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New Horizons for Small Businesses July 5, 2015 FreeMind Group, LLC
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New Horizons for Small
Businesses
July 5, 2015 FreeMind Group, LLC
About FreeMind
The largest international consulting firm, specializes in non-dilutive funding
Optimizing non-dilutive funding potential
Est. 1999
40 Fulltime Employees
Diverse client base: Key industry players from small start ups to large corporations in various technological fields
Extensive experience in submitting and winning large scale projects
Over $1.5B in cumulative awards
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Horizon2020
- European Framework Programme for 2014-2020
- 79 Billion Euro total available funding for research and innovation
- Goals –
- Responding to economic crisis
- Enhancing people livelihood, safety and environment
- Strengthening the EU’s global position in research, innovation, and technology
- Societal Challenges – Health, aging population, transport energy efficiency,…
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Participating Countries
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Horizon2020 Structure
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Consortiums under Horizon 2020
- Most funding go to consortiums (minimum 3 independent participants from 3 different states
- In past FPs – consortiums only
- Horizon2020 – For the first time support in applications of a single entity
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SME Instrument
- 13 Broad topics
- Continuously open call with 4 cut-off dates per year
- 18/3/2015 ; 17/6/2015 ; 17/9/2015 ; 16/12/2015
- 3 Billion Euros over 2014-2020
- Open only to SMEs (single or more)
- Combination of demonstration activities (testing, prototyping,…), market replication encouraging the involvement of end users or potential clients, and research
- 70% reimbursement for all fields except for 100% in Diagnostics
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SME Definition
"SME" stands for small and medium-sized enterprises
The main factors
1. number of employees and
2. either turnover or balance sheet total.
Company category
Employees Turnover Or Balance
sheet total
Medium-sized
<250 ≤ € 50 m ≤ € 43 m
Small <50 ≤ € 10 m ≤ € 10 m
Micro <10 ≤ € 2 m ≤ € 2 m
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Instrument Phases
Horizon 2020 – SME Instrument
Supported Technological Fields:
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Nanotechnologies, advanced materials, advanced manufacturing/ processing
Biomarkers and diagnostic medical devices
Blue Growth
Space
Mobile e-government
SME Business Model Innovation
Eco–innovative food production/ processing
Eco-innovative supply of raw materials
Biotechnology
Protection of Urban soft targets and critical infrastructure
ICT – open disruptive innovation
Innovation in transport
Low carbon energy
Technology Readiness Level
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TRL 1 – basic principles observed TRL 2 – technology concept formulated TRL 3 – experimental proof of concept TRL 4 – technology validated in lab TRL 5 – technology validated in relevant environment TRL 6 – technology demonstrated in relevant environment – - Requirement for SME Instrument TRL 7 – system prototype demonstration in operational environment TRL 8 – system complete and qualified TRL 9 – actual system proven in operational environment
Evaluation Criteria
1. Excellence 1. Clarity and pertinence of the objectives; 2. Credibility of the proposed approach; 3. Soundness of the concept 4. Extent that proposed work is ambitious, has innovation potential, and
is beyond the state of the art 2. Impact (X1.5 importance)
1. Enhancing innovation capacity and integration of new knowledge; 2. Meeting the needs of European and global markets 3. Environmental and socially important impacts; 4. Effectiveness of the proposed measures to exploit and disseminate the
project results (including IP) 3. Implementation
1. Coherence and effectiveness of the work plan, including appropriateness of the allocation of tasks and resources;
2. Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures, including risk and innovation management.
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Evaluation Process
• Eligibility check
• Allocation to 3-4 independent evaluators – mostly business
background
• Funding Threshold - 4 out of 5 in each criteria, 12 out of 15 to be
considered
• If applications above threshold > maximum funding budget for the
topic – score recalculated with Impact score X1.5, higher scores get
funded
• If equal scores – panel review
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Success Statistics
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• Success rates are very low and range from 6 to 10 per cent in phases one and two
• However, projects which do meet the quality threshold have a 50 per cent chance of success.
Cut-off dates Phase 2 Cut-off dates Phase 1
18/3/15 17/12/14 9/10/14 18/3/2015 17/12/14 24/9/14 18/6/14
614 629 580 1556 2363 1944 2666 No. of
proposal submitted
280 180 132 251 320 237 317 Above
threshold
42 74 60 161 259 178 155 Funded
6.8% 12% 10.5% 10% 11% 9% 6% % Funded
*15% 41% 45% 64%* 81% 75% 48.8% Funded above
threshold
Success Rate by Subject – Phase 1
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Success Rate by Subject – Phase 2
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Success Rate by Country - Phase 1
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Israel: 13 proposals funded out of 134 (9.7%)
Success Rate by Country - Phase 2
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Israel: 8 proposals funded out of 73 (11%)
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Phase 1 Israeli Beneficiaries
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Ein Vered Aqua Solutions Detergent-free process for dishwashers with cleaning and disinfecting properties
NanoTech
Canot Industrial Center, Gedera
Vulcan Automotive Industries Carbon Nano Materials Enabling High-Performance Lead Acid Batteries
NanoTech
ASHKELON ROTEC - REVERSE OSMOSIS TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Smart Pressure Vessel for water desalination with reverse osmosis membranes
Eco – Innovation Raw Materials
Kiryat Malachi Ooval High Technology, Energy and Water saving integrated hydraulic control valve for all purpose with 40% reduction in head losses
Eco – Innovation Raw Materials
caesarea Itamar Medical Improving the Management of Unexplained Chest-pain
Diagnostics
Ashkelon Oxitone Medical Ltd Monitoring Bracelet for Health Use Eco – Innovation Raw Materials
Tel Aviv WACnGO Electronic security for OIL/LPG tanks Critical Infrastructure
Kfar Blum Galcon Disruptive cloud-based irrigation controller to optimize water use efficiency in agriculture
ICT
HOLON MOBIUS A new generation car seat for babies Transport
Haifa Accellta Ltd. Accellta Market Study BioTech
En Harod Ihud Qnergy Thermoacoustic- based residential mCHP system Low Carbon Energy
Ashkelon SunBoost Ltd MAXIMISING SUNLIGHT RESOURCES FOR COST, ENERGY AND YIELD EFFICIENT GREENHOUSES
Low Carbon Energy
Bnei Brak SSG Synergy Solutions Ltd Smart Synchronous inverter for grid’s stability Low Carbon Energy
Phase 2 Israeli Beneficiaries
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Bnei Dror GILI OCEAN TECHNOLOGY LTD Open Ocean Fish farms Blue Growth
Tel Aviv SelfSafe ltd The e-wallet Fraud Detection ICT
TIRAT CARMEL MEMED
Clinical validation of host biomarker signature for distinguishing bacterial versus viral lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) in adults at the point-of-need
Diagnostic
Givatayim GridON Ltd.
Upgrading a commercially-available Fault Current Limiter to a more cost-effective device for enabling additional capacity and improving energy efficiency, by limiting destructive fault currents
Low Carbon Energy
Hod Hasharon ACE Applied Cognitive Engineering Ltd.
Brain Performance Enhancement Revolution - Advanced Cognitive Training System for Football Players
ICT
LOD NIC Personalized Wound Dressings Based on Nanofiber Mats
NanoTech
Tel Aviv PowerPlug Cloud Energy management solution for Office It equipment and Smart devices
Low Carbon Energy
Givat Shmuel Dyadic Dyadic Secures The Breach ICT
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Thank you!
Ishai Shamir
Senior Consultant and Manager of Consulting services +972-2-6799833 ext. 208 [email protected] www.freemind.co.il
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