The European SME Instrument Supporting the best European SMEs since 8 April 2014 Vanessa RICCI, EASME Anna BULZACKA-BOGUCKA, EASME
Who are we looking for? Single company support Highly innovative idea disruptive close to market (TRL 6) Knowledge of the market and of competitors Convincing commercialisation plan Clear ambition to grow at EU/global level
Why participate? Investment without equity Additional services: business coaching + commercialisation support Reduce risk and facilitate access to finance Quality label Visibility at EU and global level Broaden your network
How do we evaluate? IMPACT EXCELLENCE IMPLEMENTATION
Success stories: SME Instrument Champions: 1. Immunovia 2. Lingvist 3. Nova Innovation 4. Ultrahaptics 5. Dyadic
(1) Immunovia Blood test to diagnose pancreatic cancer SME Instrument- phase 2=> EUR 4,2 M Not only! Being an SME Instrument Champion persuaded investors to subscribe Immunovia shares March 2015=> trading its shares on "Nasdaq First North" Stockholm www.immunovia.com
(2) Lingvist Teaching words SME Instrument- phase 2=> EUR 1,5 M Not only! Being an SME Instrument Champion => helped in getting a new investor EUR 7.2M www.lingvist.io
(3) Nova Innovation Tidal turbines in deep water, estaurine and river SME Instrument- phase 1 feasibility assessment: EUR 50,000 2015=> 1M from Scottish Enterprise CEO's quote: "The SME Instrument allowed us to look at the market and quantify the market, and also to identify where we could apply this technology. The technology itself can deliver a step change in tidal energy. Being able to quantify that and show that to investors has been of great importance" www.novainnovation.co.uk
(4) Ultrahaptics Feeling without touching http://youtu.be/ezah7gu1mjs SME Instrument phase 2: EUR 1,49 M Jaguar Land Rover investigates ultrasound gesture controls in cars November 2015: private A round of 10.1 M www.ultrahaptics.com
(5) Dyadic The key to encryption https://twitter.com/h2020sme/status/720189158745063424 SME Instrument phase 1 & 2: EUR 2 M $ 3 Million investors: $2million a Japanese multinational (NEC) +a second round with a private fund in Silicon Valley (Google). www.dyadicsec.com
What is the profile of our winners? 50% already trading on the global market 85% have more than 3 years experience on the market and/or more than 5 employees 50% of our beneficiaries were already recognized by awards
What we have achieved so far 2014/2015 Phase 1 Phase 2 Proposals 14485 4835 Above threshold 2119 (15%) 1697 (35%) Funded 1166 (55% of above threshold, 8% overall) Budget allocated 58.300.000,00 278 (16% of above threshold, 6% overall) 468.715.437 ( 1.7M per project) Mono beneficiaries 93% 80%
MORE THAN 50 EMPLOYEES 11% Staff in Funded SMEs 2014/2015 PHASE 1 UNKNOWN 0% 11 TO 50 EMPLOYEES 28% UP TO 5 EMPLOYEES 42% 6 TO 10 EMPLOYEES 19% Turnover in Funded SMEs UNKNOWN 0% Years Trading of Funded SMEs UNKNOWN 1% 1M TO 5M 18% MORE THAN 5M 16% LESS THAN 100k 36% MORE THAN 11 YEARS 30% UP TO 3 YEARS 35% 100k TO 1M 30% 4 TO 10 YEARS 34%
MORE THAN 50 Staff in Funded SMEs 2014/2015 PHASE 2 EMPLOYEES 15% UNKNOWN 0% UP TO 5 EMPLOYEES 25% 11 TO 50 EMPLOYEES 37% 6 TO 10 EMPLOYEES 23% Turnover in Funded SMEs UNKNOWN 0% Years Trading of Funded SMEs UNKNOWN 1% MORE THAN 5M 19% 1M TO 5M 22% LESS THAN 100k 28% 100k TO 1M 31% MORE THAN 11 YEARS 35% UP TO 3 YEARS 24% 4 TO 10 YEARS 40%
2014/2015 Funded projects by topic Phase 1 SPACE Topic 2% Security Topic 2% NMP Topic 11% Transport Topic 9% BIOTEC Topic 3% Blue Growth Topic 1% Business model 5% EcoInnovation Topic 10% E- government 1% Security Topic 4% SPACE Topic 4% Blue Growth Topic 2% BIOTEC Topic 2% Business model 3% E-government 1% Phase 2 ICT Topic 17% Energy Topic 12% Food Topic 7% ICT Topic 29% Health Topic 9% Food Topic 6% EcoInnovation Topic 9% NMP Topic 10% Health Topic 11% Transport Topic 17% Energy Topic 13%
SMEs per country (ICT Topic) 700 2014/2015 Ph1+Ph2 All SMEs Funded SMEs 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 59 32 21 18 26 10 9 14 6 5 9 4 8 4 3 5 10 1 8 10 5 1 2 1 1 2 IT ES UK DE FR PL HU FI BG NL SI PT EL SE IL TR IE DK BE NO EE RO AT SK HR CZ CY LV LT LU MT RS MK BA
SMEs per country (NMP Topic) 350 2014/2015 Ph1+Ph2 All SMEs Funded SMEs 300 250 200 150 100 50 42 27 21 8 6 7 3 6 0 1 5 3 1 5 1 1 4 2 3 1 2 1 1 IT ES UK DE FR NL PL HU SE SI IL FI PT TR CZ DK EL BG LV IE LT BE NO SK AT HR EE CY RO UA RS LU MT MD AL
SMEs per country (Transport Topic) 300 2014/2015 Ph1+Ph2 All SMEs Funded SMEs 250 200 150 100 50 42 32 33 0 14 10 5 6 15 8 6 10 6 2 3 4 3 3 4 5 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 IT ES UK DE FR HU PL NL SI FI DK SE EL PT BG IL TR EE BE AT NO RO CZ SK HR LV LT IE LU CY RS AI MT BA FO ME AL
SMEs per country (Energy Topic) 350 2014/2015 Ph1+Ph2 All SMEs Funded SMEs 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 55 43 22 21 8 10 2 3 5 13 8 1 4 10 5 4 8 3 10 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 IT ES UK DE HU NL FR PL SI SE BG FI EL DK AT PT IL RO BE IE NO SK TR LV EE RS HR CZ LT CY MT IS ME MD LU MK BA UA
SME Instrument- Phase 2 Results 1 st cutoff 2016
Dates for 2016 Continuos application process with 4 cut-offs per year 2016 for both phases
Our SME Instrument Champions - Hannover Messe 2016-
Pitching session starts!
Thank you very much for your attention! @H2020SME http://ec.europa.eu/easme/sme/ Questions vanessa.ricci@ec.europa.eu Showcases of companies supported by the SME Instrument: http://ec.europa.eu/easme/en/sme-instrument/showcase