based business opportunities between European and Latin
American SMEs.
Enterprise Europe Network (EEN)- http://een.ec.europa.eu/
The Enterprise Europe Network helps
SMEs and entrepreneurs access market information, overcome legal obstacles, and
find potential business partners across Europe.
EUREKA- http://www.eurekanetwork.org/about-eureka
EUREKA is a leading open Platform
for international cooperation in innovation which offer support to R&D
project through 5 instruments. Do you have a R&D project with a strong
Business plan ? Apply for the programme and receive the support you need.
European Investment Project Portal (EIPP)- https://ec.europa.eu/eipp
Are you a project promoter based
in the EU, and want to reach potential investors worldwide? Register your
project in the European Investment Project Portal (EIPP) and boost its
visibility to a large network of international investors! Start today by
submitting your project below.
European Istitution of Innovation and Technology (EIT)- https://eit.europa.eu/
The EIT’s support helps
innovators and entrepreneurs across Europe to turn their ideas into products
and services for the market.
European Small Business Portal- http://ec.europa.eu/small-business
Small companies and entrepreneurs
can find information about access to finance, access to markets, and policy
related to SMEs on the portal.
Export Helpdesk- https://trade.ec.europa.eu/tradehelp/
The European Commission's Export
Helpdesk, which provides a free online service covering all import rules in
force in the EU on a product-by-product and country-by-country basis.
FUNDERA- http://www.fundera.eu/home/en
This website helps you to find
financing opportunities by selecting the country and sector of relevance.
Horizon 2020 SME Innovation associate- https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/h2020-sme-innovation-associate
This new programme will support
90 SMEs to hire a researcher to bring their brilliant idea to life. The action
aims at overcoming barriers for EU SMEs and Start-ups to the recruitment of
highly qualified specialists (PhD or equivalent) that are not available on the
national job market (either because the required skills are not available or
because they are not affordable), but whose knowledge would be crucial to open
up opportunities for innovation and significant growth for the enterprise.
Horizon 2020's SME Instrument- https://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/horizons-2020-sme-instrument
Are you a highly innovative,
ambitious and passionate small- or medium-sized business with global ambitions?
Are you looking for excellent business resources and mentorship - and
substantial funding wouldn’t hurt either? Your business could receive up to
€2.5 million in funding, and world-class business coaching.
InnovFin-EU finance for investors- http://www.eib.org/products/blending/innovfin/
InnovFin financing tools cover a
wide range of loans and guarantees which can be tailored to innovators’ needs.
Financing is either provided directly or via a financial intermediary, most
usually a bank.
Intellectual Property (IP) SME CORNER -https://www.iprhelpdesk.eu/ip-sme-corner
The IP SME CORNER address you to
various Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Helpdesk not only for Europe but also for China, South East Asia, Latin America and
India.
InvestHorizon- http://investhorizon.eu/
The project aims to defragment
the SME investment market, helping both SMEs and investors to make better deals
by increasing their knowledge about each other, on the crossroads of finance
and innovation.
Leaders Club- https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/leaders-club
The Startup Europe Leaders Club
is an independent group of founders in the field of tech entrepreneurship, who
act as role models for European web entrepreneurs and provide guidance to the
Commission on what needs to be done to strengthen the environment for web
entrepreneurs to start in Europe and stay in Europe.
ODINE- https://opendataincubator.eu/about/
The Open Data Incubator for
Europe (ODINE) is a 6-month incubator for open data entrepreneurs across
Europe. The programme is funded with a €7.8m grant from the EU’s Horizon 2020
programme and is delivered by the seven partners featured below.
Pan-European network of Digital Innovation Hubs (DIHs)- https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/digital-innovation-hubs
Digital innovation hubs can
help ensure that every company, small or large, high-tech or not, can grasp the
digital opportunities. The website lists several initiatives of the EC to shape
the pan-European network of DIHs with the focus on helping SMEs to master their
digital transformation.
Regional Funding Info-http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/index.cfm/en/funding/accessing-funds/#1
Do you need information on opportunities
available in your region ? InfoRegio website can help you to answer to your
questions.
SMEs' Access to Key
Enabling Technologies
https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/kets-tools/kets-tc/map
This programme allows SMEs to
find technological service centres active in the field of Key Enabling
Technologies (KETs). The centres have been selected according to a set of
capacity and quality criteria.
Technological service centres
active in the area of KETs (also called 'technology infrastructures') can help
SMEs to speed up the commercialisation of their innovation ideas.
SOLVIT- http://ec.europa.eu/solvit/what-is-solvit/index_en.htm
Do you have question about VAT
refunds, Cross-border movement of capital or payments, access to education,
working abroad, trade and services ? SOLVIT is an online service that can offer
you a solution within 10 weeks.
Start Up Europe- https://startupeuropeclub.eu/guide/?box=startup
Are a start-up and you need information about EU Funds and
financing ? Or you need information on regulation, networking events and
internationalization ? Startup Europe offers a high number of services and
information, tailor-made for you company.
STARTUP EUROPE MAP- http://www.startupeuropemap.eu
Do you find it difficult to know
what are the different EU opportunities for SMEs and startups? Would you like to know what your government
and local authorities are doing for startups and innovative thinkers? Are you
looking for partners and ways to collaborate across Europe? STARTUP EUROPE MAP
is a community for startups to get visibility, insights about key sectors and
startup support, connect and collaborate with key actors.
Startup Europe Partnership (SEP)- http://startupeuropepartnership.eu
"Startup Europe Partnership
(SEP) aims at offering an integrated pan-European platform to help the best
startups emerge from these local ecosystems and scale-up.
SEP is a platform where the best
startups meet the best corporates, with a goal: to make things happen, whether
that means procurement (corporates buy products and services from startups),
strategic investments and eventually acquisition/acqui-hires."
We Gate-Platform- https://www.wegate.eu/
If you’re a businesswoman, and you want to find contacts and new business partners, access support organisations and keep informed about news and networking events, WEgate offers: Access to finance, access to business networks, where to get help in your region; tips, training and learning opportunities; mentoring programmes; good practices; case studies; success stories and related news and events.
The platform also acts as a hub
for online networking, exchange and cooperation among aspiring and current
women entrepreneurs and stakeholders.
WeHubs http://wehubs.eu/summary/
WeHubs is the first European
community, powered by Startup Europe, that connects business ecosystems and
provides them with mentoring tools to support women entrepreneurs in the
digital sector.
Your Europe Business Portal-http://europa.eu/youreurope/business/
Your Europe Business Portal provides a practical guide to doing business in Europe. It provides entrepreneurs with information and interactive services that help them expand their business abroad.
ePlus Ecosystem http://www.epluseurope.eu/
ePlus will offer to web-entrepreneurs world class services, liaising entrepreneurs with
European leading early stage venture and crowdfunding networks and put you in
contact with the most active mentors currently engaged in national/regional
programmes. This project aims to match rising entrepreneurial talents with the
very best of Europe’s science and technology experts.
Start Up Scale UP http://startup-scaleup.eu/
This project aims to build an
entrepreneurs Hub across Cartagena, Zoetermeer, Vilnius and Dublin, in order to provide a greater range and quality services to ambitious entrepreneurs
who want to launch and grow companies focused on the Internet of Things and
Services (IoTS).
Twist Project- http://www.digitaltwisters.com
TWIST connects four existing local web entrepreneurship startup ecosystems and hubs (Rome, Lille, Warsaw, Stockholm) providing new services for web entrepreneurs aiming at scaling up and competing in the global market. Through the application of the "lean startup model”, TWIST will help the accelerated companies to establish several valuable contacts to mentors and potential clients.