The Enterprise Europe Network recently worked with Entomics Biosystems Ltd to help them develop their application for Horizon 2020 SME Instrument funding, which they were successful in receiving.
Here are three ways you can strengthen your application today:
1. Understand the competitive landscape
Make sure you’ve done your research on competitors within your area. Once you’ve done this clearly, demonstrate why your solution is better than anything on the market currently.
2. Focus on the commercial potential of the technology
When you’re applying for your funding, the lender wants to know that the money will be used to make an innovative idea a business that makes money and leads to business growth. Be sure to illustrate how it is exactly that you are going to enter the market place and exploit the opportunity.
3. Quantify the opportunity with facts and figures
Be sure to use facts and figures within your application, and be sure that you can back these up. Stay factual rather than descriptive.
These are some of the tips Entomics used when they were in the process of writing their application. They’ve now received €50,000 grant to support their innovative biotechnology business that can transform human food waste into a sustainable source of fish feed.
Founder, Matt McLauren said “Thank you so much for your help and support throughout this process. We really appreciate it, and we look forward to continuing to work with your team during our project.”
If you think you’d benefit from more information around securing funding you can attend Enterprise Europe Network’s event on 26th October – Sources of finance.