Deliverable 5.3: Brokerage, B2B and funding matchmaking activities · 2019. 6. 5. · (2) Business cooperation, partnership, testing, joint venture, etc. (3) Two companies account

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Deliverable 5.3: Brokerage, B2B and funding matchmaking activities

IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL – UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA

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Grant Agreement Number: 691473

Project acronym: ACTTiVAte

Project full title: PAn-European Clusters for Technology Transfer and new VAlue chains

Deliverable number: 5.3

Deliverable responsible: IESE Business School

Workpackage: WP5

Editor: IESE Business School

Author(s) – in alphabetical order

Name Organisation E-mail

Amparo San José IESE Business School asanjosé@iese.edu

Juan Luis Segurado IESE Business School [email protected]

Document Revision History

Version Date Modifications Introduced

Modification Reason Modified by

V.1 04 April 2019 To incorporate additional input from and review of PO involved

Juan Luis Segurado

V.2 08 April 2019 To remove / modify sensible information/data due to data protection / confidentiality requirements

Juan Luis Segurado

V.3 08-04-2019 To ensure public publication of the deliverable, some company-specific, sensitive information was described more general

J.P. Kardolus (OOST)

V4 12-04-2019 Quality assurance approval Basilio Fernandez

VF 16-04-2019 Final Approval Eugenio Fontan

Abstract

The present document reports the B2B and brokerage interface and fund-matching activities and events that either have been implemented or enabled by ACTTiVAte cluster partners from May 2018 to March 2019 to help grant recipients to increase their communicative impact, value network and business development opportunities when engaging with technology, market, and funding environments.

This report has been prepared by WP5 leader (IESE Business School) with the collaboration of all consortium cluster partners concerned.

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Contents

1 General overview of the B2B, brokerage and funding matchmaking activities/events

2 Deployment of events and activities organized/promoted by ACTTiVAte cluster partners 2.1 Event: Co-located activity in the Health Valley Event - Nijmegen, NL, March 2018

2.1.1 Overview of the event 2.1.2 Summary of the funded SMEs’ participation in the event

2.2 Event: Co-located Activity in Agri Food Tech 2018 - Den Bosch, Netherland, December 2018 2.2.1 Overview of the event 2.2.2 Additional Notes about some of the participating companies or (other) portfolio companies

2.3 Event: Co-located with AMPT 2018 conference – DCU, Dublin, September 2018 2.3.1 Overview of the event

2.4 Event: Co-located in EIT Health Info Day, Granada, Spain, January 2019 2.4.1 Overview of the event 2.4.2 Additional notes about some of the participating companies

2.5 Event: B2B/Brokerage event on cross-sectoral technology transfer to/from the aerospace sector, Madrid, Spain, February 2019

2.5.1 Overview of the event 2.5.2 Additional notes about some of the participating companies

2.6 Event: Innovation through cross-sectoral technology transfer in #Health and #Agrofood, Porto, Portugal, March 2019

2.6.1 Overview of the event 2.6.2 Summary of the participating funded SMEs in the event 2.6.3 Additional notes about some of the participating companies

2.7 Summary of ACTTiVAte funded SMEs’ participation in other B2B/brokerage events

3 Forthcoming B2B/brokerage events promoted/proposed by the cluster partners

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1 GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE B2B, BROKERAGE AND

FUNDING MATCHMAKING ACTIVITIES/EVENTS

The purpose of the hereafter reported Task 5.1 (Organization of brokerage, B2B and funding matchmaking activities) was to organize and/or enable discretional matchmaking activities at a brokerage, B2B and funding level in the defined ACTTiVAte’s countries so as to help ACTTiVAte’s funded SMEs increase their interface and matching opportunities with established companies, industry leaders, potential customers and partners and funding providers that operate within the cluster/regional ecosystems involved.

The present document outlines the deployment of the activities and events that have been carried out and/or facilitated as well as the resulting outcomes of such activities. The reported deployment of activities within Task 5.1 covers the period from May 2018 to March 2019, including a description of planned relevant activities and events until May 2019.

