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Private Equity and Venture Capital: key differences

The existing differences between venture capital and private equity mainly relate to the objectives set by the related funds. Venture Capital, in fact, was born as a subcategory of private equity. Private equity (PE) refers to all transactions carried out by institutional investors in companies that already have a consolidated history behind them and need financial partners to carry out… Continue reading Private Equity and Venture Capital: key differences

#AmazingProjects: let’s talk about “NTR Biosensor”

The idea behind NTR BIOSENSORS was born from a personal experience of the entrepreneurial team: new technologies to rehabilitate and reduce the danger of new post-trauma injuries.  An idea born from patients, for patients. NTR BIOSENSORS introduces dynamic load monitoring applied to the injured limb. Our aim is to avoid post-trauma injuries related to overloading… Continue reading #AmazingProjects: let’s talk about “NTR Biosensor”

#AmazingProjects: let’s talk about “Empath Design”

Andriotto Financial Services is very pleased to support Empath Design during their journey with the Horizon Europe programme! About the company: Empath Design Factory helps create mutually beneficial relationships between organizations and their customers.   They have created the first social identification code that brings together owners of the same product. Thanks to this innovation, it… Continue reading #AmazingProjects: let’s talk about “Empath Design”

Revised EIC: Investment Guidelines available (2022)

EIC Investment Guidelines have been updated to provide more clarity to applicants and to reflect recent changes in the management of the EIC Fund. It will remain in place until the end of 2022.   The new set of EIC Investment Guidelines provides information to applicants and selected companies, as well as to potential co-investors. It explains in detail the… Continue reading Revised EIC: Investment Guidelines available (2022)

EIC Greenhouse Gas Programme

  All EIC supported projects and companies get access to coaching, mentoring, partnering and other EIC Business Acceleration Services In addition to the coaching & training and access to corporates, investors and procurers, EIC-supported researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs have access to the EIC Greenhouse Gas (EIC GHG) programme. With the EIC GHG programme, part of… Continue reading EIC Greenhouse Gas Programme

EIC Accelerator: la migliore opportunità di finanziamento per il tuo progetto!

Questo articolo esplora l’EIC Accelerator, l’ultima opportunità di finanziamento per il tuo progetto. In una serie di video condividiamo tutto ciò che devi sapere sul Programma. Inoltre, mostriamo perché e come AFS può aiutarti a creare un’applicazione di successo.     1) EIC Accelerator – di cosa si tratta?   The EIC Accelerator supports individual… Continue reading EIC Accelerator: la migliore opportunità di finanziamento per il tuo progetto!

#HorizonEU: European Partnership on Innovative SMEs

The European Partnership on Innovative SMEs is a new call from the Horizon Europe Framework Programme.   What’s expected? The projects are expected to show an active contribution to the following outcomes: Improved knowledge transfer in the innovative SMEs ecosystem. Through increased and sustained collaboration between SMEs, public research partners and academia; Mitigation of difficulties… Continue reading #HorizonEU: European Partnership on Innovative SMEs

CO2BioClean: a great success!

AFS has been working side by side with CO2BioClean to offer them support in their search for valid investors. And, as sponsors and financial partners of the project, we are very pleased to announce that…   the CO2BioClean project has obtained an EIC contribution of €6.6 million!   Its innovative concept, the support of a… Continue reading CO2BioClean: a great success!

EIC Accelerator’s eligibility criteria for start-ups and SMEs

This article presents the EIC Accelerator’s eligibility criteria used as cut-off point to receive funding requests from companies. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) represent 99% of all businesses in the European Union. They are the driving disruptive mechanism for innovative solutions and a digital sustainable economy. SMEs are leading the revolution to tackle challenges like… Continue reading EIC Accelerator’s eligibility criteria for start-ups and SMEs

The secret sauce to writing a successful grant proposal: 6 tips to achieve the European Innovation Council excellence

Every project is unique on its weaknesses and strengths. This article gives six tips for writing a successful grant proposal, in particular for submission to the European Innovation Council (EIC).   The EIC Accelerator is one of the most competitive and advantageous funding programmes now available. All the innovation aspects of your proposal will be… Continue reading The secret sauce to writing a successful grant proposal: 6 tips to achieve the European Innovation Council excellence