1. No category

2014
Smart money
– smart investments.
New business support
schemes in Poland
Warsaw, April 9, 2015
Support in 2007-2013
R&D and
innovation
Science
parks and
universities
Roads
and
transport
infrastr.
Clustering
Start-ups
Business
R&D
capacity and
infrastructure
Internationalization
High-risk
capital
(PE/VC)
SKILLS
development
Impact of PARP in 2007-2013
24 268.00
BN PLN
Ministry of National Polish IT Projects
… and
Economy R&D Centre Tourism
Centre
others
Organization
17 570.70
BN PLN
PARP
European funds 2014-2020
 OP Infrastructure and Environment - 27.41 bln euro
 Regional Operational Programmes
 OP Smart Growth - 8.61 bln euro
 OP Digital Poland - 2.17 bln euro
 OP Eastern Poland - 2 bln euro
82,5
bn EUR
 OP Knowledge Education Development - 4.69 bln euro
 OP Technical Assistance 0.7 bln euro
Smart specialization areas in Poland
NATURAL RESOURCES AND WASTE MANAGEMENT
• Modern technologies for sourcing, processing and use of natural
resources and production of substitutes thereof
• Minimising waste, including waste unfit for processing and use of
waste for material and energy purposes (recycling and other
recovery methods)
• Innovative technologies for processing and recovery of water and
reducing its consumption
INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES
(HORIZONTAL APPROACH)
• Multifunctional materials and composites with advanced
properties, including nano-processes and nano-products
• Sensors (including biosensors) and smart sensor networks
• Smart grids and geo-information technologies
• Electronic based on conducting polymers
• Automation and robotics of technological processes
• Optoelectronic systems and materials
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
• High efficiency, low-emission and integrated energy
production, storage, transmission and distribution
systems
• Smart and energy efficient construction
• Environmentally friendly transport solutions
HEALTHY SOCIETY
• Medical engineering technologies, including medical
biotechnologies
• Diagnosis and treatment of civilization diseases and
personalized medicine
• Production of medicinal products
AGRI-FOOD, FORESTRY-TIMBER AND ENVIRONMENTAL
BIOECONOMY
•Innovative technologies, processes and products of the agri-food
and forestry-timber industry
•Healthy food (high quality and organic production)
•Biotechnological processes and products of household chemistry
and environmental engineering
Who is invited?
 SMEs, incl. microenterprises, start-ups
 Business consortia, Business-academia consortia
 Clusters,
 Big enterprises – R&D, R&D infrastructure dev:t, cooperation
with SMEs in creating innovative solutions.
 Financial operators, fund of funds, seed funds, VCs, business
angels
Smart Growth programme
• Concept
• R&D
• Market
• Go global
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R&D support schemes
• R&D projects (whole innovation cycle, demontration
phase, industrial reseach)
• VC-backed up R&D support
• R&D projects conducted by science-industry
consortia/collaborations (sectorial programs and
applied projects).
operated by the National R&D Centre (NCBR)
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R&D and innovative business activities support
Reasearch to market
PARP
Business R&D centres
Ministry of Economy
industrial research and
development (at least two TRLs)
+ implementing/introducing new
technology resulting from the R&D
creating and developing R&D
infrastructure in businesses –
investments in equipment,
technologies, and infrastructure
essential to intramural R&D of
the enterprise and to introduce
innovations
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Technology innovation support schemes
Introducing technology
innovations. Credit can be
used to attain new technology
and its implementiation which
leads to production of new
and significantly improved
products and services.
Technology innovations
bank credit BGK
Innovative projects
credit and loans
guarantees BGK
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The innovative project gets
financing from private sources –
only if the project fails the
guarantee is being used.
The guarantee fund stimulates
private capital engagement in
financing innovations.
Innovation&growth support services for enterprises
R&D and innovation development services
dealing with developing a new product or
service, design, new production
technology or significant improvement of
a product or technology.
Innovation
support
services
Innovation support services for SMEs in
order to improve their innovation processes
efficiency
Intellectual
protection
support
Industrial protection as well as patent
analyses (freedom-to-operate), in order
to commercialize the technologies.
4Stock
Advisory support in order to go
public/be
listed on the stock market.
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Access to financial support for hi-risk projects
Growth phase
Expansion and
growth phase,
(Fund of funds)
Initial development
phase
(coinvestment fund)
Incubation,
(seed capital)
Preincubation
phase (concept,
research)
tech- incubators,
accelerators
BA, seed funds
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VC funds
New business models support schemes
Starter
PARP
BizNest
PARP
Innovation
loan fund
PARP
Open innovation
ARP
Incubation and acceleration of new
innovative business concepts.
Syndicate model of raising BA funds
for innovative ideas and businesses.
Support for early or expansion stage of a
innovative business concept which is
backed up by the PE/VC investment and
support.
Partner projects between big
companies and SMEs in order to better
use intra and extra-mural technologies
and knowledge.
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Going global support schemes
Key national clusters
support
PARP
Polish tech-bridges
PARP
Internationalization
support
Ministry of Economy+PARP
Key national clusters standardization
and support, coordinating clusters
support, internationalizing their
markets of operation
Acceleration programme for
interationally oriented businesses
to access tech-intensive markets
Promotion programmes to facilitate
access to markets (advisory, mentoring,
coaching activities, int’l fairs).
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inno_LAB
inno_LAB
BUSINESS GROWTH IS TOP PRIORITY FOR US!
networking space
a place to experiment, test
and showcase innovative ideas
test and pilot support
schemes
Eastern Poland
Business support schemes for Eastern Poland
Start-ups’ platforms (EUR 200 mln)
SMEs internationalization (EUR 115 mln)
Innovations in SMEs (EUR 100 mln)
Networked tourist products (EUR 160 mln)
Introducing design in SMEs (EUR 144 mln)
POWER- support from the ESF
Skills and management support schemes
Growth management support
Early warning systems
Business – education cooperation support
Life-long learning support
Advisory and training support services for SMEs
Unique expertise…
Business-friendly support system
on-line application system
on-line conferences and
seminars
e-books
PARP mobile innovation
library
video lectures and
animations on youtube
Improved selection procedures
......
Thank you
Warsaw, April 9, 2015