ISEP Alumni Association Podcast Interview Episode 3 - Check in with Florian Volz with Special Guest Expert Cleofe Guardigli

This is a spicy one for you fine people at isepalumni.org. We check in with Florian Volz, ISEP Alumni, and his trials in beginning a business. We're joined by Cleofe Guardigli,  Employment Key Expert at WYG Turkey (with a wealth of previous experience). If you're interested in learning, business or the human story of overcoming obstacles, this is a great episode.

The links Cleofe discusses in the episode:

To start a new company or expand your business in another EU country you need to know the rules that apply and the relevant national contact point to set up a company in that specific country. 

There are different EU funds available for startup businesses. To find out which one meets your needs, you can visit the Startup Europe Club and search  for funding opportunities.

You can also use the Startup Europe Partnership platform to get help with expanding and developing your business. 

If you're looking to increase the visibility of your business project, you can register your project on the European Investment Project Portal. The portal also enables you to get in contact with potential international investors.

See also:

• Interactive map: companies funded by the EU via the SME Instrument
• Find a company: access company information in the EU
• Women entrepreneurship gateway

Funding opportunities that could suit your business: loans, microfinance, guarantees and venture capital supported by the European Union. 

• Access to finance

Find out which EU funding programs you can apply for. See what you have to do to apply for EU funding, which company types and sectors are eligible and the types of financing available.

• EU funding programmes

• Guarantees to small and medium-sized enterprises for loans mainly up to EUR 150 000.
• Equity (growth and expansion stage).

•  Loans and guarantees to innovative businesses.
• Financing of research & development projects.
•  Equity (early and start-up phase).

The SME instrument offers funding and coaching support to innovative SMEs (Phase 1: Concept & Feasibility, Phase 2: Demonstration, Market Replication and R&D, Phase 3: Commercialisation).

•  Loans to small and medium-sized enterprises in the cultural and creative sectors.