TRANSDAIRY Cross-Border Spin-off Establishment
Call for Dairy-preneurs, SMEs & Researchers
This is your chance to receive 10,000 Euro grant to support your spin-off company creation!
Applications are now open to the public.
Deadline is May 10, 2023
TRANSDAIRY Cross-Border Spin-off Establishment
This is your chance to receive 10,000 Euro grant to support your spin-off company creation!
Applications are now open to the public.
Deadline is May 10, 2023
As part of the Transdairy Living Lab activities, Berytech Foundation aims to support the creation of 3 spin-off startup projects that are developing innovative solutions, technologies or processes for the dairy value chain.
Entrepreneurs, enterprises, industries, SMEs and researchers working in the dairy innovation sector and looking to turn an innovative R&D project into a spin-off business are invited to apply.
3 selected participants from Lebanon will benefit from a 10,000-euro grant and guidance from Berytech team, which will enable them to support the creation of their spin-off in the dairy value chain.
This presents a unique opportunity to create an independent entity that could offer a new line of production/services/process innovations in the dairy sector that can be developed and scaled to Mediterranean markets.
10 participants will be shortlisted to present their business plan in front of a jury and 3 will be selected to benefit from the grant and support.
Invitation to participate and benefit from the subsequent Transdairy activities for 2023 which include:
The selected sub-grantees are requested to fill in the following:
15 November 2021 | 3:00pm – 7:00pm
20 participants will be selected to participate in a 6-day intensive virtual bootcamp. The bootcamp’s program consists of fully funded sessions by the EU under the ENI CBC Med Programme, providing the participants with a set of entrepreneurship skills and know-how, and access to:
The participants will also each receive a voucher of €200 to use in a way that serves the initiation of their project (such as creating a prototype, design & marketing, business consultancy, etc.) once they submit their pitch deck.
November 2021 | During the Open Day
Following the completion of the training, the participants will pitch their solution to a jury. The Jury will shortlist 10 participants based on innovation, economic viability and solid proof of concept of the solution. They will take several one-to-one coaching and technical sessions with experts in the field to further develop their pitch decks.
These 10 participants will present during the Transdairy Open Day, which will take place at the end of the year 2021.
Transdairy is a project funded by the European Union under the ENI CBC Med Program to grow innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities in the Dairy Value Chain and empower this ecosystem in the Mediterranean. The project will use the open innovation and living lab methodology to bring stakeholders together including researchers, industry players, SMEs, representatives from the public sector, entrepreneurs, to exchange best practices, collaborate, and implement Key Enabling Technologies and solutions applied to the Dairy Value Chain.
Throughout this project, Berytech will be facilitating the setup of Innovation Living Labs, supporting the development and financing of innovation and entrepreneurship projects, and enable matchmaking and collaboration opportunities among different stakeholders in the Dairy Value Chain in Lebanon and the Mediterranean.
More info about Transdairy is available here.
The Project In Numbers
Duration: 30 months
The total budget of the project is €3.8 million with an EU contribution of €3.4 million (90%).
Main source of funding: European Union (ENI CBC Med Programme)
If you have any questions about the Transdairy Program, please contact:
Mrs. Joelle Elhajjar, Programs Manager at Berytech: joelle.elhajjar@berytech.org
This event is implemented by Berytech, representing one the Lebanese Partners for the Transdairy Project. The spin-off establishment voucher will be implemented by Berytech in Lebanon in parallel with similar activities that will be held within the regional partners’ countries: Tunisia, Greece and Italy.
Berytech is the ecosystem for entrepreneurs, providing a dynamic environment for the creation and development of startups and SMEs, fostering innovation, technology and entrepreneurship in Lebanon.
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Damascus Street, Museum District
Achrafieh, Beirut, Lebanon
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Saint Joseph University
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Dekwaneh, Mount Lebanon
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Bachoura, Beirut, Lebanon
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