Are you properly exploiting your IPR to drive your growth? LeadershIP4SMEs will select 15 high potential startups and 15 SMEs interested in protecting and valorising their intellectual property rights by offering an “IPR Valorisation programme”. The programme includes support services from a team of IPR, technology transfer, business development and funding experts.
Know more about the call and apply here!
LeadershIP4SMEs is a project targeting SMEs and startups developing disruptive technologies, protected through IP Rights (IPR). LeadershIP4SMEs develops a holistic program built around a core team of 8 partners with complementary skills and knowledge covering technology transfer, IP protection, access to venture & debt funding and business development.
The project’s goal is to support IPR-driven SMEs and startups to align their IP with their business growth strategy and leverage it to access public and private funding opportunities, as well as business opportunities.
What does the “IPR Valorisation programme” have to offer?
- Access to IPR support services (Anteriority Analysis, Freedom to Operate, Licensing …).
- Assistance to define an IPR-centric business development strategy.
- Access to proven tools and assistance to accurately assess investment readiness and define a step-by-step IPR-centric growth strategy.
- Assessment of the IP economic value and access to feedback from IP experts and VCs (Economic valuation of an IPR portfolio, Securitization of IP assets).
- Access to funding and business opportunities.
- Access to a pan-EU network of business and innovation partners, IP and funding experts.
Who can apply?
LeadershIP4SMEs is open to startups and SMEs developing disruptive technologies who are planning to protect their innovation or who already have IP and would like to extend it, reinforce their IPR portfolio and leverage it for growth. The program targets in particular startups and SMEs who want to integrate IPR as a core pillar of their development strategy and valorize it to improve access to funding sources and generate business opportunities.
Deadline: The call for applications is open until December 3rd, 2021.
How can you be selected?
The selection process will take place in 2 steps:
- an evaluation of the on-line applications submitted through the LeadershIP4SMEs website;
- a pitch day of the top applicants selected in the previous step in front of IP experts, VCs and business experts.
More information
You can check out a dedicated guide on how to prepare a winning application here. For further details about the project, please visit their website here.
LEADERSHIP4SMEs is a project financed by the European Commission within the scope of the European Union's Horizon 2020 "Enhancing SMEs' innovation capacity" Programme, under Grant Agreement no 951164.
DISCLAIMER: This information is provided in the interest of knowledge sharing and should not be interpreted as the official view of the European Commission, or any other organisation.