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Seed4Start
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Cross-border
economic
development
What are the steps in this
process?
To participate in this platform, applicant entrepreneurs must meet
the following criteria:
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be the founder, the new owner or the director of a young business
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have an innovative project or one with great growth potential
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have their head office in the Greater Region or intend to set up there
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be seeking equity financing (increase of capital) of between
€50,000 and €500,000 (up to €1 million)
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wish to benefit from advice (business plan, investment process,
preparation for negotiation, sharing of experiences and good
practices, etc.).
Entrepreneurs can then submit their applications
(consisting of a
business plan, CV and their latest balance sheets where relevant) to
the platform organisers, who make a pre-selection of candidates based
on their applications and individual interviews. Successful applicants
can then benefit from Seed4Start’s training and support services for
business creation and obtaining financing from investors.
Taking the form of two days of joint training and
individual coaching sessions, the entrepreneurs improve
their business plans, prepare for the presentation
of their project to investors, work on negotiation
and financing techniques and learn about the issues
involved in cross-border economic activity.
In a second phase of selection the twenty or so candidates are
chosen who will participate in the “Pitching Days”
, an event where
entrepreneurs and investors have direct contact. Candidates are invited
to give a pitch lasting a few minutes to present their project. The event
also includes individual meetings at a stand, a brochure given to each
investor containing the main information about each business present,
and thematic networking talks.
The weeks following the Pitching Days are an opportunity for the firm
directors to benefit from a follow-up by the Seed4Start team of the
contact made with interested investors.
In particular, a platform
known as “Gust” is made available to them to design their website
dedicated to enhancing their visibility and contacts with investors.
The latter also have to register to participate in the platform and the
Pitching Days and to have access to Seed4Start’s services.
É T A P E D E V O T R E C A N D I D A T U R E
S T G S O F Y U A P P L I C AT I O N
REGISTRATION
PRE-SELECTION
SELECTION
COMMITTEE
3 PITCHING DAYs
FOLLOW-UP
TRAINING/
COACHING
SUPPORT