New project supporting “Innovation Radar” initiative, just as MERLIN did.

• Increase the connectedness among members of deep-tech start-up ecosystems and their companies (start-ups and scale-ups) and to the larger European business ecosystem seeking maximum synergies.
• Increase access to customers, private and public, access to qualified employees, access to the right combination of finance and prospects for scaling up across borders.
• Stimulate European investments in deep-tech digital sectors through increasing the number of cross-border investments.

1. apply as a team or a company (no individual applications are accepted)
2. has a technology or business idea related to ICT, biotechnology or chemistry
3. be willing to operate in Poland

• Increased productivity
• Increase in jobs
• Products & tech launched
• Funding & finance raised
• Increase in turnover

• Preparing for the market
• Visiting the market
• Exploiting the opportunity

The Global Business Innovation Programme operates on a competitive basis and businesses selected are required to actively participate in all three stages of the Programme.

• successfully scaling their business
• finding and incentivising talent and c-suite
• understanding which tax incentives are most appropriate
• corporate structuring
• expanding internationally and accessing equity
• M&A or IPO transactions

Delivered by Enterprise Europe Network in partnership with the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) and held at St John’s Innovation Centre, Pitchfest is a highly focused training and showcase programme designed to help ambitious business founders develop the necessary skills to become pitch ready.

Pitchfest culminates with a Showcase Day where 15 selected companies pitch their business ideas to investors with ample networking available to allow a deeper conversation about their ventures.

That is why the Innovate UK and EEN Scaleup Programme has been launched. Created and being delivered by EEN, and inspired and funded by Innovate UK, the Scaleup Programme is an ambitious programme for ambitious people.

We were looking for innovative, ambitious, high-growth oriented companies who were already on their scaling journey, whose innovations and/or business models can disrupt an existing market, and who are establishing or already implementing their international markets strategy.

They had to have a verified business plan and a commitment to implement it. They had to have the potential to achieve Compound Annual Growth Rates (CAGR) of at least 60-100% or more – so today’s £10m business is aiming to grow its revenues to north of £100m.

Accessing finance

COSME aims to make it easier for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to access finance in all phases of their lifecycle – creation, expansion, or business transfer. Thanks to EU support, businesses have easier access to guarantees, loans and equity capital. EU ‘financial instruments’ are channelled through local financial institutions in EU countries. To find a financial institution in your country, visit the Access to Finance portal.

Opening markets

COSME helps businesses to access markets in the EU and beyond. It funds the Enterprise Europe Network that helps SMEs find business and technology partners, and understand EU legislation; the Your Europe Business portal that provides practical information on doing business within Europe. It also finances a number of IPR (intellectual property rights) SME Helpdesks.

Supporting entrepreneurs

COSME supports entrepreneurs by strengthening entrepreneurship education, mentoring, guidance and other support services. Actions support specific groups who may find it difficult to reach their full potential, such as young people, women and senior entrepreneurs. The programme also aims to help businesses access opportunities offered by digital technologies.

Improving business conditions

COSME aims to reduce the administrative and regulatory burden on SMEs by creating a business-friendly environment. COSME also supports businesses to be competitive by encouraging them to adopt new business models and innovative practices. This complements actions in areas with high growth potential such as the tourism sector.

One of such measures is the Inočekiai measure, managed by MITA – Science, Innovation and Technology Agency.  Inočekiai promotes the collaboration of business and research, continuation of joint R&D projects between business and research, encourages companies to invest in and carry out innovation activities as well as encourages to use opportunities created by joint business-research R&D projects.

Civitta can offer grant application documentation preparation services to researchers who would be interested in applying for this measure.

The purpose of this measure is to encourage companies to invest in the R&D necessary to develop innovative products, services or processes as well as encourage joint business-research R&D projects.

Civitta can offer grant application documentation preparation services to researchers who would be interested in applying for this measure.

Civitta can offer acceleration services to researchers who need business support, provided they already have a startup established and a batch for the acceleration services is being gathered.

Civitta can provide access for researchers to attend such events if the researchers are in need of meeting with potential clients, partners, provided such event is being organized at the time of need by the participant.