Some
examples
- Feasibility study for a risk capital fund in Sicilia
- Feasibility study for an Innovation Unit
- FIRST, Innovation Fund for Umbria and Tuscany Region
- Executive planning for an Innovation Fund in Umbria
- Feasibility Study for the creation of a SGR (Company for managing savings) in Umbria
- Feasibility Study for innovative tools aiming at supporting the creation of new companies in Tunisia
Fund Feasibility
Study
The MG experience in setting up innovative financial tools shows that for creating successful initiatives is necessary:
The MG experience in setting up innovative financial tools shows that for creating successful initiatives is necessary:
- to fully exploit synergies with local players and relevant stakeholders
- to provide invested companies with an integrated set of services to accelerate their growth
- Technology and innovation context analysis
- Identification of the most promising, in terms of capability to support the spin-off/spin-out creation, sectors
- Identification of potential fields of intervention for innovative financial tools
- Setting up of a business plans evaluation system aiming at assessing investment risks
- Benchmarking exercise with existing good practises
Fund Management
As a seed fund Management Company , MG offers the following expertises:
Market Due Diligence: The selection of viable enterprises starts from a market due diligence which is based on preliminary screening of the business idea (quick scan), interviews with the business plan proponent(s) and then on an in-depth business plan evaluation (market test)
Investor readiness seminars: MG organises capacity building seminars for assessing companiesâ investor readiness to:
Economical and financial Due Diligence: MG as a Fund management company provides to the invested companies the following services:
As a seed fund Management Company , MG offers the following expertises:
Market Due Diligence: The selection of viable enterprises starts from a market due diligence which is based on preliminary screening of the business idea (quick scan), interviews with the business plan proponent(s) and then on an in-depth business plan evaluation (market test)
Investor readiness seminars: MG organises capacity building seminars for assessing companiesâ investor readiness to:
- evaluate the readiness of the business venture with reference to potential investors to attract relevant sources of funding;
- provide SME with indications on strengths and weaknesses of the business venture;
- identify actions to improve chances of Company of securing financial support:
Economical and financial Due Diligence: MG as a Fund management company provides to the invested companies the following services:
- short training courses on entrepreneurship
- hands on master classes on business planning
- and short life-long training initiatives on specific business matters
Creating
Awareness
META Group is committed to using innovation as a factor in the economic development of regions, acting both as a consultant and project manager in international projects and as service provider in trans-regional, regional and local projects.
MG takes part in few selected National and International Networks aiming at exchanging of experience on innovative financial tools that can be transferred to other regions suffering from a lack of informal capital. Joining those networks helps MG in gaining practical information about technical and management questions related to new financial tools and attracting new clients.
META Group is committed to using innovation as a factor in the economic development of regions, acting both as a consultant and project manager in international projects and as service provider in trans-regional, regional and local projects.
MG takes part in few selected National and International Networks aiming at exchanging of experience on innovative financial tools that can be transferred to other regions suffering from a lack of informal capital. Joining those networks helps MG in gaining practical information about technical and management questions related to new financial tools and attracting new clients.
Fund Feasibility
Study
FIRST, Innovation Fund for Umbria and Tuscany Region
Downstream to the RITTS study, the DG XIII launched an initiative to develop the topics selected with RITTS in a trans-regional framework: TRIP Applicom Project: seed funds for Knowledge based start öups.
The consultancy aimed at defining - within a partnership among Umbria, Toscana, Hamburg and The South Coast Metropole öa seed fund to support start ups with high growth rate. The Seed Fund has been integrated into the Umbria and Tuscany ongoing Single programming Document (Docup 2000-2006), financial Engineering Measures
FIRST, Innovation Fund for Umbria and Tuscany Region
Downstream to the RITTS study, the DG XIII launched an initiative to develop the topics selected with RITTS in a trans-regional framework: TRIP Applicom Project: seed funds for Knowledge based start öups.
