ENRICH Funding Summit at SXSW Online 2021
Event Information
About this event
Virtual event taking place on Friday, March 19 (8:00 am to 12:00 pm pst).
Dedicated to Global Startups, and more specifically to European (also from EU "associated countries") tech entrepreneurs.
We will be introducing a selection of 24 startups to 24 top US investors (early stage VCs, business angels and equity accelerators - from the Silicon Valley in majority) plus a selection of ENRICH in the USA soft landing hubs and ecosystems (Ref.: http://enrichintheusa.com/landing-hubs and http://enrichintheusa.com/j-1-soft-landing-program).
Format:
Welcome and Introduction from ENRICH in the USA Centers and Hubs (30 min)
Two pitch sessions of 3 rooms in parallel (1 hour 40 minutes each).
Each session starts with a 20 min reverse pitch from investors and ecosystems followed by 4 x 20 min pitch from startups (5 min of pitch and 15 min of QA).
Suggested theme per room:
- TechforCity (infrastructure and TechforCommunity included)
- TechforEntertainment (Music, Cinema, Media, XR, and Gaming included)
- TechforGood (HealthTech, FoodTech, EdTech included)
Pitch Awards:
All the pitches will be rated by the investors.
- For the top 3 startups: $500 cash prizes
- For the top 9 startups: Access to transatlantic support and soft landing services
Direct Applications to the ENRICH in the USA incubation joint-programs at top US universities (12 months minimum) - with no interview:
In VA: George Mason University joint program
In PA: Temple University joint program
in CA: Cal Poly University joint program
in IN: Purdue University joint program
Included: support of Enterprise Europe Network USA (EAEC, SF and EABO, NYC): 5 hours free (advice, directions and introductions).
If your registration is validated/accepted, the link to the Zoom session will be sent to you at least a week prior.
Also, startups should apply on F6S to be selected: https://www.f6s.com/enrichfundingsummitsxsw2021online
Selected startups :
(to come very soon)
Investors participating (not the final list):
https://www.linkedin.com/in/abanifatemi/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-mazer-a6446811/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jfricci/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/randall-reade-1770035/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronrose
https://www.linkedin.com/in/anurag-jain-0b77aa/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassandramcarothers/
https://linkedin.com/in/lilian-ting-02b6447
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kdsmith94010/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/judy-mahan-24689453/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/val-livada-2b440/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickliu/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-vogelsong/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-himes-4b0147/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sameerdmello/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-loague-a071a5a4/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-heyman-054b59b1/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/davemosby/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/val-livada-2b440/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kdsmith94010/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassandramcarothers/
linkedin.com/in/lilian-ting-02b6447
https://www.linkedin.com/in/han-ko-3b8814185/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-himes-4b0147/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-simonney-a271b6a8/
THANK YOU SBDC Temple University, Invest EU, and Enterprise Europe Network for your great support and partnership!
Organizer European American Enterprise Council
Organizer of ENRICH Funding Summit at SXSW Online 2021
ENRICH is the European Network of Research and Innovation Centers and Hubs. Promoted by the European Commission through Horizon 2020, the ENRICH Network currently offers services to connect European research, technology and business organisations with three global front-runner innovation markets: Brazil, China and the USA.
Started in April 2017, ENRICH in the USA is a H2020 funded initiative whose mission to establish a Network of European Research and Innovation Centers and Hubs throughout the United States of America. ENRICH in the USA acts as a central contact point for European research and innovation actors seeking to grow, reinforce collaboration, as well as find commercialization paths across the Atlantic.
The mission of ENRICH in the USA is to provide collaboration and commercialization support services to European researchers and innovators in the USA, while facilitating their access to university centric soft landing ecosystems, including US investors, to maximize their chances of success in the United States.
The ENRICH in the USA initiative is lead in the USA by the European American Enterprise Council (EAEC), based in San Francisco, working in close collaboration with SBDC Temple University, based in Philadelphia.
ENRICH in the USA Ambassadors:
Clusters
Accelerators
Incubators
Research Parks
R&D institutions and labs
Universities
Funding Agencies
Trade Agencies
FDI Agencies
Business Networks
Research and Innovation Networks
University Associations
Trade Associations
Chambers of Commerce
The ENRICH in the USA Network includes the following entities:
One “Coordination Node” in Europe (represented by ENRICH Global)
One “Coordination Node” in the US (represented by EAEC)
Three physical ENRICH in the USA Centres:
San Francisco Centre (managed by EAEC)
Boston Centre (managed by EAEC)
Washington, DC Centre (managed by NCURA)
Seven Landing Hubs across the US, and plans to expand the ENRICH in the USA Network beyond these first seven Hubs, over four years.
The ENRICH in the USA Network is built on local US experience and strong existing ties between the EU and US, while providing new researcher- and entrepreneur-serving capabilities which address the resource gaps necessary to enable access for all EU Member States and Associated Countries, as well as every state in the US.
A variety of services have been proposed for researchers and entrepreneurs engaged by the Network during the pilot phase, then the Centers’ pilot activities have been evaluated to inevitably retain the initiative’s most successful components to ensure a sustainable plan for ENRICH in the USA in the future.
Piloted services targeted various, commercially viable technology maturity levels, both research-oriented and market-oriented and included research connection symposia, business matchmaking opportunities, working visits, immersion weeks, innovation tours to US organisations to explore technology/product partnerships and/or business development middle/long term opportunities, pitching to potential investors, entrepreneurial bootcamps, workspace access, mentorship/advisory, hands-on (pre-acceleration) enrichment programs, and more.
As the ENRICH in the USA initiative is highly competitive to best serve the strongest researchers and entrepreneurs, all services (free or not) must be applied for through an open and transparent selective mechanism.
An initial group of 60 “Supporting Organizations” in the EU and USA have proposed to support ENRICH in the USA and ENRICH in the USA, with more expected in the future.
ENRICH in the USA Consortium:
Coordinator: GAC Group (GAC), France
Partners:
> German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany
> European Business and Innovation Centre Network (EBN), Brussels - Partner in Phase 1 (2017-2020)
> International Business Innovation Association (InBIA), USA - Partner in Phase 1 (2017-2020)
> European American Enterprise Council (EAEC), USA
> INTRASOFT International (INTRA), Luxembourg - Partner in Phase 1 (2017-2020)
> Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação (SPI), Portugal
> Regional Centre for Information and Scientific Development (RCISD), Hungary
> National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA), USA
