Demystifying the funding landscape - sources of investment for biobased SME

The main goal of the session is to introduce clusters and SMEs to a variety of open financing opportunities across the national and European funding landscape, making it much simpler for SMEs to grow and scale up their business. The aim is to raise awareness on financial mechanisms available to SMEs across the bio-based industry, explain how different financial mechanisms work and how they can be approached, and help SMEs decide on the most appropriate funding sources in line with their specific needs and goals, including learning when NOT to apply for a funding mechanisms that is less suitable for their phase and offers.