The consultancy aimed at defining - within a partnership among Umbria, Toscana, Hamburg and The South Coast Metropole öa seed fund to support start ups with high growth rate. The Seed Fund has been integrated into the Umbria and Tuscany ongoing Single programming Document (Docup 2000-2006), financial Engineering Measures
Fund Feasibility
Study
Executive planning for an Innovation Fund in Umbria
The assignment aimed at the executive planning, according to the international standard stated by FEI, of a risk capital fund and at defining a business plans evaluation system.
Executive planning for an Innovation Fund in Umbria
The assignment aimed at the executive planning, according to the international standard stated by FEI, of a risk capital fund and at defining a business plans evaluation system.
Fund Feasibility
Study
Feasibility Study for the creation of a SGR (Company for managing savings)
META Group prepared a preliminary study for setting up a limited Company (the main share holder will the University) which will manage a early stage fund that invest in knowledge based start up companies and academic spin-off.
Feasibility Study for the creation of a SGR (Company for managing savings)
META Group prepared a preliminary study for setting up a limited Company (the main share holder will the University) which will manage a early stage fund that invest in knowledge based start up companies and academic spin-off.
Fund Feasibility
Study
Feasibility Study for innovative tools aiming at supporting the creation of new companies in Tunisia.
META Group developed an action plan to create an effective incubation system linked to the University and the Tunisian Agency for the Industrial Development. The proposed action plan included a suitable financial tool (seed fund) aiming at supporting the tenants companies.
Feasibility Study for innovative tools aiming at supporting the creation of new companies in Tunisia.
META Group developed an action plan to create an effective incubation system linked to the University and the Tunisian Agency for the Industrial Development. The proposed action plan included a suitable financial tool (seed fund) aiming at supporting the tenants companies.
Fund Management
First, Umbria seed Fund
MG is in the process of managing, together with relevant regional financial intermediaries and banks, a seed fund aiming both at supporting Knowledge based companies in their start up phase and innovative business ideas which can be turned into new ventures.
The Fund invests into company risk capital as a minority and temporary shareholder. It can also provide guarantee to the above mentioned beneficiaries.
MG invests into the Fund.
First, Umbria seed Fund
MG is in the process of managing, together with relevant regional financial intermediaries and banks, a seed fund aiming both at supporting Knowledge based companies in their start up phase and innovative business ideas which can be turned into new ventures.
The Fund invests into company risk capital as a minority and temporary shareholder. It can also provide guarantee to the above mentioned beneficiaries.
MG invests into the Fund.
Creating
Awareness
CRESCENDO Thematic network on innovation finance
Many regions identified access to innovation finance as a significant challenge for growth-oriented SMEs: The Crescendo Thematic Network addresses this issue by capitalising on the experiences of its members and drawing on the experience of other initiatives, particularly the other Thematic Networks operating under the aegis of the Innovating Regions in Europe (IRE) network
CRESCENDO Thematic network on innovation finance
Many regions identified access to innovation finance as a significant challenge for growth-oriented SMEs: The Crescendo Thematic Network addresses this issue by capitalising on the experiences of its members and drawing on the experience of other initiatives, particularly the other Thematic Networks operating under the aegis of the Innovating Regions in Europe (IRE) network
Creating
Awareness
SCONE NETWORK, Thematic network on Knowledge valorisation
META Group is the coordinator of a large European thematic network on the topic of "knowledge valorisation" Scone members are R&D organizations, universities, incubators, development agencies, etc. coming from 23 different European regions
SCONE NETWORK, Thematic network on Knowledge valorisation
META Group is the coordinator of a large European thematic network on the topic of "knowledge valorisation" Scone members are R&D organizations, universities, incubators, development agencies, etc. coming from 23 different European regions
Creating
Awareness
UBAN Umbria Business Angels Network
META is Full members of the Regional BAN coordinated by Gepafin, the Regional Financial Agency
UBAN Umbria Business Angels Network
META is Full members of the Regional BAN coordinated by Gepafin, the Regional Financial Agency
Fund Feasibility
Study
Feasibility study for a risk capital fund in Sicilia
META Group collaborates with Gepafin, Europrogetti&Finanza and Mediacamere for the realisation of the feasibility study for the creation of a risk capital fund in Sicily.