Over this reporting period, the cluster partners have organized, implemented and/or promoted, directly or indirectly, a number of B2B and brokerage activities and events to help their portfolio projects to take advantage of B2B and brokerage opportunities, and gain ground in their paths to bring their technology/product to a successful cross-sectoral transfer and/or commercialization process.

Beyond this specific reported events and activities, ACTTiVAte funded SMEs also participated in many different other events, and received direct or indirect assistance by cluster partners for this purpose. In addition, an assignment of an additional budget of 2.000 euros per SME to cover travel expenses was granted to those interested SMEs to cover attendance expenses to selected B2B/brokerage events. To be eligible to apply for this specific aid, interested SMEs were to prepare and submit to their assigned Project Officer a one-page proposal (maximum length), including a description the selected event, including date and location; a description of the objectives to be accomplished by participating in the proposed event, and a description of the type of exposure to be reached/expected contacts to be made by the attendant representing the SME in the event. In addition, each beneficiary selected SME is to submit a Proof of Execution to the Project Officer concerned. This special attendance aid is still applicable to forthcoming B2B/brokerage events in April and May 2019, and particularly to the final ACTTiVAte Conference to be held in May 2019 in Spain.

A general overview of the B2B, brokerage and funding matchmaking activities/events in which the ACTTiVAte funded SMEs have participated over the period May 2018-March 2019 is summarized in the table below:

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General overview of B2B, brokerage and funding matchmaking activities/events

May 2018 - March 2019

Number of funded SMEs that have participated in at

least one event:

30

Number of events directly organized, co-located or

promoted by ACTTiVAte cluster partners

6

Number of other events that funded SMEs attended

with direct or indirect assistance by the cluster

partners

23

Median of contacts made per SMEs (1) 5

(Maximum (28) - Minimum: 1)

Number of companies that have reached some form

of a formal agreement (2) 5

Total number of potential cooperation / partnerships

agreements

21 (3)

(1) It includes SMEs that have made at least one contact. (2) Business cooperation, partnership, testing, joint venture, etc. (3) Two companies account for 37% and 52% of the total agreements reached respectively

Next section includes a summarized description of all the B2B, brokerage and funding matchmaking activities/events which the reported funded SMEs have been involved in over the reported period with direct or indirect support of the ACTTiVAte consortium.

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2 DEPLOYMENT OF EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

ORGANIZED/PROMOTED BY ACTTIVATE CLUSTER

PARTNERS

2.1 EVENT: CO-LOCATED ACTIVITY IN THE HEALTH VALLEY EVENT -

NIJMEGEN, NL, MARCH 2018

Organizer/Promoter: OOST

The OOST’ general approach to the implementation of B2B, brokerage and funding matchmaking activities for the benefit of ACTTiVAte funded SMEs have consisted in attaching (co-location) such activities to other larger events and activities. This permitted to attract a large and broader public to the different ACTTiVATe innovations. Most of the activities were done in cooperation with Dutch ACTTiVAte partners WUR & VEG. In addition, OOST put effort in the preparation of the SMEs to find finance and relevant networks.

2.1.1 OVERVIEW OF THE EVENT

ACTTiVAte cluster partner OOST organized a booth at the Health Valley Event in Nijmegen in March 2018. This event hosts over 1.000 participants from the health industry and health care institutes, including the participation of investors too.

Three Dutch health related SMEs from the ACTTiVAte program presented their projects / innovations at the so-called Living Lab. The projects (company name between brackets) that participated in the event are shown in the table below.

An OOST representative facilitated the individual matchmaking during the event.

2.1.2 SUMMARY OF THE FUNDED SMES’ PARTICIPATION IN THE EVENT

Event: Health Valley Event - Nijmegen, NL March 2018

Funded SME Organization / Cluster involvement

Number of

contacts

made

Notes / Cooperation and/or partnership

agreements or opportunities

BB (Totem Open Health)

Co-located. A stall promoted by OOST

n/a

ELISA (Sense Health)


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EYE SENSE (ID Labs)


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2.2 EVENT: CO-LOCATED ACTIVITY IN AGRI FOOD TECH 2018 - DEN

BOSCH, NETHERLAND, DECEMBER 2018

Organizer/Promoter: OOST / VEG / WUR


Three Dutch ACTTiVAte partners (OOST, VEG and WUR) jointly organized a booth at the specialized B2B event, Agri FoodTech 2018, held in Den Bosch (NL). All funded companies that were present during the 2-days event had an innovative display in the joint booth. The ACTTiVAte projects (company name between brackets) that participated in the event are shown below.


