EU funding for StartUps – Full Day Workshop on SME Instrument

How can you access the €3 billion of EU grant funds available for innovative startups and SMEs through the SME Instrument?

Phase 1 offers a grant of €50 000 to bring your innovations to market
Phase 2 offers grant of between €500 000 and €2,5 M to grow your concept and scale.

This is “free” money: no need to give it back, lose equity or lose control of your company.

60% of companies who correctly and completely filled out their application got the €50 000 funding.

163 Spanish companies have been funded in less than 1 year.

Find out if these grants are for you and learn how to apply and which are the ingredients of a successful proposal, all in one session.

The workshop will equip you with all the information, tools and hands-on training to write winning proposals – taking a case study of a typical entrepreneur and their StartUp/SME, a detailed step-by-step live demonstration of how to write a proposal with high chances of succeeding.

So far more than 20 workshops have been organised across Europe, reaching and coaching over 750 startups and SMEs in cities from London, Paris and Berlin to Barcelona at the 4YFN Conference, running as part of the Mobile World Congress.We’ve got successful proposals in France, Germany, Czech Republic.

The workshop will also enable you to rate your idea and proposals and improve them before submitting. We will pre-evaluate your project BEFORE THE WORKSHOP thanks to ourELIGIBILITY CHECK.

Program:

LEARN

10h00 to 13h00 write a winning proposal: principles and opportunities

Overview of EU Funding, explained in StartUp’s language
The dedicated SME Instrument – Specific EU funding for entrepreneurs, StartUps and SMEs (individual grants between €50.000 to €2,5 million)
SME Instument Phase 1 and Phase 2 – how do they work and which one applies to you and your Startup/SME
How to apply to for the SME Instrument – the whole process from proposal to grant

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14h00 to 17h00: write a winning proposal – concrete examples

The FULL SME Instrument Official Templates explained, step-by-step, all sections and points.
What does a European commission appointed proposal evaluator typically look for?
What you need to remember when filling out the application? DOs and DONTs
Writing a winning proposal, live demo, taking a case study of a typical entrepreneur and his startup, a detailed step-by-step demonstration of how to write a proposal with high chances of winning

Is this workshop for you?

It is if:

you are planning to establish your own startup/SME or have already started;
Your startup/SME is based on an innovative business or IT concept, product or service harnessing the potential to disrupt existing markets;
You are looking for rapid funding between €50 000 and €2,5 M in 2015-2016?

Lola Garralda, CEO, attended Madrid workshop

“I had always found EU funds out of my reach, either because I wasn´t sure if I qualified or simply because I didn’t understand what they were looking for, and that’s the mindset I went with to Kumardev and his team’s workshop. However, they explained the whole process step by step, thoroughly yet clearly, so I walked away with a clear picture of how it all works, and how it can fit my start-up. I would highly recommend this workshop to every startup that is looking into EU funding, and even more so to those who aren’t considering it. They might be missing out on a game-changing opportunity.“

Workshop delivered by an ICT expert and European Commission evaluator