2018 2020 Marco Rubinato H 2020 SME Comprehensive

2018 - 2020 Marco Rubinato @H 2020 SME

Comprehensive Scheme € 1. 4 billion in funding over the period 2018 -2020 Soft Blending SME-Instrument FTI FET OPEN Future Emerging Technologies Innovative Idea Fast Track to Innovation Test & Co-create Phase-1 50 K€, no financial reporting Feasibility Start-up Phase-2 Up to 2. 5 M€ support Development Scale-up Investment

SME Instrument: Smart Money Equity Free Funding Business Coaching Acceleration Services

THE SME INSTRUMENT SME profile ü Innovative SMEs - ambition to develop, grow, have an international impact; ü Established SMEs with high growth potential ü Single company support (consortia of SMEs is possible) ü Activities at TRL 6 or

Phase 1 - Concept & Feasibility Assessment ü Feasibility study ü Proposal (10 pages): Idea, initial business plan, activities ü Duration project: ~6 months ü EU funding: € 50, 000 per project ü Up to 3 coaching days Outcome: feasibility assessment with a more elaborated business plan

Phase 2 – Innovation Project ü Proposal (30 pages): Idea with feasibility assessment + full business plan ü Duration project: 1 -2 years ü EU funding: € 0. 5 - € 2. 5 million ü Up to 12 coaching days Outcome: ü New idea (product, service, process) to launch on the market ü Business innovation plan with a commercialization strategy & plan to attract investors

Evaluation Open call ü Proposals can be always submitted ü Evaluated after each cut-off Evaluation criteria ü Impact ü Excellence ü Quality and Efficiency of the Implementation Thresholds ü 13 points out of 15 for Phase 1 ü 13 points out of 15 for Phase 2

SME Instrument: The evaluation process Submission of Proposals Remote Evaluation Ranking of Proposals Interview (Phase 2 only) Grant Agreement

Business Acceleration Services & Community

Business Acceleration Services https: //ec. europa. eu/easme/en/business-support üAcademy: learn and share with peers üFinance partners' events: pitching and networking with international investors üOn-line matchmaking: exclusive community of financial and business partners üBusiness partners' events: exclusive one-day visit to largest EU corporates venues üBusiness European Trade Fairs: 8 big events around EU in 2018 üOverseas Trade Fairs: commercialization to scale up on the global market üCommunity: "family feeling" to maximise impact of the Programme

Academy Features ü ü Ca 20 sessions/year Max. 12 companies (+coaches) 2 half days/peer 2 peer Evening networking o Action learning (pitch – learn – create – pitch again) o Content presentation by SME Instrument coaches o Individual preparation for our pitching events!

Finance Partner Events ü Pitching sessions and networking activities with international investors ü Companies of the SME Instrument community are selected by a panel of investors Best pitches receive an award and gain visibility ü ü Two formats: exclusive SME Instrument pitching event or in the framework of a business trade fair

What's up next in 2018? Event Date Location Registration Fintech Innovate. UK 6/03/18 London Open Pitching @ MWC 28/02/18 Barcelona Closed Transport Research Arena (TRA) 16/04/18 Vienna Closed Pitching @ Hannover Messe (Industry 4. 0) 24/04/18 Hannover Closed EIC Innovators Summit (various) 10 -11/09/18 Berlin Not yet open Merck Venture lounge (Medtech) October '18 Darmstadt Not yet open Pitch @Microsoft (AI, Software) October '18 London Not yet open

The cherry on the cake…. online Matchmaking with investors ü Exclusive community of financial ü ü and business partners Create your company profile and identify your finance needs Coming very soon…We are working hard on it! Search and match!

Corporate events Exclusive one-day visit to some of the largest EU corporates venues ü ü Corporate selects SME Instrument companies Pitching and one-to-one meeting with top managers Learning from the "inside" 8 -10 Corporate events in 2018

Overseas Trade Fairs Programme Commercialisation scale-up on global market. ü 2017/2018: 15 main trade fairs around the world ü We select 15 SME Instrument companies/fair ü Included Services: Pre-departure briefing, pre-set business meeting, booth under the EU-SME instrument pavilion, networking reception with the EC delegation support, pre-arranged pitching sessions, optional added -value services "a la carte", specialised support from selection to post event…

What's up next in 2018?

Some Practical Cases

An autonomous and mobile water treatment plant powered by solar energy Spain, Phase 2 € 1, 4 M

Most eco-efficient and cost-effective solution for nitrate polluted water treatment Spain, Phase 2 € 923. 062

Finland, Phase 2 € 2, 195, 812

Innovative solutions to scale-up urban green surfaces across Europe France, Phase 2 € 733, 231

Other exemples • Alu. Salt - Efficient Aluminium Salt cake Recycling • • Technology – UK € 2, 456, 550 ADD-ON - A demonstration plant of enhanced biogas production from poultry manure – Finland € 1, 414, 755 Veg. Alert - Low cost, early Phytosanitary monitoring and alert service for horticultural farmers – Spain € 642, 177

Some Statistics

Results 2014 -2017 - Total Figures

SME Instrument in numbers ~3100 companies 860 in Phase 2 1. 3 billion 5% - 8% success rate

fintech marketing back office food agency Io. T construction agritech security robotics semiconductors transportation analytics energy cleantech medical/ healthcare Companies by industry 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0%

€ 2 M 01/01/2015 0/07/2015 € 141 M 697 million € 43 M 01/01/2016 01/07/2016 01/01/2017 € 697 M € 445 M 119 SMEI Companies € 273 M Private equity investments 01/07/2017

Exits 12 acquisitions 6 IPOs since 2014 Since 2014 250 million 1 billion private equity funding in 2017 Private follow-on investments in total

Thanks for your attention Marco. rubinato@ec. europa. eu