Presentation by Mayte Carracedo Project Coordinator & Co-founder, FundingBox FIWARE Tech Summit 28-29 November, 2017 Malaga, Spain

1. FUNDING BOX
Relevant coordination initiatives for Digitising
European Industry
Mayte Carracedo, Co-Founder FundingBox
& I4MS-Go Project Coordinator
Fiware Summit, Málaga November 28th

2. Our spot in the Digitising European Industry
Initiative
Source: Brochure Digitising European Industry, Progress so far, 18 months after the launch, 21 November 2017

3. Initiatives – European, national and regional

4. Digital Innovation Hubs and Coordination
Initiatives: successful experiences
Source: Presentation done by Anne-Marie Sassen, EC,, 2017
Plus New
Coordinations and
Support Actions
expected as a result
of H2020 calls for
2018-2020

5. Digital Industrial Platforms: strengthening
leadership in digital technologies
Source: Presentation done by Max Lemke, EC, Manufuture, Tallinn, 24 October 2017

6. Some Challenges …
Sustainability
Public Funding (i.e.H2020 calls)
Connection with regions and
Structural Funds
Go to market support for funded
projects (VC, Acceleration)
Business Models
Engagement with SMEs
One Stop Shop approach
Community to attract SMEs & Mid-caps
Easy Access to funding
Easy Access to best practices &
competences
Coordination
Coordination of on-going
initiatives
Standardisation
Promote networking & cross-
border collaborations among
supported projects

7. 7
Let’s connect the Ecosystem
7
Partners
IA L4MS
&
Coordinator
CSA I4MSGo
Building communities through Open Calls,
MarketPlaces, Spaces and Growth Hacking
S4R
Coordinator
IMPACT
GROWTH
Coordinators
SUSTAINABILITY
Partner
IA Tetramax
EU
Clusters
Connected
Car
Coordinator

8. • Coordination and Support Action
(FOF-12-2017)
• GOAL: Attracting and connecting the
largest “community of communities”
of stakeholders, users and service
providers, for the digital
transformation of manufacturing
SMEs and Mid-Caps
• Total budget: 992,283 €
• Duration: Sept 2017-Feb 2020
• 5 partners: FBOX, MADE, FIWARE,
MWC, GAIN
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768631
How FBOX will contribute connecting the
ecosystem: the I4MS-Go example

9. I4MSGO main activities
9
A central point to host
the I4MS community
- Funding opportunity
- Access to ICT solutions
- catalogue of training skills
- Help-desk
Ensuring a shared agenda
between IAs and building a
common brand I4MS Disruptors Award aimed at
providing wider visibility to I4MS
initiatives
Coordinating the I4MS presence
and promotion in world-class
events
Preparing the sustainable life of
I4MS ecosystem beyond H2020:
- I4MS Acceleration
Programme
- Corporate engagement
- Regions implementation
Platform Clustering among
Innovation Action&connection with
DSM initiatives
Further Support to SMEs

10. Features of the I4MSGo platform
Community of
communities
•Spaces for
interaction
•Relevant content
•News &events
Funding
opportunities
•Experiments
•Best practices
Additional services
•Disruptors Awards
•Skills Observatory
•Accelerate
programme
Services
•Access to
Marketplace
•Catalogue of DIH
•Matchmaking
Help-desk
•Q&A
•Attract SMEs to
relevant DIH and
IAs

11. How to engage with the ecosystem?
COORDINATION
ACQUISITION
ACTIVATION
RETENTION
REFERRAL
IMPACT
Lead the newcomer to
Boost existing users
Increase
Leverage
Synergies I4MS/DIH
Ecosystem
Through I4MS Open Calls
Through call for action
Through services and advice
Through good success
stories
at geographical and sectorial level
Optimize
Engage

12. Some Challenges for today’s session
Sustainability
Public Funding (i.e.H2020 calls)
Connection with regions and
Structural Funds
Go to market support for funded
projects (VC, Acceleration)
Business Models
Engagement with SMEs
One Stop Shop approach
Community to attract SMEs & Mid-caps
Easy Access to funding
Easy Access to best practices &
competences
Coordination
Coordination of on-going
initiatives
Standardisation
Promote networking & cross-
border collaborations among
supported projects

13. Thank you
Mayte Carracedo
Co-Founder FundingBox &
I4MS-Go Project Coordinator
mayte.carracedo@fundingbox.com
Want to know more? Join us at http://i4ms.fundingbox.com/
The I4MS-Go project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 768631
I4MSGo Platform will be launched on January 2018.
Stay tuned!!