EU-South Asia Start-up Help Desk
EU-South Asia Start-up Help Desk and hands on support
The objective of the EU- South Asia Start-up Helpdesk is to help start-ups from EU and Sri Lanka/South Asia access the SL/South Asia and European markets respectively. We will connect start-ups from EU and South Asia and provide continuous and consistent support to the start-ups for internationalization. The Help Desk aims to become a one stop center for all your queries in the context of expanding your start-up to Europe or South Asia. Our experts will guide you with the valuable information and relevant networking opportunities. We aim to make your dream to scale-up and access new markets a reality with the our support.
EU, Sri Lankan and Indian startups can send their enquiries to eu-srilanka@servicefacility.eu
Why connect with the EU-South Asia Start up Help Desk:
- 365 days’ information services on the various start-up programs, events, market / funding opportunities, investor information, etc. across Europe and South Asia
- Provide a marketplace for connecting Start-ups with partners for collaborations, deployment, access to new markets, B2b opportunities with key stakeholders.
- Access to trainings and workshops in collaboration with experts from various domains.
- Supporting University and R&D engagements with start-ups and facilitating opportunities for piloting, mentoring and networking with subject matter experts
- Hands on support to selected startups towards validation and scale up strategy - for selected start-ups that have high potential for internationalization the helpdesk will provide hands on support - Market and Technology Validation, eco-system development, stakeholder / partner identification and support market deployment strategies.
EU-South Asia Helpdesk Start-up Internationalization Support
We received an overwhelming response with 55 enquiries for the EU-South Asia Start-up Helpdesk and 29 applications from Europe and Sri Lanka for the EU-South Asia Startup Helpdesk Hands on Support Call. We have selected 5 start-ups for EU-South Asia Startup Helpdesk Hands on internationalization support. The help desk team will be there to assist the other start-ups with more generic support. To know more on the generic support to start-ups please click here (PDF 61KB).
EU-South Asia Startup Helpdesk- Announcement Result of Top 5 selected startups
After a thorough discussion on the applications, we have selected the top 5 startups that will be supported for the EU-South Asia Startup Helpdesk Hands on Support.The 5 startups are Pulz Technologies (Sri Lanka), SenzMate (Sri Lanka), BoardPAC (Sri Lanka), Protein Brewery (Netherlands), CMYK Ingredients (Bulgaria) and here attached (PDF 71KB) is the announcement.
Competitive Call for SL and EU start-ups for free hands on market access services
5 start-ups from Sri Lankan and / or EU will receive hands on support to enter the European and Sri Lankan markets respectively.
To apply please go to the Global Technology Interface(GTI) platform and on the Innovation Call page go to: "EU- Sri-Lanka Innovation Partnership" call.
- Deadline for Submissions: 1st February 2021
- Support services will begin from: 1st March 2021
The EU-South Asia Startup Help Desk
The helpdesk team has prepared fliers on Why India (PDF 3.2MB), Why Sri Lanka (PDF 2.8MB) and Why Europe (PDF 3.5MB) for a quick glance on why Indian, Sri Lankan and European start-ups should consider Sri Lanka/South Asia and Europe as a market and co-creation destination.