Number

of

contacts

made



ACAS (Anoxia), NL Co-located. A stall promoted by OOST/VEG/WUR

2

BUBBLEFOOT (Fine Bubble Technology) – Poland

Co-located - A stall promoted by OOST/VEG/WUR)

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DIMAEN, NL Co-located - A stall promoted by OOST/VEG/WUR)

5 Product showcase

NANOTECHFORFOOD (IXL), NL

Co-located - A stall promoted by OOST/VEG/WUR)

n/a Product showcase

VITULO PLUS (VKON) Co-located - A stall promoted by OOST/VEG/WUR)

5 1 (joint venture) Product showcase

All companies established multiple new contacts, including possible customers, cooperation partners, research institutes and/or large corporates like IBM, who also was an exhibitor at this conference.

The promoting ACTTiVAte partners in the event also attended the KATANA (Innosup Project) final presentation. As a result, new contacts were made with partners from this Innosup project to build future EU innovation consortia, and they also got to learn SMEs from the KATANA project.

2.2.2 ADDITIONAL NOTES ABOUT SOME OF THE PARTICIPATING COMPANIES OR

(OTHER) PORTFOLIO COMPANIES

OOST reports that it has provided assistance to one ACTTiVAte company in preparing a one-to-one meeting with RABObank to explore the chance of obtaining their subordinated innovation loan. To get the best business proposal, the project’s business canvas and business plan resources were particularly fine-tuned through intensive sessions including written feedback. Finally, the company successfully managed to get this innovation loan in December 2018.

The ACTTiVAte supported company VKON received assistance from its assigned ACTTiVATe mentor to apply for the SME instrument, and they got enough points above threshold. However, the EU budget was not large enough to grant them.

In relation to matching outcomes at the B2B level, OOST also reports that a joint venture has been developed between VKON and another company to jointly bring the innovation to market. The resulting agreement is a joint venture between the above mentioned VKON company, a company from the application sector (agriculture / animal farming), and an ICT / sensor specialized

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company, from which the technology was transferred (FACTIC BV). The new joint venture is called Animeasure BV. The new JV company managed to establish a testing project for their innovative product, and they got additional regional funding after the ACTTiVAte project to conduct this user-test at a large farm. Wageningen University researchers are involved in the testing.

In the same period, another company from The Netherlands – ANOXIA - managed to establish first sales of one of their product lines, e.g. with an order from one of the largest pig slaughter organizations in Holland: they request all their organic farm suppliers to use the product to enhance the production system. In addition, the feasibility of new product lines is currently under review.

VEG also reports active B2B and brokerage activity in the Agri Food Tech 2018 event by the VKON Company including contacts with large corporates (to implement their ICT data instrument in the VKON innovation), SMEs & universities and applied universities to conduct additional research.

DIMAEN. VEG reports an intense B2B match-making activity by FlowSelect, a spin-out from Dimaen BV, at the Agri Food Tech 2018 event, where the company managed to make five important B2B contacts described below:

• Contact with an interesting Greek company which produces super foods and have problems with phosphate excess.

• Contact with a Dutch equipment company that can offer specialized mechanical solutions to FlowSelect.

• Contact with one of the innovation brokers of TKI Agro-Food – the triple helix organization at Dutch national level; this offers a good market contact to get in connection with companies that can become customers.

• Business contact to explore possibilities for phosphate regeneration in vertical city farming.

• Contact with a European Patent Attorney in relation to filing a patent.

BUBBLEFOOT (Fine Bubble Technology- Poland). ACTTiVAte cluster partner Technology Partners (TP), from Poland, provided assistance to the company to attend the co-located ACTTiVAte event in Agri Food Tech 2018. The company reports a very intensive B2B, brokerage and networking activity during its participation in the event which lead to in total 18 new contact, varying from various companies (both Dutch and foreign like Greece and Greece), research organizations and labs, industrial networks, investors, a patent attorney, a crowdfunding platform and Wageningen agro-food startup incubator StartLife.

