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Supporting European entrepreneursin creating successful companies
2nd December 2014
Philippe VANRIE - CEO
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• Overview of EBN
• Supports to Rural start – ups in the EBN
Network
• EBN Programmes & Initiatives –
opportunities for the Rural Accelerator
Programme
• SmartAgriFood Experience
Agenda
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• An international community of smart and
specialised organisations…
• …that connect and coach innovators,
entrepreneurs and SMEs…
• …to start, grow, and transform our
economies
What is EBN?
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Our Members
EBN Members are drawn from any ecosystem player who supports innovative entrepreneurs along the whole value chain
EBN has two membership categories:
• EU|BICs – certified and Innovation Centres
• Associates –who work in our ecosystem but do not wish to become a certified EU|BIC
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Our Network
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• Seasoned EU|BIC managers
• Experts in the establishment and operation of incubators, accelerators, clusters, entrepreneurship centres
• Professionals in economic development and innovation
• Consultants
• Creators of tools that enable better support
• Network partners
• Entrepreneurs
Our Community
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EBN, a services platform for business & innovation incub’/accel’/clust’/e’ship-centre/
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A complex, interacting, global, dense & wild (www) ecosystem
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An ecosystem in disruption
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Driven by new concepts, new methods
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With complex sociology & targetgroups
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With traditionnal players in vertuoustransformation
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Find your place on the planet-ecosystem!Positionning is the key
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A bio-bizz process, for All, alsofor rural innovation businesses
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Lessons from S3 (smart specialization strategy)
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Size matters !Critical mass or critic of the mass ?
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Focus on Economics !
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Differentiate yourself, cultivate thisYou are a champion in your segment !
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Understanding entrepreneurs’ needs
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Serving & exploiting grand societalchallenges, in a rural context too !
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The entrepreneur-innovator is the new hero, is at the core of modern economic& innovation policies
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A serious game with seriousplayers
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• Excellent innovative start ups are not only located
in large urban metropolitan areas
• Entrepreneurial innovation can pop up anywhere
even where the infrastructure is not
• Performing Centres are also located in medium
and small sized cities and rural territories
• Galway, Waterford, Mayenne, Limousin, Ain,
Namur, Altmark, Alentejo, Almeria, Murcia,
Basilicata, Ruse, …
EBN & it’s Rural BIC Membership
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South East BIC Profile
Region & Services
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Ireland - South East BIC Region
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Profile of South East BICRegion
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SEBIC Services
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EBN & Rural Accelerator Programme
Opportunities for Rural Accelerators
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EU|BIC Trademark
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• A unique “certification & benchmarking
system” for innovation-based incubators &
accelerators
• We deploy a professional quality and certification
system for incubators and accelerators, and the
only certification system recognised by the
European Union and other institutions such as
ESA
• We certify business support organisations
assuring quality standards are maintained, and
we offer benchmarking, training & peer-review
services
EU|BIC Certification
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• Recognised by the European Commission
• Be part of a peer-group of quality assured
support intermediaries
• Give reassurance to local/regional
stakeholders
• Give confidence to entrepreneurs and SMEs
Benefits of Certification
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• European Court of Auditors report: “Has the ERDF
successfully supported the development of
incubators?”
