The document describes CreatiFI, a €4.8 million fund that provides financing, technical advice, and business support to bridge the innovation gap in creative industries. CreatiFI will run two open calls awarding up to €150,000 total to develop prototypes and bring ideas to commercialization across industries like advertising, art, design, fashion, and publishing. The best ideas will receive funding and support through a network of hubs in Northern Europe and Italy to turn ideas into businesses using FIWARE technologies and real-world testing.

1. DO YOU HAVE
A CREATIVE
IDEA?
Kaisa Sibelius
Forum Virium Helsinki

2. CreatiFI
CreatiFI bridges the innovation gap in
Creative Industries with €4.8 million
fund, tech advice, business &
entrepreneurial support, real life Living
Lab validation and international visibility.

3. New ideas for Creative
Industries
Advertising services, Antique goods, Architectural services, Art
gallery, Artist supplies retailing, Arts, Book publishing,
Broadcasting (TV/ Radio), Ceramics, Craft shops, Design
services, Fashion, Furniture, Gaming, Jewellery, Libraries,
Magazines, Motion Picture and Video distribution, Museum
operators, Music, Musicians, Newspaper publishing, Performers
(Performing art), Professional Photography services, Publishing,
Specialized Tourism, Writers

4. FIWARE
• OpenStack + API libraries
• Open service specifications and APIs
• Reference open source service implementations
• Catalogue on the FIWARE Enablers
(General Enablers): catalogue.fi-ware.org/enablers
• Specific software for Creative Industries offered by
FICONTENT2
(Specific Enablers) http://mediafi.org/open-platforms/
• Additional information for the developers: www.fi-ware.
org/developers-entrepreneurs

5. CreatiFI combines
ICT and Creative Industries
• By bringing ICT sector and Creative
Industries closer together
• By exploiting the FIWARE technologies
• By creating new business opportunities

6. The best ideas are rewarded
up to 150.000 €
• Open Call 1: up to € 50.000
to develop a prototype
• Open Call 2: up to € 100.000
for commercial development and
acceleration

7. 4 leading regional hubs
• The Nordics
• Lowlands-UK
• Northern Italy
• Catalonia

8. Call 1:
Proposal
Submission
(Oct– Nov 2014)
60
10.000 €
15.000 €
Timeline
20.000 €
30.000 €
50.000 €
Call 2:
Proposal
Submission
(Oct 2015)
Check-Up
Check-Up
Check-Up
Check-Up
25.000 €
+1
8

9. Open Call 1
• Call is open
1st October – 30 November 2014
• Pitching session and final selection of
60 teams
16th - 17th December
. Two half-way check-ups

10. Open Call 2
• Call is open
1st – 31st October 2015
• Selection of +18 teams
• Two half-way check-ups
• It and business support
• Living Labs Tests

11. Anything to ask?
www.creatifi.eu
@CreatiFi_FI
www.facebook.com/creatifi.eu
Kaisa Sibelius
040 570 1317
kaisa.sibelius@forumvirium.fi

12. Thank you!