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WebinarOct 17, 2019
Funding forEuropean SMEs in Circular Economy
Welcome
Ramona LandgrafBLUMORPHO
Project Manager Venture
Ola SkalskaFundingbox Accelerator
Project Coordinator C-VoUCHER
o What is C-VoUCHER?
o Adopters Call
o Circularity Call
What is C-VoUCHER?
The first pan-European acceleration program with
circular economy focus
Coordination: FundingBox Accelerator
13 partners:6 regions (Denmark, Sweden, France, Poland, Romania and Spain),5 industry leaders and2 innovation experts
Contract with the European Commission no 777773
in the circular transformation
• 4.2M Euros for grants, designers + mentors services
• 2 Acceleration Programs + 2 Replication Programs
• 66 SMEs supported by March 2021
Circularity Program
Up to EUR 60k for technology
implementation
EUR 15k for circular business case
creation
Adopters Program
Up to 9 months of designer support
Up to 3 months of designer support
Up to 6 weeks of business mentors*
support
2 weeks of business mentors*
support
* Coaching in private and public funding opportunities
CommunityJoin us!
https://fundingbox.com/c/c-voucher
https://c-voucher.com/
@c-voucher
@cvoucherEU
@C_Voucher
Replication ProgramOpen Call for Adopters
EUR 15.000 for circular business case creation
Up to 3 months of designer support
2 weeks of business mentors support on private and public funding opportunities
3-month Replication Program
Eligibility criteria
Types of Beneficiaries: SMEs• Headcount in Annual Work Unit
(AWU) less than 250;
• Annual turnover less or equal to million OR annual balance sheet total less or equal to
Definition from:
http://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/business-friendly-environment/sme-definition_en
Countries: • Member States of the EU
• Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) linked to the Member States
• Countries Associated to Horizon 2020 (signed an agreement with the Union as identified in Article 7 of the Horizon 2020 Regulation): http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/hi/3cpart /h2020-hi-list-ac_en.pdf
Eligibility criteria
Circular Solutions
in Agrofood, Blue Growth, Health, Manufacturing, Textile
Circular Building Blocks: • Industrial Symbiosis
• Material Resource Efficiency
• Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency
• Biological Product
• Product Life Cycle Extension
• Performance economy
• Sharing Economy
• Platform Economy
OR
www.c-voucher.com
Online tool: https://call-for-adopters.fundingbox.com/
Deadline: Oct 31, 2019 at 17:00 CET
Helpdesk: [email protected]
Application
Application: Supporting Documents
Application: Form
Sco
red
Mid Dec2019
Early Jan
2020 Mid Feb
2020
End Feb
2020
End March 2020
TIMELINE
Outcomes
• Business case incl. Roadmap
• List of possible private investors
• List of public funding sources from regional to European level
Application & Evaluation Replication ProgramSubmit before Oct 31, 2019 17:00 CET
Evaluation in November
Communication mid-December 2019
Kick-off Webinar mid-December 2019
Up to 3 months (Jan March 2020)
Dedicated designer
Business Case Development
Business Mentors
Information on further private & public financial support
Circularity Call
Total support of up to
Up to
Designer-in-Residence (up to 9 months of dedicated support)
Business mentors (coaching on further private and public funding)
2 months
Circular Solution Pre-DefinitionInvestment Plan
• Identification of needs and individual business challenges
• Selection of optimum technology
Circular Solution Execution
• Matchmaking with technology supplier (voucher contract
• Implementation of solution + validation
Business Mentors support
• Private and public financial support -coaching
7 months
3 months
The application process
Online tool: https://smes-open-call.fundingbox.com/Deadline: Dec 31, 2019Helpdesk: [email protected]
Eligibility criteria
SMEs definition from http://ec.europa.eu/growth/smes/business-friendly-environment/smedefinition_en• Headcount in Annual Work Unit (AWU) less than 250;• Annual turnover less or equal to
equal to
Countries: • Member States of the EU• Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) linked to the Member States • Countries Associated to Horizon 2020 (signed an agreement with the Union as
identified in Article 7 of the Horizon 2020 Regulation): http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/data/ref/h2020/grants_manual/hi/3cpart /h2020-hi-list-ac_en.pdf
Eligibility criteria
SectorsHealth, Blue Growth, Textile, Agri-Food and Manufacturing
ChallengesAs identified by C-Voucher OR any other applicable to the projecthttps://smes-open-call.fundingbox.com/
Eligibility criteria
Prioritized technologieshttps://smes-open-call.fundingbox.com/
Application Acceleration Program
Submit before Dec 31, 2019
Evaluation in January
Shortlisted invited to Bootcamp
Bootcamp March 3-5, 2020 in Paris
All costs paid up to 2k/SME
Up to 9 months (Mar Nov 2020)
Dedicated designer
Technology implementation
Business mentors
Coaching in further financial support
the difference again?
Replication Program
• 3-month program starting in January 2020
• 15k EUR lumpsum for creation ofBusiness Case and Roadmap
• Support by Designer up to 3 months
• Support by Business Mentors in identifying private & public fundingopportunities
Circularity Program
• 9-month program starting in March 2020
• 60k EUR voucher for technologyimplementation
• Support by Designer up to 9 months
• Support by Business Mentors in accessing to private & public funding opportunities
Where to access information
General information:
www.c-voucher.com
Questions?
Replication Program:Deadline 31 Oct 2019, 5pm CET
https://call-for-adopters.fundingbox.com
Circularity Program:Deadline 31 Dec 2019, 5pm CET
https://smes-open-call.fundingbox.com
Many thanks for your participation
Ramona LandgrafBLUMORPHO
Project Manager Venture
Ola SkalskaFundingbox Accelerator
Project Coordinator C-VoUCHER