• “… too little attention had been paid to the
effectiveness of incubators’ business support
functions …”
• “… The effectiveness of the benchmarked EU|BIC
certified incubators … was much higher… and that
support offered to businesses beyond the scope of
physical incubation … had contributed to this high
start-up creation rate…”
ECA Report
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EBN International
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• An interacting international networking platform for
intermediaries and an international soft-landing
business platform for Start-ups, SMEs and
Entrepreneurs
• We offer cross-border and international connections
and B2B/Partnership opportunities to our members,
their customers, and partners
• We connect and we network our members together and
to their external environment through a series of high-
level events, conferences and workshops
International Hub
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International Hub
Home Country
Target CountryPlatform
Networking Hub
Identification oftrusted, certifiedpartner EU|BICs
Interaction, contacts
Contract
Study Tours
Smart Take-off
SME1
SME2
Market Intelligence
Training ToolsB2B Activities
Soft Landing
LogisticsFast-Track
NetworkingSpecialised
Support
SME1
SME2
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EBN Projects
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Projects Lab
• An exceptionally efficient “EU-funded
projects” collaborative laboratory
• We develop new proposals for the benefit of
our members on a series of strategic &
relevant matters
• We deliver projects and run a growing
portfolio of 30+ EC-funded projects in which
our members are the driving forces
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Projects Overview
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• FP7: 2014 – 2016 – smart apps and services for agriculture
• FP7: 2013 – 2016 –traditional foods –improving the transfer of knowledge
• H2020: 2015 – 2018 –agriculture, food, forestry, biotech and fish
Rural Economy Project Specific Portfolio
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• Horizon 2020 – FP7
• ACE – www.europeanace.eu
• Transition – www.transitionproject.eu
• Internationalisation
• Euromed@Change - ebnprojects.eu/euromed/
• CONNECT – www.eubrazilconnect.com
• Digital Economy
• Watify – ec.europa.eu/enterprise/dem/watify
• FI-PPP (SmartAgriFood, FrontierCities, Create-Fi) – www.fi-
ppp.eu
Programme Focus
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Sector Focus
Green Economy
Bio Economy
Manufacturing
Transport and Mobility
Creative Industries
ICT
Social Innovation
Core Sectors
Cross-Cutting Sectors
Early-Stage Funding
Internationalisation
Education / Training
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• One of 3 FI – PPP Accelerator Programmes in which EBN is a partner
• A growth area with real potential
• Our challenge to applicants is to produce proposals
that will provide smart solutions for specific farm
operations or farm management activities. Projects
may develop and implement new solutions or modify
existing solutions towards use within the Future
Internet framework
• €4m in funding for ICT SME’s and web entrepreneurs
SmartAgriFood
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• SmartAgriFood call ran 15 September - 15 November
• 3 member BIC’s also partners – Toulon Var Technologies,
SEBIC and BIC Euronova
• 138 applications are now being evaluated
• Results in January 2015 – we expect to fund 45 – 50 projects
• 3 phase support to SME’s –
• Phase 1 - Prototype development
• Phase 2 – End User Trials
• Phase 3 – Business Development – market ready
SmartAgriFood Call
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• Majority of applicants are new start up’s –individuals bringing together different areas of expertise. e,g Farmer collaborating with ICT professional to produce an app for real time monitoring of livestock remotely.
• Another new start up seeking to develop an app for silo storage – for animal feed manufacturer’s can monitor levels of feed; for the farmer greater reliability – won’t run out of feed
• Young pharmaceutical business (2012) – core business is animal health.
Applicant Profiles – Ireland
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• More mature market than Ireland
• Young ICT SME’s with small number of employees – specialising in precision farming
• Catalonian SME – an app to remotely weigh livestock – manage feed and water consumption; identify sick animals & optimum slaughtering times
• Andalucian SME – established 2008 with 17 employees, now developing an online irrigation management system for olive growers
Applicant Profiles - Spain
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• More structured - some applicant SME’s are backed by or have developed out of research projects with universities, large companies etc. – example includes developing a farmer contractor information exchange platform
• Others are experienced SME’s >20 years in business with track record of app development – collaborating with major agri company to develop a smart chemical integration for sprayers
Applicant Profile - Netherlands
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• French ICT SME – design and development of
web based applications for collaborative
supply chain management – proposal targets
farmers and the agri food industry to manage
sample analysis from “farm to fork”
• Collaborative partnership with 4 French SME
& a Dutch partner to create a Soil
Performance Diagnostic.
Applicant Profile - France
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• Applications: Livestock Management,
environmental tracking & monitoring, crop
monitoring, disease control, efficient farming
etc.
• Applications concentrated from countries with
major agriculture focus: Spain, Ireland, Greece,
Netherlands.
• Applications from 21 of the EU 28 countries
received
Analysis of Call
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• Supports to the SME’s will be vital in ensuring success
• Project consortium has strong mix of ICT (FIWARE), agriculture and
business oriented partners all providing hands on mentoring and
advice at each stage – Wageningen Reseach Centre – NL,
InnovationsFonden (agriculture & ICT Institute) – DK, Aarhus
University – DK, Poznan Supercomputing & Networking Centre –
PL; Poznan University of Life Sciences – PL, SEBIC – IE, BIC Euronova
– ES and TVT – FR; EBN - BE
• Phase One: Prototype Development €40,000
• Phase Two: User Trials €40,000
• Phase Three: Business Development €20,000
Next Phases
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• Competitive process the whole way: 50 - 40 -
30 projects
• EBN Network and the participating BIC’s in
particular offer: business planning, investor
readiness training, pitch presentation skills,
incubation sites & services, tailored mentoring
and networking opportunities.
Next Phases
