ePlus project preliminary project results and impact as presented at the SEA2Y conference.

1. Preliminary project results

2. eServices eMentoring
eTalent eCapital
144 startup
applications
41 startups
consulted
NITRO eventMicro Grants
385 startup
applications
73 grants
provided
20 matches between
entrepreneurs and
researchers 210 investors
interested in
ePlus
238 support
sessions provided
to help startups
with their pitches
106 startups
matched with
investors
Total of 405
startups chance
to present their
company to VC’s,
Business Angles
or FI-PPP funding
20 business mentors
matched with startups

3. Dissemination
592 startups
surveyed
39.235 unique
webviews
(estimated 40%
entrepreneurs)
542 newsletter
subscriptions
25.256 unique
users
112.384
#epluseurope or
@epluseurope
related impressions
7.536 LinkedIn
page views

4. Sucess stories
Service: Nitro 2 (with Micro-Grant)
Results: Client with £16,000 order
Service: Nitro 2 (with Micro-Grant)
Results: Selected as top 10 digital
startups by German state of
Bavaria for partial funding grant
Service: Nitro 2 (with Micro-Grant)
Results: Selected as top 10 digital
startups by German state of
Bavaria for partial funding grant

5. ePlus work will continue to offer its services until June 2017 to support the startup ecosystem:
Nitro acceleration programme: tailored and high level training for startups this time taking place in
Lisbon during May! Applications now open.
Micro-grants: financial support for startups to participate in events that are useful for their growth
strategy (35 startups already selected for final round).
eMentoring: an on-going process to match mentors with startups.
eTalent event: matchmaking event for startups and researchers in Salamanca, 25th March (Micro-Grants
available).
Highlights for 2017