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New Horizons for Small Businesses

July 5, 2015 FreeMind Group, LLC

About FreeMind

 The largest international consulting firm, specializes in non-dilutive funding  Optimizing non-dilutive funding potential  Est. 1999  40 Fulltime Employees  Diverse client base: Key industry players from small start ups to large corporations in various technological fields  Extensive experience in submitting and winning large scale projects  Over $1.5B in cumulative awards

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Horizon2020

• European Framework Programme for 2014-2020
• 79 Billion Euro total available funding for research and

innovation

• Goals –
• Responding to economic crisis
• Enhancing people livelihood, safety and environment
• Strengthening the EU’s global position in research, innovation, and

technology

• Societal Challenges – Health, aging population, transport

energy efficiency,…

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Participating Countries

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Horizon2020 Structure

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Consortiums under Horizon 2020

• Most funding go to consortiums (minimum 3 independent

participants from 3 different states

• In past FPs – consortiums only
• Horizon2020 – For the first time support in applications of

a single entity

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SME Instrument

• 13 Broad topics
• Continuously open call with 4 cut-off dates per year
• 18/3/2015 ; 17/6/2015 ; 17/9/2015 ; 16/12/2015
• 3 Billion Euros over 2014-2020
• Open only to SMEs (single or more)
• Combination of demonstration activities (testing,

prototyping,…), market replication encouraging the involvement of end users or potential clients, and research

• 70% reimbursement for all fields except for 100% in

Diagnostics

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SME Definition "SME" stands for small and medium-sized enterprises The main factors

• 1. number of employees and
• 2. either turnover or balance sheet total.

Company category Employees Turnover Or Balance sheet total Medium- sized < 250 ≤ € 50 m ≤ € 43 m Small < 50 ≤ € 10 m ≤ € 10 m Micro < 10 ≤ € 2 m ≤ € 2 m

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Instrument Phases

Horizon 2020 – SME Instrument Supported Technological Fields:

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 Nanotechnologies, advanced materials, advanced manufacturing/ processing  Biomarkers and diagnostic medical devices  Blue Growth  Space  Mobile e-government  SME Business Model Innovation  Eco–innovative food production/ processing  Eco-innovative supply of raw materials  Biotechnology  Protection of Urban soft targets and critical infrastructure  ICT – open disruptive innovation  Innovation in transport  Low carbon energy

Technology Readiness Level

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TRL 1 – basic principles observed TRL 2 – technology concept formulated TRL 3 – experimental proof of concept TRL 4 – technology validated in lab TRL 5 – technology validated in relevant environment TRL 6 – technology demonstrated in relevant environment –

• Requirement for SME Instrument

TRL 7 – system prototype demonstration in operational environment TRL 8 – system complete and qualified TRL 9 – actual system proven in operational environment

Evaluation Criteria

1. Excellence 1. Clarity and pertinence of the objectives; 2. Credibility of the proposed approach; 3. Soundness of the concept 4. Extent that proposed work is ambitious, has innovation potential, and is beyond the state of the art 2. Impact (X1.5 importance) 1. Enhancing innovation capacity and integration of new knowledge; 2. Meeting the needs of European and global markets 3. Environmental and socially important impacts; 4. Effectiveness of the proposed measures to exploit and disseminate the project results (including IP) 3. Implementation 1. Coherence and effectiveness of the work plan, including appropriateness of the allocation of tasks and resources; 2. Appropriateness of the management structures and procedures, including risk and innovation management.

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Evaluation Process

• Eligibility check
• Allocation to 3-4 independent evaluators – mostly business

background

• Funding Threshold - 4 out of 5 in each criteria, 12 out of 15 to be

considered

• If applications above threshold > maximum funding budget for the

topic – score recalculated with Impact score X1.5, higher scores get funded

• If equal scores – panel review

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Success Statistics

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• Success rates are very low and range from 6 to 10 per cent in phases one

and two

• However, projects which do meet the quality threshold have a 50 per cent

chance of success.

