EurA AG is an innovation consulting company experienced in providing consultancy services to innovative startups and SMEs as well as to large companies. The international arm of EurA has over 6 years of experience in the management of large tenders and projects in Europe. EurA AG Group has physical presence in 14 locations in Europe, having offices in Germany, Portugal, Belgium and Bulgaria.
EIC Business Acceleration Services:
— Implemented the European Innovation Council’s Business Acceleration Services (EIC BAS)from 2017 until 2023, working in very close connection with the European Commission (EISMEA and the EIC).
— Experienced in the organisation of multiple stakeholders’ events, including matchmaking events, Corporate Days, hackathons, workshops, trainings, mentoring and coaching, peer-to-peer meetings and co-creation activities.
— Managed the EIC Community – communication aspects and content wise – from 2017 until 2023 and has also managed the relationship and matching of EIC-backed companies with leading EU Investors, Corporates, Procurers, among others.
Woman Leadership Programme (under EIC BAS):
— Supported women in innovation and tech by enhancing their skills through a journey of training sessions, networking events, personal mentoring and business coaching.
Bpifrance is the French public investment bank – French National Promotional Bank, Innovation Agency, Sovereign Fund and Export Credit Agency, highly active at the European level and well connected to the European financing industry. With a mandate deeply intertwined with the country's economic strategy, Bpifrance serves as a catalyst for progress across various sectors. Bpifrance assists businesses and finances them from the seed phase to transfer to stocks exchange listing through loans, guarantees and equity.
€67 billion invested in 2022:
— Bpifrance’s major activities include equity investment, innovation funding, more than € 67 billion invested in 2022 (with more than € 32 billion for international investment). Since 2015, Bpifrance accompanied more than 3500 companies.
Involvement in Europe-wide networks and projects:
— Deeply involved in several key European-wide networks, for example TAFTIE (European Network of Innovation Agencies), EVFIN (European Venture Fund Investors Network), NEFI (Network of European Financial Institutions for SMEs) and ELTI (European Long-Term Investors Association).
A shareholder of the European Investment Fund:
— A trustful partner of the European Commission, involved in programmes such as European Investor Gate, Access2EIC, ESIL, BAS, InvestHorizon, EIC ScalingUp, EEN2EIC, Enrich in Africa among others, which helped Bpifrance build a strong experience to facilitate the connection between companies and investors from very early stage to series B/C and beyond.
EuroQuity:
— Created the EuroQuity digital platform in 2008 in partnership with KfW. The platform has vastly expanded in Europe and Africa in the past few years as a result of the many European projects and initiatives in which they had the opportunity to be involved.
Business Angels Europe (BAE) is the European Confederation of angel investing. BAE represents both the most developed national angel markets and many of the growing angel markets across Europe. BAE also brings together the most active Angel Networks through its BAE Club to provide a core community for exchange of investor knowledge, experience and connections. With the principle of subsidiarity as its core leading principle, BAE aims to add value and reinforce the role of the National Associations and Networks, acting as the voice of angel markets to ensure a supportive and efficient policy and operational framework for the growth of angel investment in Europe and supporting the exchange of experience and knowledge.
Expert in the development of angel investing ecosystems:
— Extensive experience in the development of angel investing ecosystems in countries where the market is yet underdeveloped.
— Dedicates substantial resources to support startups to scaleups growth across Europe by connecting them to relevant angel groups and networks and enabling them to interface with internationally minded groups and networks.
— Works with a wide range of partners operating across the Investment supply chain, including VC, PE, Banks and wider financial institutions.
Key player in gender-conscious investing:
— Developed a competitive advantage on the topic of Gender focused investing, under the leadership of their Board Director VP for Diversity, Jenny Tooth, OBE and supported by highly experienced women Board members who are leading on a range of Gender focused initiatives across Europe at both National and Regional level.
— Developed a European Women Leaders Task Force, bringing together 23 experienced women Angel Leaders from across a wide number of European countries both in the more developed and less developed member states. BAE has developed many resources and a strong knowledge base it can leverage when boosting women angel investing in Europe.
— Involved in both leading and partnering in several European Funded projects to support gender-conscious initiatives including: WA4E - Women Business Angels for Europe's Entrepreneurs; WeGate, EmpoWomen, Women Backing Women, among others.
