This document provides information about the European Data Incubator program, which offers an 8-month incubation program in Bilbao and Berlin for European big data startups and SMEs. The program matches startups with large corporate partners to solve real-life big data challenges. Startups receive funding, coaching, workshops and cloud resources to explore data sets, experiment with solutions, and evolve their business by launching solutions to market. Past startups have benefited from the technical support and connections to expand their business. The current application deadline is June 17.

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Is your Big Data startup ready to grow?
European Data Incubator –
Open Call 3 for Startups
Session 4 (12:15-1pm): SMEs at the forefront of Data economy
and cyber physical systems

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Boosting the growth of
big data startups
8-month incubation programme in Bilbao and Berlin
for European ‘big data’ startups and SMEs

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A dynamic 2-way process
Where startups/SMEs and large corporates work together
Large European
corporates
have a big data
challenge solved
by participants
Startups and SMEs
get to grow their
business whilst
solving a big data
challenge

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Solving real-life
big data challenges for corporates
From improving road safety, to predicting fraudulent transactions,
to identifying patterns in digital campaigns, and more
RetailEnergy and
Environment
Health
Transport and
Logistics
SportsGaming
Internet and
Media
Finance
Agri-food
Smart Cities
New Data Providers

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3 phases of incubation
Startups and SMEs pass through 3 phases of incubation:
• ‘Explore’ their big data sets
• ‘Experiment’ until they find the right solution
• ‘Evolve’ by launching to market

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What’s in it for your startup?
Dedicated
coach
throughout the
process
Workshops
online, in
Berlin and
Bilbao
Up to
EUR 100K
equity free
funding
Cloud
environment
for scalable
data
processing
Connections
with large
European
corporates

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Startup testimonials
“The technical support, mentoring
sessions and funding has helped us take a
step forward”
– SmartCat.io, EDI startup 2018-2019
“EDI has enabled us to transform our
business”.
– Bigda Solutions, EDI startup 2018-2019

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Startup testimonials

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A sneak peek inside EDI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrKhWk6R5k0

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Three ways to apply
‘Ready-made’ challenges
The challenge, data sets and
data providers are all pre-
defined by us, ready for you to
solve!
‘Half and half’ challenges
Bring your own challenge,
but solve it using one EDI
data set and one external
data set
‘Free choice’ challenges
You are free to propose
your own challenge, data
provider data sets

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How to apply?
Full details at: https://edincubator.eu/startups/

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Applications are open
www.edincubator.eu
Deadline Wednesday 17 June at 12 (noon) CEST
New Data Providers
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 779790
info@edincubator.eu