The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) has launched a series of Business Acceleration services for beneficiaries of the Horizon 2020 SME Instrument programme (Phase I and Phase II).

• Business Matchmaking, through participation in bespoke B2B events and international trade fairs (Mobile World Congress, European Sustainable Energy Week).
• Access to finance, through participation in dedicated venture capital programmes, specific meetings with investors, and other innovative opportunities to fund your business. In particular, a meeting with Life Science investors co-organised by Merck will take place on 18 October in Darmstadt, Germany (for further information click here).
• SME Instrument community and Interactive Academia, through participation in specific initiatives and an online community involving investors, SME Instrument beneficiaries, stakeholders, and other relevant parties.
• Overseas Trade Fairs, which supports SME Instrument beneficiaries in attending dedicated international trade fairs (for information click here).

For detailed information, please refer to the official EASME website (click here).