Executive Agency for SMEs an introduction Mattia Pellegrini

Executive Agency for SMEs: an introduction Mattia Pellegrini | mattia. pellegrini@ec. europa. eu

INTRODUCTION EASME is operating in 4 areas: SME support & Energy innovation Environment Maritime

FUNDING PROGRAMMES 4 programmes with a total budget of € 10. 4 billion (2014 -2020) 4 3 2 1 1 Horizon 2020 - € 7 billion 2 LIFE – € 2. 3 billion 3 COSME - € 0. 7 billion 4 EMFF - € 0. 6 billion

European Innovation Council Comprehensive scheme FET OPEN Future Emerging Technologies Innovative Idea FTI Fast Track to Innovation € 1. 4 billion in funding over the period 2018 -2020 SME Instrument Soft Blending SME Instrument Phase 2 Phase 1 Up to € 3 m. € 50, 000 Test & Co-create Feasibility Start-up Up to € 2. 5 m. and business Development support Development Scale-up Investment

European Innovation Council Smart money Equity Free Funding Business Coaching Acceleration Services

EIC SME Instrument ~3100 companies funded € 1. 3 billion invested 5% - 8% success rate

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

EIC Fast Track to Innovation Conditions 100 M€ / year max 3 M€ per project No topic limitation min 3/max 5 partners 3 countries Close-to-market 3 years to launch

A few project examples

Patient centric model for healthcare Ada Health, Berlin ‘Alexa for health’ Phase 2 in July 2015 2. 4 M€ ada. com

Graphene oxide for the energy market Graphenea, Spain Phase 1 2014 € 50, 000 Phase 2 2015 € 1. 6 m. graphenea. com

World’s largest plastic films’ solar collector Heliovis, Austria Phase 2 in 2015: € 2 m. heliovis. com

Smart device to clean space junk D-Orbit, Italy (Milan) Phase 1 2014: € 50, 000 Phase 2 2015: € 2 m. deorbitaldevices. com

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