Cut-off dates Phase 2 Cut-off dates Phase 1

18/3/15 17/12/14 9/10/14 18/3/2015 17/12/14 24/9/14 18/6/14

614 629 580 1556 2363 1944 2666

• No. of

proposal submitted

280 180 132 251 320 237 317

Above threshold

42 74 60 161 259 178 155 Funded 6.8% 12% 10.5% 10% 11% 9% 6%

% Funded

* 15% 41% 45% 64% * 81% 75% 48.8%

Funded above threshold

Success Rate by Subject – Phase 1

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Success Rate by Subject – Phase 2

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9.3 4.7 15.2 10.7 6.6 15.3 25.2 7.1 25.9 14.6 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 Nano Blue growth Raw materials Diagnostics ICT Food production Transport Biotech Space Low Carbon Funded %

Success Rate by Country - Phase 1

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5 10 15 20 25 30 35 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 Funded %

Israel: 13 proposals funded out of 134 (9.7%)

Success Rate by Country - Phase 2

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Israel: 8 proposals funded out of 73 (11%)

0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Funded %

Phase 1 Israeli Beneficiaries

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Ein Vered Aqua Solutions Detergent-free process for dishwashers with cleaning and disinfecting properties NanoTech Canot Industrial Center, Gedera Vulcan Automotive Industries Carbon Nano Materials Enabling High- Performance Lead Acid Batteries NanoTech ASHKELON ROTEC - REVERSE OSMOSIS TECHNOLOGIES LTD Smart Pressure Vessel for water desalination with reverse osmosis membranes Eco – Innovation Raw Materials Kiryat Malachi Ooval High Technology, Energy and Water saving integrated hydraulic control valve for all purpose with 40% reduction in head losses Eco – Innovation Raw Materials caesarea Itamar Medical Improving the Management of Unexplained Chest-pain Diagnostics Ashkelon Oxitone Medical Ltd Monitoring Bracelet for Health Use Eco – Innovation Raw Materials Tel Aviv WACnGO Electronic security for OIL/LPG tanks Critical Infrastructure Kfar Blum Galcon Disruptive cloud-based irrigation controller to

• ptimize water use efficiency in agriculture

ICT HOLON MOBIUS A new generation car seat for babies Transport Haifa Accellta Ltd. Accellta Market Study BioTech En Harod Ihud Qnergy Thermoacoustic- based residential mCHP system Low Carbon Energy Ashkelon SunBoost Ltd MAXIMISING SUNLIGHT RESOURCES FOR COST, ENERGY AND YIELD EFFICIENT GREENHOUSES Low Carbon Energy Bnei Brak SSG Synergy Solutions Ltd Smart Synchronous inverter for grid’s stability Low Carbon Energy

Phase 2 Israeli Beneficiaries

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Bnei Dror GILI OCEAN TECHNOLOGY LTD Open Ocean Fish farms Blue Growth Tel Aviv SelfSafe ltd The e-wallet Fraud Detection ICT TIRAT CARMEL MEMED Clinical validation of host biomarker signature for distinguishing bacterial versus viral lower respiratory tract infections (LRTI) in adults at the point-of-need Diagnostic Givatayim GridON Ltd. Upgrading a commercially-available Fault Current Limiter to a more cost-effective device for enabling additional capacity and improving energy efficiency, by limiting destructive fault currents Low Carbon Energy Hod Hasharon ACE Applied Cognitive Engineering Ltd. Brain Performance Enhancement Revolution - Advanced Cognitive Training System for Football Players ICT LOD NIC Personalized Wound Dressings Based on Nanofiber Mats NanoTech Tel Aviv PowerPlug Cloud Energy management solution for Office It equipment and Smart devices Low Carbon Energy Givat Shmuel Dyadic Dyadic Secures The Breach ICT

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Thank you!

Ishai Shamir Senior Consultant and Manager of Consulting services +972-2-6799833 ext. 208 ishai@freemindconsultants.com www.freemind.co.il

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