META Group is in charge of: analysing the demand of innovative financial services of the local SMEs; collaborating for the setting up of an instrument for the assessment of the business projects, and of realising a scouting pilot project inside the sources of knowledge (universities and research centres).
Feasibility study for a risk capital fund in Sicilia
META Group collaborates with Gepafin, Europrogetti&Finanza and Mediacamere for the realisation of the feasibility study for the creation of a risk capital fund in Sicily.
META Group is in charge of: analysing the demand of innovative financial services of the local SMEs; collaborating for the setting up of an instrument for the assessment of the business projects, and of realising a scouting pilot project inside the sources of knowledge (universities and research centres).
Fund Feasibility
Study
Feasibility study for an Innovation Unit
META group in partnership con Oxford Innovation developed, for an important Italian Banking Group, a feasibility study addressed to the cost-benefit analysis of the creation of a new "Innovation Unit".
Such unit is responsible for attracting and winning over non traditionally bank customers (universities, spin-offs, technology based start-up) through the supply of financial and innovation services.
Feasibility study for an Innovation Unit
META group in partnership con Oxford Innovation developed, for an important Italian Banking Group, a feasibility study addressed to the cost-benefit analysis of the creation of a new "Innovation Unit".
Such unit is responsible for attracting and winning over non traditionally bank customers (universities, spin-offs, technology based start-up) through the supply of financial and innovation services.
Fund Management
Ingenium, Venture Capital fund for companies from Emilia Romagna
The venture capital fund aiming at supporting the start-up and development of academic spin-offs and new companies in Emilia Romagna is managed by META Group in joint venture con Zernike Group.
The fund, which can finance innovative startups with the temporary acquisition of capital quotes, has an overall capital of 7 million euro; 5,3 offered by the Region and 1,7 by the managers.
www.meta-group.com/ingenium
Ingenium, Venture Capital fund for companies from Emilia Romagna
The venture capital fund aiming at supporting the start-up and development of academic spin-offs and new companies in Emilia Romagna is managed by META Group in joint venture con Zernike Group.
The fund, which can finance innovative startups with the temporary acquisition of capital quotes, has an overall capital of 7 million euro; 5,3 offered by the Region and 1,7 by the managers.
www.meta-group.com/ingenium
Creating Awareness
AIRE, Actions supporting Investor Readiness in Enterprises
Within the European project AIRE, META Group has designate, with a panel of international investors, a methodology and an informatic support system for the assessment of the readiness of the companies to finding investors. The system can be used either by the companies as an instrument of auto-diagnosis, either by the intermediaries as a tool to individuate possible intervention sectors.
AIRE, Actions supporting Investor Readiness in Enterprises
Within the European project AIRE, META Group has designate, with a panel of international investors, a methodology and an informatic support system for the assessment of the readiness of the companies to finding investors. The system can be used either by the companies as an instrument of auto-diagnosis, either by the intermediaries as a tool to individuate possible intervention sectors.
Creating Awareness
FinNetSM€, Network for Regional SME Finance
The "Network for Regional SME Finance" (in which META Group participates with Gepafin and Finanziaria Regionale) is composed by 20 institutions amongst banks, public financial institutions and agencies supporting regional SMEs. The project aims at analysing the financial instruments available at local level in order to develop new models able to come over the problem of the equity gap present in each region.
FinNetSM€, Network for Regional SME Finance
The "Network for Regional SME Finance" (in which META Group participates with Gepafin and Finanziaria Regionale) is composed by 20 institutions amongst banks, public financial institutions and agencies supporting regional SMEs. The project aims at analysing the financial instruments available at local level in order to develop new models able to come over the problem of the equity gap present in each region.