The company reports that 8 out of these 18 contacts have at least some potential for future co-operation, and it gives credit to the visit a as a very fruitful exposure.

NOLDUS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BV (PROJECT DLH). OOST reports that the innovation developed by Noldus Information Technology BV (Project DLH), which developed an ICT innovation for the Health sector, was promoted at a large, specialized clinic (St. Maartenskliniek ) for revalidation in the Netherlands. During three weeks, their product was shown and tested at the entrance hall of this clinic. See https://www.maartenskliniek.nl/nieuws/ritje-maken-in-het-drivelab. The test was performed with regional applied university HAN. This company is also reported to have attended the Dutch e-Health Week 2019, Nijmegen Netherlands, January 2019, with OOST being involved in pre-test before the event.

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2.3 EVENT: CO-LOCATED WITH AMPT 2018 CONFERENCE – DCU,

DUBLIN, SEPTEMBER 2018

Organizer/Promoter: DCU


Event was co-located with AMPT conference, so attendees were from a wide range of backgrounds. Total attendance: 24

Session 1 had an overview from academic partners and collaborators, along with an overview of business supports (both Irish and European) from speakers from Enterprise Ireland. Session 2 was the ACTTiVAte SME Showcase with 15 minute presentations from each ACTTiVAte funded SME.

This was followed by a fruitful discussion on SME supports both in ACTTiVAte and elsewhere. Systems Prototyping had their prototype on demonstration with a large amount of interest after the talks were over.

Three ACTTiVAte projects (company name between brackets) attended the event:


Number of

contacts

made



BRAVE (Systemprototyping)

Co-located. Promoted by DCU 3

CAST (ENBIO Ltd) Co-located - Promoted by DCU n/a

CLOVER Biosoft Co-located - Promoted by DCU 3

Total attendance was 24 delegates representing the following companies/organizations: McDonnell Bookkeeping Services University of London Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Dublin City University 2Pi Design Supméca Paris Cutting Edge Solutions

Ramaiah Institute of Technology I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Centre Enterprise Ireland Anghelos Centre on Communication Studies Manipal Institute of Technology Particular Sciences

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2.4 EVENT: CO-LOCATED IN EIT HEALTH INFO DAY, GRANADA, SPAIN,

JANUARY 2019

Organizer / Promoter: PTS


EIT Health is a pan-European Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) financed through the EIT and its partners. With its headquarters in Munich, the consortium encompasses industrial and academic partners together with healthcare providers from throughout Europe.

EIT Health is organized into six regional co-location centres (CLCs) in London (UK-Ireland), Stockholm (Scandinavia), Barcelona (Spain), Paris (France), Heidelberg (Germany) and Rotterdam (Belgium-Netherlands).

EIT Health aims to accelerate entrepreneurship and innovation in healthy living and active ageing, providing Europe´s top talents with new opportunities and resources. The consortium will focus its activities on three major areas: Innovation projects, education and business creation.

On January 21th it was organized in Granada an EIT-Health infoday in collaboration with, and at the premises of the Health Technology Park Foundation .

The agenda included two dissemination sessions about the EIT Health and ACTTiVAte open call respectively, presentation sessions, and B2B scheduled meetings for the presenting ACTTiVAte funded companies to engage with potential investors and other companies in attendance.

Five active ACTTiVAte funded companies participated the event and had meetings with important investors and corporates (see table below).


Number of

contacts

made



CLOVER Biosoft Colocated. Organized by PTS/EIT Health.

7

GENEHEALTH (DNActive)

Colocated. Organized by PTS/EIT Health.

6

MASTITUBE (Destina Genomics)


8

mDURANCE Colocated. Organized by PTS/EIT Health.

7

WATCHDOG (IPT Safety SP)


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Other companies and organizations in attendance were:

Abbot, BRICAM Genyo Hospital San Cecilio IIDF

IBS Granada Invercaria LentiStem Renta 4 Soprea

PTS reports that all companies took advantage of a specific meeting agenda with the mentioned organizations which was prepared on a match-making basis.

