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ACCES TO FINANCEFOR THE CULTURAL AND CREATIVE SMEs
The conference aims to provide a wide scope of the key issues and
challenges related to access to finance (existing trends, next practices
and opportunities for cultural and creative industries (CCIs) at
European level. The targeted and expected audience of the conference
is mainly composed of two groups: on the one side, the SMEs and
entrepreneurs attending bizbarcelona (www.bizbarcelona.com); and
on the other side, regional, national and European policymakers
from the cultural and creative domains as well as from the industrial
policies.
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What opportunities does Europe offer on Access to Finance for the cultural and creative SMEs?Moderator: Edgar Garcia Casellas, Director of the Business Development Area, ICEC -
Catalan Institute for the Cultural Companies
Welcome by Carsten Schierenbeck, Policy Officer
DG Entreprise and Innovation, European Commission
ECIA presentation by Rasmus Windstedt Tscherning, ECIA - European Creative Industries
Alliance chairman
Main conclusions of the ECIA paper ‘Key isues and challenges on Access to Finance’
and benchmarking on best cases on Access to Finance in Europe, by Thierry
Baujard, President of Media Deals & Member of ECIA WG Access to Finance
Guarantee Fund under the Creative Europe programme (2014 – 2020), managed by the
European Investment Fund (EIF), by Dorota Nigge, Policy Officer, DG Culture and Education,
European Commission
CI-Factor rasing awareness and capacity building actions in suport of the Guarantee Fund
/ case study based on Cuultur-Ondernemen experience, by Joost Heinsius, Manager
Knowledge & Innovation, Cultuur-Ondernemen
“The Cultuur-Ondernemen foundation supports and guides artists, creatives and cultural organisations
in putting their creative capital to optimum commercial use. ‘Cultuur-Ondernemen’ collects and shares
knowledge of the cultural sector and brings together artists, creatives, cultural institutions, companies
and social organisations.”
FAME Pan – EU fund for Creative Industries, by Michela Michili, Head of EU
programmes and International Initiatives Unit, FILAS
“Project FAME is a newly established cross-border European partnership bringing together four partners
with extensive expertise and experience in financing promising companies in the Creative Industries (CI)
sector.”
Audience Q&A
16:00-17:00
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The future of crowdfunding in Europe for CCIs: from project to equity crowdfunding?Moderator: Ramon Saltor, CEO, The Crowd Angel
‘How to grow’ platform: connecting traditional and novel sources of financing, presentation,
by Marija Popovic, Head of European Project Department, European Design Center
“A platform designed to boost the growth of creative companies across Europe with a set of services
and tools.”
Liam Collins, Policy Advisor, NESTA
“NESTA – National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, is an independent charity with a
mission to help people and organisations bring great ideas to life. We do this by providing investments and
grants and mobilising research, networks and skills. Nesta doesn’t work alone. We rely on the strength of
the partnerships we form with other innovators, community organisations, educators and investors too. ”
Benoit Vandevivere, ECN Member & Policy Advisor and CEO of Secured Assets
and AAA Group
“The ECN - European Crowdfunding Network promotes and supports the development of Crowdfunding
mechanisms as a viable funding source to European companies and investors.”
Carlos Silva, President & Chief Operating Officer, Seedrs
“Seedrs is an easily invest in startup businesses online. Or equity crowdfund your new business online.”
Ramon Saltor, CEO, The Crowd Angel
“The Crowd Angel is a specialised platform for online investing on selected investment ready startups that
also offers a monitoring of the process available for the investor. In one year since its launch, The Crowd
Angel has closed five transactions, for which has attracted € 1.2M and 60 investors have invested.”
Debate
Audience Q&A
17:00-18:00
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Roundtable: What do European investors look for in the CCIs? Moderator: Jenny Tooth, Managing Director of Angel Capital Innovations and Chief
Executive of UK Business Angels Association
“Angel Capital Innovations is part of the Angel Capital Group, founded in 2009 to focus on the development
of business angel investing, incorporating London Business Angels which brings £10m investment
annually to around 18 businesses, as well as supporting major programmes in investment readiness
and investor capacity building. UK Business Angels Association is the trade body for angel investing in the
UK, representing over 8,000 angel and early stage investors.”
INTRODUCTION
Main conclusions of the survey Taking the Pulse of Investors, traditional and alternative
Finance Sources in Financing the CI, Jenny Tooth, Managing Director of Angel Capital
Innovations and Chief Executive of UK Business Angels Association (CI-FACTOR project)
ROUNDTABLE
Antoinette Godin, European Projects Officer of St’Art
“St’Art is an investment fund supporting development of creative economy in Belgium”
Jose María Pina, Entrepreneurship Director, Keiretsu Forum Barcelona
“Keiretsu Forum is a global angel investor network with over 1,000 members on 3 continents throughout
our 26 chapters. We are present in Spain since 2007 our members have invested in 32 companies more
than 8 M.€ . We link entrepreneurs with equity and resources in different markets; building additional
quality deal flow for our members.”
Anthony Clarke, MD of London Business Angels
“London Business Angels is one of the oldest, most respected and successful Business Angel Investment Networks in
the UK and indeed Europe. Since 1982 we have been connecting high growth small and medium sized enterprises with
investment through our network of experienced and discerning business angel investors.”
Núria Bosch Balada, Board of Directors member at Baring Private Equity Partners
“BPEP Spain was originally part of the multinational group Baring Private Equity International, which is
comprised of an extensive on-the-ground network of private equity specialists with a global presence and a
focus on their local markets, in addition to a wide array of experience in various markets throughout its history.”
Discussion and Audience Q&A
18:00-19:00