A short presentation made to a workshop on stimulating urban innovation ecosystems using META's Global Innovation Platform. Check out my LinkedIn blog for a slidecast and accompanying notes.

1. Global Innovation Platform
July, 2016

2. By way of Introduction
About META
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3. META at a Glance
Goal
˃support knowledge-intensive
entrepreneurialism
How: only international Group with
an integrated Platform
˃ Rethinking Entrepreneurialism:
innovation policy advice (city -> EU
levels)
˃ Cultivating Entrepreneurialism:
training entrepreneurs & scientists
˃ Financing Entrepreneurialism:
venture capital fund management

4. 20 years' hands-on
experience
˃investing in high-growth
companies across Europe
˃helping Institutions & urban
ecosystems around the world
foster more of them
˃training and supporting young
entrepreneurs, scientists, etc.

5. In Figures: Rethinking Entrepreneurialism
Over 300 feasibility studies, more than 700 assignments and pilot
projects delivered worldwide
EU Commission: Research & Innovation, Entrepreneurship and
Finance policies
Regional innovation and entrepreneurship strategy design: 30+
regions, Western and Eastern EU
Policy dialogue, Smart Specialization Strategies
Global Innovation Platform Product

6. In Figures: Cultivating Entrepreneurialism
3000+ people trained overall
Globe Innovation Platform delivery with Globe Forum since 2004
European wide partnership with Kauffman FastTrac® to deliver
NewVenture™,TechVenture™ & GrowthVenture™ entrepreneurship
courses
Worldwide delivery of Investor Readiness format AyR™ for high growth
companies
Research Helicopter™: supporting European scientists exploit their
results
Leading the development of Creativity Camp™ in Europe
Global Innovation Platform Product

7. In Figures: Financing Entrepreneurialism
Leading private European management firm for regional co-
investment funds
8 seed capital funds (approximately €100M) currently under
management
Leveraging relationship with international informal investors
(members of the BoD of IBAN, BAE, advisory board of NASDAQ
OMX and members of AIFIVenture Capital Committee)
Unique, multi-country expertise in implementing public/private
financial instruments (e.g. ESIF 2014 facility)

8. In Figures: Investment (cont)
Fund Period Size
Ingenium Provincia di Catania 2010-2019 € 5,000,000
Ingenium Umbria (ATI Prisma I and II) 2004-2020 € 8,000,000
Ingenium Emilia Romagna I 2004-2014 € 9,000,000
META Ingenium d.o.o. (Slovenia) 2010-2019 € 10,000,000
Ingenium Emilia Romagna II 2010-2020 € 14,000,000
Ingenium Poland 2012-2022 € 20,000,000
Ingenium Sardegna 2009-2019 € 34,000,000

9. GIP: What is it?
…and Why is it different?

10. Context: from managed to entrepreneurial
economy
Driving growth: Knowledge increasingly replacing physical capital
and labor
Knowledge creation: Individuals increasingly replacing large firms
Turning knowledge into goods/services: new & small firms
increasing role alongside large conglomerates
Broader entrepreneurship policy increasingly replacing traditional
industrial policy
˃ promote entrepreneurial innovation
˃ facilitate high-growth potential start-ups

11. Context: rise of urban ecosystems
˃ Cities increasingly innovation
agents of change:
˃ Design their eco-system
˃ Engage entrepreneurs
˃ Foster company creation and SME
development
˃ Large companies seeking
˃ open innovation solutions
˃ opportunities to differentiate
activities
˃ invest in new emerging industries.

12. GIP in a Nutshell
City-level innovation booster
˃ Solve local urban problems
˃ Stimulate local high-growth,
knowledge-intensive companies
˃ Connect them across Europe
Challenge-driven innovation

13. META: 20 years' hands-on
experience
˃investing in high-growth
companies across Europe
˃helping Institutions & urban
ecosystems around the world
foster more of them
˃training and supporting young
entrepreneurs, scientists, etc.

14. After dozens of RIS(3)s*…
Challenge-Based Innovation
˃Focus: your urban ecosystem as
innovation ecosystem
˃ Needs
˃ Unique Selling Proposition
˃ Local companies, Universities,
SMEs & entrepreneurs
˃Framework + Process +
˃ Dedicated IT tool
˃ Europe-wide networks
* Regional Innovation Strategies
& Smart Specialisation Strategies

15. How it works

16. Local Stakeholders…
• The City: public authority
• 1+ large company(ies)
• Entrepreneurs, SMEs
• Academia
• Investors
• Intermediaries

17. … Organised within a 4-step Process
1. Profile Ecosystem
• Who: City & local large
company(ies), Sponsors (eg
bank), Service providers
(incubators, angels…)
• Result: Evidence-based
Roadmap
• Your city’s USP
• Map of Local Champions
2. Define challenges*,
Prepare
• Who: City
• What:
• Challenges prioritised
• Ecosystem & Local Champions
engaged
• Result: Ready to launch, online
& offline
* Challenge – a demand-driven task requiring
specific, working, sustainable solutions.

18. … Organised within a 4-step Process (cont)
3. Launch Challenges
• Who: Startups, Large Local Companies ,
SMEs, Academia…
• What: Roadshows, Online/Social/Press,
etc.
• Results: Solution providers mobilised
• Who (above)
• & from across Europe
• co-developing in teams
4. Implement
Challenges
• Who: solution providers mobilised
• What: GIP events: Workshops, Coaching,
Pitching sessions, online training/support …
• Results: Solutions Brought to Reality
• Products & Services meeting challenges
• to investors & markets across Europe.
• Your city: modern, challenge-driven
Innovation ecosystem, nurturing
entrepreneurs
• Your brand: attracting more

19. GIP: Results
• Open your ecosystem to
entrepreneurs, startups,
academia, investors & large
companies
• Focus them on your challenges
• Help your talents find partners &
finance
• Help local large companies
support urban development
˃Accelerate solutions to urban
challenges
˃Connect your city to others
˃Improve & Showcase your
ecosystem:
˃ nurture your entrepreneurs
˃ attract more inwards

20. Road-tested at European level
DigitalTwisters: EU-supported Starup Europe project

21. Road-tested at European level
DigitalTwisters: EU-supported Starup Europe project
Warsaw Innovation Days
Global Entrepreneurship
Congress, Milan

22. Online Platform

23. Online Platform

24. Thanks for your time
Mathew Lowry
m.lowry@meta-group.com
www.meta-group.com
@meta_group
Andrea Di Anselmo
a.dianselmo@meta-group.com
VP, META Group
President, INSME
(International Network for SMEs)