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2.4.2 ADDITIONAL NOTES ABOUT SOME OF THE PARTICIPATING COMPANIES

WATCHDOG (IPT Safety SP). ACTTiVAte cluster partner Technology Partners (TP) provided assistance for this company’s presence in the event. TP reports that the purpose of the trip was to explore new business and finance opportunities within the framework of the EU, and, particularly, benefitting from the EIT Health mechanism.

During the Info Day, the CEO from IPT Safety SP had the chance to present the work done under the ACTTiVATe project, along with other beneficiaries from the call. The pitch attracted quite an important amount of attention, which was reflected in the number of relevant contacts made.

In particular, Dr. Lourdes Nuñez-Muller, Head of Knowledge Transfer of the PTS Foundation, showed a particular interest and a strong willingness to support IPT Safety’s innovative initiatives. The PTS, in Granada, is the most relevant technological park in southern Spain in the field of health, biomed and pharmaceutical industries. The potential support points to a clear direction for expanding business opportunities were Dr. Nuñez-Muller proved it is feasible and attractive to explore a process of internationalization.

Besides the remarkable support from the PTS Foundation, IPT Safety attracted the interest from the EIT Health manager as well as from other companies and investors attending the event such as Destina Genomics, Genyo, RentA4, Invercaria and IBS Granada

Hence, the outcome of the trip turned out to be quite positive, confirming the real interest in the technology presented and potentially opening new future lines.

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2.5 EVENT: B2B/BROKERAGE EVENT ON CROSS-SECTORAL

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TO/FROM THE AEROSPACE SECTOR,

MADRID, SPAIN, FEBRUARY 2019

Organizer/Promoter: MAC


ACTTiVAte cluster partner Madrid Aerospace Cluster (MAC) organized a special B2B and brokerage event addressed to ACTTiVAte’s portfolio companies. The event took place at IESE Business School campus in Madrid. on the 21st of February 2019.

The opening sessions of the day included an overview of the different actors within the region that the funded SMEs should be aware of. There were presentations from the Madrid Region administration, Accenture, the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI), and Knowledge Innovation Market (European Space Agency Broker). A roundtable session with the presenters and Q&A followed the opening presentations.

The next section of the program included the presentations of the ACTTiVAte funded SMEs in attendance followed by Q&A. The ACTTiVAte projects (company name between brackets) that participated in the event are shown below (see table).


Number of

contacts

made



AR-SHM (Critical Materials)

ACTTiVAte event. Organized by MAC. SME Presence assisted by INEGI

2

ECHO (Aerosertec) ACTTiVAte event. Organized by MAC

4

FARSIGHTS (Skansense)

ACTTiVAte event. Organized by MAC

1

GENIO (Geko Navsat)

ACTTiVAte event. Organized by MAC

1

PAMIS (CITD) ACTTiVAte event. Organized by MAC

8

PETRA (Sertec) ACTTiVAte event. Organized by MAC

4

The B2B meeting section of the program took place immediately after the presentation session with each participating SME in an assigned working room to receive the scheduled visitors. One of the participants (Critical Materials from Portugal) brought a prototype to the event (see notes below). More information on the event can be found through this link.

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Other companies/organisations in attendance were: Accenture Adatica Engineering Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI) Effectual Insights ESA BIC Madrid Region IMDEA Energía Industrial Development Agency JSC (Poland) Innogate to Europe Knowledge Innovation Market Land, Water and Dams

Lidax Madrid Regional Government Madrid Space PNO Innovation Tebis Tente Ruedas The Reuse Company ULMA Embedded solutions Carlos III University of Madrid Zabala Innovation Consulting


AR-SHM (Critical Materials). The company presented to the audience the AR-SHM- Augmented Reality framework for exploitation of Structural Health Monitoring system information market, and brought a prototype of the AR.SHM project that allowed a live demonstration of the advantages that an augmented reality framework can bring to this market. The company reports interaction with two relevant contacts to disseminate their technologies.

