co-funded by the European Commission

Boosting the Investment-Readiness of SMEs and Small Midcaps in Europe and Associated Countries

The policy toolbox

Capacity Building• InvestHorizon boosting Investment Readiness

• Technology Transfer

Access to Finance• Financial Instruments• Grant Schemes

a supply side approach to address access to finance issues must be accompanied by demand-side initiatives which enhance the quality of deal flow

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Mason, C. and Kwok, K. (2010)

Investment Gap

Boosting Investment ReadinessDe-fragment SME investment market

Increase number & quality of investments

1. Identify & promote better readiness programmes & policy practices

2. Raise awareness amongst SMEs about investment sources, options & requirements (across stages, sectors, origins, needs and EU)

3. Improve knowledge of investors about innovation sectors and investment models

4. Coach & benchmark the SMEs towards investment readiness and improve proposals & presentations

5. Match the investment-ready SMEs with specialisedinvestors

6. Disseminate knowledge, sources, better practices and success stories

Programme Partners

Technology Transfer &Universities

Incubators & Accelerators

SMEs & mid-caps

Investorsventure capital, corporate, business angels, crowd-funding

ResourcesEntrepreneurs

Investors

Intermediaries

Policy-makers

Online Courses

News & Social Media

(Investor) MatchmakingEvents 

Resources

Complete company profile

Choose online training

HOWHOWEntrepreneurs

Raise knowledge •Online learning and MOOC 

Improve business proposal

•Tailored feed‐back & rating on Investment Readiness Level•Business support and presentational training

Find investors • Present at Investment Forum• Online matchmaking

12

Apply Coaching Academy

3

Attend & give feed‐

back

Apply Investment Forum

54

Complete Investor profile 

Choose online MOOC

Develop insights •Investor sensitisation webinars & Online courses- mechanics of investment- business potential of emerging 

technologies

Follow quality SMEs

•Review company profiles•Join investor panels in Investment Forum

Find co‐investors • Investment Forum

12

Participate in Investor 

SensitisationWebinars 

3

Attend Investment Forum

Review Companies

54

InvestorsHOWHOW

Use available tools

• Online courses• Better practices report

Support clients

• Enroll client SMEs in InvestHorizon activities

Broker deals • Meet investors • Find commercialisationroutes for technologies

Attend the events

Intermediaries Policy-makers

3

Develop initiatives

• Meet the Intermediaries Better practices report

Benchmark • Better Practices AwardWinners (Schemes and Tools)

• Indicators ‐ Performance of Policies&IR support measures

Relay tools & resources

• Online modules courses• Better practices report

Participate in MOOC

2

Access online resources

1

HOWHOW

www.investhorizon.eu

CALENDAR

Online courses

Online Courses

• Free online education– E‐learning (moodle)– Investment Readiness– Mechanics of Investment(across inv types )

• Topics – Business & management– Entrepreneurship– Industry & technologies– Equity investment

Investor sensitisation

• Investment awareness webinars– Investment Process– Types of investors and vehicles

– Investment trends (sectors)

– Potential emerging technologies

Academies

• 57 Academies• Across Europe• Across development stage

• Across sectors • Onsite tailored coaching• Interact with peers • Experienced coaches

Investment Readiness qualification

Selection criteria

Business potential 

Team experience 

Product merit 

Competitive position 

Investment /partnering interest 

Project profile quality 

• Free online tailored feed‐back from Investor & Industry experts 

• Relative rating (compared to the other InvestHorizoncomps)

• How to improve Investment Readiness. 

Investment Forums

• 22 Investment Forums • Across Europe• Across Sector• Meet & Pitch to the right investors

• International exposure• Active Investors (BAs, VCs, CVCs)

Impact

Awareness

Knowledge & training

Coaching & Benchmarking

Facilitate Investment

•100 000 SMEs, intermediaries, investors and policy makers

• 3000 SMES • 200+ Investors

• 1000+ SMEs• 200+ coaches

• 450+ SMEs• 50 investments

Where we are

691 registered SMEs>500 SME apps. to events (Academies; Invest. Forum)10 recorded online courses (soon available on line)8 Coaching Academies& Clinics

– > 270 SMEs coached– Athens, Brussels, Lappeenranta, Dublin, Warsaw, 

Siegendorf, Lisbon, Eindhoven

4 Investment Forum Events– 95 Pitching companies– >90 Active Investors on site (BAs, VC, CVC)

Jan 2015 Nov 2015 Jun 2017