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A Finnish SME is looking for a European SME specialised in AI and Machine Learning to apply for the next EUROSTARS funding call in September 2024.

Summary

Profile Type
Research & Development Request
POD Reference
RDRFI20240703008
Term of Validity
3 July 2024 - 3 July 2025
Company's Country
Finland
Type of partnership
Research and development cooperation agreement
Targeted Countries
All countries
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General information

Short Summary
The project aims to matchmake early-stage investors with startups and improve business angels cross-syndication across Europe. Ideal partner would have previous EU funding experience and be active in the financial services and fintech space. The EUROSTARS project proposal has already been written for a previous call but in the end never submitted. An abstract is available.
Full Description
A Finnish SME is looking for a European SME specialised in AI and Machine Learning to apply for the next EUROSTARS funding call in September 2024. Ideal partner would have previous EU funding experience and be active in the financial services and fintech space.

The objective of the project is to develop an AI-driven cross-border syndication platform, allowing early-stage investors to jointly make investments online all over Europe. Though algorithm integration and automation, the platform will:

1. Bring together in one place European early-stage investors such as business angels, angel syndicates and high-net-worth individuals, helping them share insights, opportunities, and best practices across the startup ecosystem.

2. Compare fundraising data of startups against the deal criteria of investors, automatically make personalised intros and match investors to qualified startups on the basis of advanced filters e.g. round size, technology, geography, KPIs, etc even before opening their decks.

3. Help investors perform due diligence, automate portfolio management, fund structuring, and ultimately co-invest into the startups.

4. Integrate with current investors tools (e.g. crunchbase, dealroom, gust, pitchbook etc) and open access to investors and startups for third party service providers (financial advisors, professional fundraisers, share issuing lawyers etc) via APIs.
Advantages and Innovations
Angel investing across Europe is a solitary and time consuming process. Business angels are screening promising startups through subscriptions to dedicated portals, attending startup events and using their own networks with one-to-one introductions. However, angels need more qualified leads from other countries than their own, better connection with likely minded angels and automation to help them save time and costs in their investments.

The platform will be a radically new and much-needed digital tool for portfolio management, through which angels could make cross-border investments online all over Europe with other angels. We will offer them easy international syndication, while contracts and full financial closing can be completed in minutes, with access to dealflow from across Europe.
Stage of Development
Under development
Sustainable Development Goals
Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic GrowthGoal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
IPR description
The Finnish SME is seeking an AI as a service SME from any Eurostars country except Finland to develop an algorithm to match the dealflow of fundraising startups with the most appropriate investors.

Ideal partner would have previous EU funding experience and be active in the financial services and fintech space.

Partner Sought

Expected Role of a Partner
Develop an algorithm to match the dealflow of fundraising startups with the most appropriate investors.
Type and Size of Partner
SME 11-49SME <=10
Type of partnership
Research and development cooperation agreement

Call details

Framework program
Access to finance
Call title and identifier
Eurostars call for projects SEP 2024
Submission and evaluation scheme
Single-stage submission scheme
Anticipated project budget
€1-3M
Coordinator required
Yes
Deadline for EoI
Deadline of the call
Project duration in weeks
156
Web link to the call
https://eurekanetwork.org/opencalls/eurostars-funding-programme-2024-call-7/
Project title and acronym
Borderless Fundraisers (BUNDLE)

Dissemination

Technology keywords
01004010 - Quality Management System01003003 - Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Market keywords
09002006 - Other finance, insurance and real estate09002005 - Investment groups
Sector Groups Involved
Digital
Targeted countries
All countries