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2.6 EVENT: INNOVATION THROUGH CROSS-SECTORAL TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER IN #HEALTH AND #AGROFOOD, PORTO, PORTUGAL,

MARCH 2019

Organizer/Promoter: INEGI, Portugal


INEGI organized a B2B and brokerage event on the 8th of March 2019 in Oporto to promote meetings, networking and funding matchmaking activities between funding institutions, large corporations and other stakeholders, on one side, and ACTTiVAte SMEs in the Agrofood and Health Sector on the other side.

The event was part of the Portuguese involvement in the ACTTiVAte project where several Portuguese SMEs and other ACTTiVAte SME that have received funding to execute technology transfer projects presented their progress and results to the audience.

The objectives of this special event were: i) give visibility to the results of the ACTTiVAte consortium within the Health and Agrofood sectors; ii) disseminate the main results of the ACTTiVAte funded projects; iii) reinforce the relations between the ACTTiVAte SMEs in the targeted Health and Agrofood sectors; iv) promote networking between the different players in these sectors; and v) present different funding opportunities for SMEs.

ACTTiVAte funded projects attending and presenting in the event were:

• BloC@ST (Inovamais)

• BUBBLEFOOT (Fine Bubble Technology)

• COOLPET (HealthSense)

• ESCAPE (IncreaseTime)

• FAST-vet (FASTINOV)

• NETPATHOLOGY (BMD Software )

• QSTAMP (Mater Dynamics)

• S2S (BestHealth4U)

• VITULO PLUS (VKON)

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103 people were registered for the event of which 85 actually participated, representing forty companies/organizations from a wide range of backgrounds, including ACTTiVAte partners:

ANI/GPPQ Agrocluster Ribatejo- Portugal APP Advanced Products Portugal, Lda. Câmara da Maia CCG CeNTI - Centre for Nanotechnology and Smart Materials CIBIO Clarke, Modet & Co. Efacec F. Iniciativas FEUP Fórum Oceano Fraunhofer Portugal Frulact Gabinete de Apoio ao Investidor- Câmara Municipal Matosinhos Health Cluster Portugal Healthysystems Lda Hopecare ID Consortium IESE

Incubadora de Empresas de Tondela INEGI INESC TEC IPATIMUP/I3S Grupo José Mello Saúde Lactogal SA MAC – Madrid Aerospace Cluster Marta Ferraz Design MedicisForma - Segurança e Saúde no Trabalho Município de Tondela Município de Vila Nova de Famalicão Notefix Digital Br Oost NL PortugalFoods PROMPTLY Q4I CONSULTING SGCR Lda Universidade de Coimbra University of Porto Innovation VIRTUSAI LDA. Wageningen University

The agenda of the day was structured into 5 main sessions including content, roundtable, presentation and match-making and networking sessions.

Session 1 had a global overview of the ACTTiVAte project, and Session 2 was dedicated to the ACTTiVAte SME project Showcase with 10-minute presentations.

During lunch time, a fruitful discussion on SME support schemes in both ACTTiVAte and elsewhere followed before moving to Session 3 which featured a roundtable to discuss the whys and how SMEs should collaborate with large corporations when promoting their innovations.

Next session, Session 4, included the presentation of the project MDevNet (National Network for Knowledge Transfer on Medical Devices), finally Session 5 was focused on existing financing mechanism for innovative SMEs via both public and private funding mechanisms like venture capital, business angels and corporate venture capital

During the event the participating SMEs had a stand to showcase their project and prototypes. In addition, B2B break-outs were arranged to host 52 short meeting (20 minutes) with the different attendees. 17 of the meetings had the presence of the ACTTiVAte SMEs, and 11 meetings had the participation of the ACTTiVAte partners.

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2.6.2 SUMMARY OF THE PARTICIPATING FUNDED SMES IN THE EVENT

Funded SME Organization / Cluster involvement Number of

contacts made



BloC@ST (Inovamais)

ACTTiVAte event. Organized by INEGI - SME presence assisted by OOST/ VEG

3 Product showcase

BUBBLEFOOT (Fine Bubble Technology)

ACTTiVAte event. Organized by INEGI - SME presence assisted by TP

n/a n/a

COOLPET (HealthSense)

ACTTiVAte event. Organized by INEGI - SME presence assisted by TP

3 1 possible cooperation agreement with J&J Innovation.

