InvestHorizon, is the Investment Readiness Programme designed to increase investments made in Innovative European SMEs through Investment Readiness development and Investor sensitization.

1. Project funded by the
European Commission
Boosting the Investment-
Readiness of SMEs and
Small Midcaps in Europe
and Associated Countries

2. The investment gap
(Source: European Commission)Investment Gap

3. The policy toolbox
Capacity Building
• InvestHorizon boosting
Investment Readiness
• Technology Transfer
Access to Finance
• Financial Instruments
• Grant Schemes
a supply side approach to address access to finance issues
must be accompanied by demand-side initiatives
which enhance the quality of deal flow
“
“Mason, C. and Kwok, K. (2010)
Investment Gap

4. The Challenges
1. Disparity of policy activities across Europe
2. Entrepreneur’s limited awareness of available
investment sources and options
3. Investors’ fragile experience with innovative
SMEs
4. Weak “invest-ability” of investment
proposals and presentational failing
5. Finding specialized investors
Fragmented SME investment market
Sub-optimal investment activity
6. Lack of knowledge, better practices
and success stories

5. Boosting Investment Readiness
De-fragment SME investment market
Increase number & quality of investments
1. Identify & promote better readiness programmes &
policy practices
2. Raise awareness amongst SMEs about investment
sources, options & requirements
(across stages, sectors, origins, needs and EU)
3. Improve knowledge of investors about innovation
sectors and investment models
4. Coach & benchmark the SMEs towards investment
readiness and improve proposals & presentations
5. Match the investment-ready SMEs with specialised
investors
6. Disseminate knowledge, sources, better practices
and success stories

6. Benefits
 Raise knowledge
 Improve business
proposals
 Find investors
 Develop insights
 Follow quality
SMEs
 Find co-investors
 Use available tools
 Support clients
 Broker deals
Entrepreneurs
Investors
Intermediaries
 Develop initiatives
 Benchmark
 Relay tools &
resources
Policy-makers

7. Resources
Entrepreneurs
Investors
Intermediaries
Policy-makers
Online Courses
News & Social Media
(Investor)
MatchmakingEvents
Resources

8. Complete
company
profile
Choose
right online
training
ServicesEntrepreneurs
Raise knowledge •Online learning and MOOC
Improve business
proposal
•Tailored feed-back & rating on Investment
Readiness Level
•Business support and presentational training
Find investors • Present at Investment Forum
• Online matchmaking
1
2
Apply
training
Workshop
3
Attend &
give feed-
back
Apply
Investment
Forum
5
4

9. Complete
Investor
profile
Choose
online
MOOC
Services
Develop insights •Investor sensitisation webinars & Online courses
- mechanics of investment
- business potential of emerging
technologies
Follow quality
SMEs
•Review company profiles
•Join investor panels in Investment Forum
Find co-investors • Investment Forum
1
2
Participate in
Investor
Sensitisation
Webinars
3
Attend
Investment
Forum
Review
Companies
5
4
Investors

10. Services
Use available
tools
• Online courses
• Better practices report
Support
clients
• Enroll client SMEs in
InvestHorizon activities
Broker deals • Meet investors at
Investment Forum
• Find new
commercialisation
routes for technologies
Attend the
events
Intermediaries Policy-makers
3
Develop
initiatives
• Meet the Intermediaries at
the Policy conferences
• Better practices report
Benchmark • Better Practices Award
Winners (Schemes and Tools)
• Indicators - Performance of
Policies and IR support
Relay tools
& resources
• Online modules courses
• Better practices report
Participate in
MOOC
2
Access online
resources
1

11. www.investhorizon.eu

12. Online Courses
• Free online education
– E-learning (moodle)
– Investment Readiness
– Mechanics of Investment
(across inv types )
• Topics
– Business & management
– Entrepreneurship
– Industry & technologies
– Equity investment

13. Investor sensitisation
• Investment awareness
webinars
– Investment Process
– Types of investors and
vehicles
– Investment trends
(sectors)
– Potential emerging
technologies

14. Academies
• 57 Academies
• Across Europe
• Across development
stage
• Across sectors
• Onsite tailored coaching
• Interact with peers
• Experienced coaches

15. Investment Readiness
qualification
Selection
criteria
Business
potential
Team
experience
Product
merit
Competitive
position
Investment
/partnering
interest
Project profile
quality
• Free online tailored feed-back
from Investor & Industry
experts
• Relative rating (compared to
the other InvestHorizon
comps)
• How to improve Investment
Readiness.

16. Investment Forums
• 22 Investment Forums
• Across Europe
• Across Sector
• Meet & Pitch to the
right investors
• International exposure
• Active Investors (BAs,
VCs, CVCs)

17. Impact
Awareness
Knowledge &
training
Coaching &
Benchmarking
Facilitate
Investment
•100 000 SMEs,
intermediaries, investors
and policy makers
• 3000 SMES
• 200+ Investors
• 1000+ SMEs
• 200+ coaches
• 450+ SMEs
• 50 investments

18. Programme Partners
Technology Transfer
&Universities
Incubators &
Accelerators
SMEs & mid-caps
Investors
venture capital, corporate, business
angels, crowd-funding