The Eureka Investment Readiness Programme is part of the European Partnership for Innovative SMEs. It includes international missions and business activities to foster commercial relationships. Below are the key opportunities for 2024:
Challenges | HD Hyundai Group 2024
HD Hyundai Group Challenges are aimed at companies in the transportation, manufacturing, robotics, energy and IT sectors interested in establishing contacts and exploring opportunities for collaboration with the Group.
Application Details: Deadline: 18 April 2024. Application Requirements:Pitch (mandatory), 3-minute video (optional).
Challenges:HD KSOE:
Small Modular Reactor (SMR)-powered vessel propulsion
Extending unmanned operation time for ship engine rooms
HD Hyundai Robotics:
Software transition architecture for deploying robots
Automated work path for welding components
Lightweight robots with intelligent actuators
Find more details and submit your application here.
Thematic Session | Fluidra
An online thematic session with Fluidra is scheduled for 16 May, 15:00 – 15:45 CEST. Fluidra will present its €20 million investment fund, Fluidra Ventures, and discuss its investment thesis.
After the session, the Start-Ups will have the opportunity to apply and send a pitch to Fluida Ventures.
They are looking for Start-Ups in the swimming pool and wellness sector:
Early-stage start-ups;
With strategic adequacy in its strategic areas.
More information is available here.
Corporate Session | Agbar
The first online corporate session of the year with water technologies company Agbar will be held on 23 April, 15:00 – 16:20 CEST. This session is open to SMEs and Start-Ups.
Through the session, the company intends to evaluate companies with the aim of carrying out a pilot test or PoC. The challenge proposed by Agbar relates to technologies and solutions for accelerating the decarbonization of the water sector, in line with net-zero emissions strategies.
Agbar is looking for technologies to capture or eliminate residual greenhouse gas emissions, such as:
CO2 capture for small and medium sources,
Biogenic CO2 capture, valorization, or sequestration,
GHG removal technologies (e.g. direct air capture), with a link to the water sector.
The session is suitable for companies and especially startups:
Minimum TRL 7,
Proven real-world applications, with references,
with references,
where the company owns the technology or it has been licensed to it (for example, in the case of a demerger of the University).
Access to Agbar’s customer portfolio. Mentorship for entry into Spain’s environmental market
Pilot testing opportunities.
For more details, visit here.