ESCAPE (IncreaseTime)

ACTTiVAte event. Organized by INEGI 2 Product showcase

FAST-vet (FASTINOV)


NETPATHOLOGY (BMD Software )


QSTAMP (Mater Dynamics)

ACTTiVAte event. Organized by INEGI - SME presence assisted by Tecnova

5 Product showcase

S2S (BestHealth4U) ACTTiVAte event. Organized by INEGI 5 Product showcase - Prototype achieved at TR6 on its own

VITULO PLUS (VKON)

ACTTiVAte event. Organized by INEGI - SME presence assisted by VEG

3 Product showcase


BloC@ST (Inovamais). The company reports contacts with one research institution, and some other SMEs to further develop their innovation and meet specific market requirements.

ESCAPE (IncreaseTime). The company reports contacts with research institutes for the protection of the IP and further development of the innovation.

FAST-vet (FASTINOV). The company reports contacts with other SMEs and a large corporation with the objective of taking the innovation to the market. VITULO PLUS (VKON COMPANY). ACTTiVAte cluster partner VEG provided assistance for this company's attendance to the event. VEG reports that the company was able to manage three relevant contacts described below:

• Contact with another ACTTiVAte funded SME to discuss further applications of their technology

• Contact with another ACTTiVAte funded SME, for a follow up to test the innovation by VKON veterinarians

• Contact with another start-up company in the agri-food, for a follow up to test the innovation by VKON veterinarians

COOLPET (HEALTHSENSE). ACTTiVAte cluster partner Technology Partners (TP) provided assistance for this company attendance to the event. The company reports relevant B2B contacts

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with a large corporation and another ACTTiVAte funded SMEs to discuss possible cooperation agreements.

S2S (BestHealth4U). The company reports relevant contacts with more than 20 research institutes, clusters, SMEs and large corporations for both the possible extension of their technology and the possible introduction in the market.

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2.7 SUMMARY OF ACTTIVATE FUNDED SMES’ PARTICIPATION IN OTHER B2B/BROKERAGE EVENTS

Beyond the reported specific events, ACTTiVAte funded SMEs also participated in different other B2B and brokerage events. SMEs’ active participation in the events was directly or indirectly promoted and/or assisted by cluster partners, including an assignment of an additional budget of 2.000 euros per SME to cover travel expenses. An overview of the events and activities reported by cluster partners follows.

Funded SME Event name Organization / Cluster involvement Location Date Number of

contacts made

Cooperation / partnership agreements /

Opportunities BIOCOVET Air (BIOCOVET Veterinary Health & Science SL)

VIII Annual Conference - AVEE - Spain

AVEE, Spain Cordoba, Spain March 2019 3

BIOCOVET Air (BIOCOVET Veterinary Health & Science SL)

Al Shaqab Equine Veterinary Medical Center (EVMC)

Qatar Foundation Doha, Qatar March 2019 3 1

CLOVER Biosoft BIOSPAIN 2018 National Association of Bioindustries. Presence assisted

Sevilla, Spain September 2018 n/a

GENEHEALTH (DNActive)

34th National Congress of the Spanish Society of Aesthetic Medicine (SEME),

Spanish Society of Aesthetic Medicine. Presence promoted/assisted by PTS Granada

Malaga, Spain February 2019. n/a


Redifining Early Stage Investments (RESI) Conference

Life Science Nation. Presence promoted/assisted by PTS Granada

Vienna, Austria February 2019 n/a


BIOSPAIN 2018 National Association of Bioindustries. Presence assisted

Sevilla, Spain September 2018 n/a


ArabHealth 2018 Informa PLC. Presence assisted/promoted by INEGI

Dubai January-February 2018

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eHealthsummit 2019, Lisbon Portuguese Health Ministry ad other partners (SNS y SPMS). Presence assisted/promoted by INEGI

Lisbon, Portugal March 2018 n/a


Health Innovation 2018 Healthcare City. Presence promoted/assisted by INEGI

Lisbon, Portugal October 2018 n/a

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contacts made


Opportunities NETPATHOLOGY (BMD Software )

MEDICA 2018 Messe Düsseldorf - MED. Presence promoted/assisted by INEGI

Dusseldorf, Germany

October 2018 8


WHS Regional Meeting World Health Summit. Presence promoted/assisted by INEGI

Coimbra, Portugal April 2018 n/a

OLEOSENSE (UTW) Agroexpo Presence promoted/assisted by Tecnova

Don Benito, Badajoz

January 2018 28

OLEOSENSE (UTW) CONAMA Presence promoted/assisted by Tecnova

Madrid November 2018 5

OLEOSENSE (UTW) Feria Olivar en Montoro Presence promoted/assisted by Tecnova

Montoro, Córdoba May 2018 25

OLEOSENSE (UTW) FIMART Presence promoted/assisted by Tecnova

Córdoba October 2018 18

OLEOSENSE (UTW) Oleotec Presence promoted/assisted by Tecnova

Zaragoza February 2019 20

OLEOSENSE (UTW) South Summit Presence promoted/assisted by Tecnova

Madrid October 2018 6


2018 AdMaCom Demo Day - Innovation Network for Advanced Materials

Presence assisted/promoted by Tecnova

Berlin, Germany September 2018 5 2


Altice Kickoff Meeting with Partners Presence assisted/promoted by INEGI / Tecnova

Porto, Portugal October 2018 1 1


Global Innovation Summit 2018 Presence assisted/promoted by Tecnova

Chengdu, China December 2018 12 6

S2S (BestHealth4U) EIT Health EIT. Presence promoted/assisted Warzaw, Poland; Naples, Italy; Coimbra, Portugal

June 2018; July 2018; September 2018

2 Business cooperation

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contacts made


Opportunities S2S (BestHealth4U) Pioneers Vienna Pioneers.Presence assisted/promoted

by INEGI Vienna, Austria October 2018 2 Business

cooperation

S2S (BestHealth4U) Start Jerusalem State of Israel. Ministry of Foreign Affairs and others partners. Presence assisted/promoted by INEGI

Lisbon, Portugal October 2018 1 Business cooperation

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3 FORTHCOMING B2B/BROKERAGE EVENTS PROMOTED/PROPOSED BY THE CLUSTER PARTNERS

Matchmaking Business to Business (B2B) meetings are playing a crucial role in the ACTTiVAte project. They are not only a part of professional business services but also playing a significant role in the project´s sustainability. A description of series of forthcoming specific events reported by the consortium as a whole and cluster partners follows.

Within these prospects, a special remark is worth mentioning to the ACTTiVAte Final Conference to be held next May in Spain. The event is conceived as a culmination of three year´s hard work for the ACTTiVAte funded project, and it will be a unique opportunity for cross-sectoral cooperation and direct corporate engagement. The ACTTiVAte Final Conference is a joint initiative of the ACTTiVAte consortium addressed to 15 high potential ACTTiVAte SMEs, which are to be selected out of the top-50 funded SMEs.

Forthcoming events Organization / Cluster involvement Location Date

ACTTIVATE PROJECTS CONCERNED DIRECTED WWW.HOW2FINANCE.NL – 2 EVENTS COMING UP

Promoted by OOST March and April 2019

ACTTIVATE PRE-CONFERENCE AND WORKSHOP

Organized by OOST/VEG/WUR Wageningen May 15th 2019

F&A CONFERENCE Co-located - Organized by OOST/VEG/WUR

Wageningen May 15 & 16th. 2019

FINAL ACTTIVATE CONFERENCE Co-located - All ACTTiVAte partners Madrid May 2019

eHEALTH SUMMIT 2019, LISBON Portuguese Health Ministry and other partners (SNS y SPMS). SMEs' presence promoted/ assisted by INEGI

May 2019

Documents

Deliverable 5.3: Brokerage, B2B and funding matchmaking activities · 2019. 6. 5. · (2) Business cooperation, partnership, testing, joint venture, etc. (3) Two companies account