Presentation from the event Mobilizing the Startup Ecosystem of Epirus, Ioannina, 03-04-2019 in the frame of Interreg YESS

1. How EU funds and
SME Instrument
helped Terracom growth
Stelios Gkouskos
Co-Founder & Business Development Director

2. How to fund your
Innovative Business Idea?

3. How to fund your
Innovative Business Idea?
• Personal Savings
• 3F (Family- Friends – Fools)
• Banks
• Crowdfunding (Indiegogo, KickStarter, etc.)
• Hackathons, open calls, contests
• Business Angel
• Venture Capital
• Grants

4. Grants
NSRF 2014-2020 Horizon 2020
(2014-2020)
(www.plan.gr)

5. Horizon 2020 (2014 – 2020)
80 Billions €
Horizon Europe (2021-2027)
100 Billions €

6. Only for Small & Medium Enterprises
European definition of SME’s
Small: < 50 employees & <10M € turnover
Medium: < 250 employees & <50M € turnover

7. SME Instrument
Phase 1
• 50.000 € (lump sum)
• 6 months duration
• 7-pages proposal
 Business Innovation grants for
feasibility assessment purposes

8. SME Instrument
Phase 2
• 500.000 € - 2.500.000 €
• 70% funding rate
• 24 months duration
• 30-pages proposal
 Business Innovation grants for
development & demonstration
purposes

9. SME Instrument
Phase 1 Deadlines
07 May 2019
05 September 2019
Phase 2 Deadlines
03 April 2019
05 June 2019
09 October 2019
08 January 2020
18 March 2020
19 May 2020
07 October 2020

10. SME Instrument
Budget (€ millions)
2018: 479.74
2019: 552.26
2020: 600.99
Phase 1: 10%
Phase 2: 87%
Phase 3: 1%
Coaching and mentoring: 1%
Evaluation: 1%

11. SME Instrument
Evaluation Criteria
• Excellence (25%)
• Impact (50%)
• Implementation (25%)

12. What is SME Instrument
looking for?
Highly innovative and disruptive
proposals with strong
commercial prospects.
SME Instrument Phase 2 helps
innovative SME’s to avoid the
Valley of Death

13. Valley of Death

14. SME Instrument is
Super Competitive
Greek projects approved (2014 – today):
15 x Phase-1 projects
7 x Phase-2 projects
2 Athens
2 Thessaloniki
2 Patra
1 Ioannina

15. Terracom Informatics Ltd
• 1999
• 79 Ethnikis Antistasis
Katsikas - Ioannina
• Software & Technology
Development, IT Services
• 38 full-time personnel

16. Real-Time Guard-Tour Monitoring System
• Mobile/Cloud System
• Real time monitoring
• Triple Play
• Push-to-Talk
• Open System (API)
• Cross platform
QR-Patrol PRO
www.qrpatrol.com

17. Building 1
Checkpoint 1
Checkpoint 2
Checkpoint 3
Checkpoint 4
Checkpoint 5
Checkpoint scanning
(proof of presence)
Scan with mobile
Event sent
Manager takes action
Place tags
www.qrpatrol.com

18. Internet-of-Things technologies
• BLE Beacons
www.qrpatrol.com

19. Internet-of-Things technologies
• Wearables
www.qrpatrol.com
Sensor Clip

20. SOS alert – external panic button
www.qrpatrol.com

21. QR-Patrol MARS
www.qrpatrol.com

22. QR-PTT (Push-to-Talk)
www.qrpatrol.com

23. MyLoneWorkers
www.myloneworkers.com

24. 4 Do they keep their timetable?
3 Do they perform their duties?
2 Where are they now?
1
Are my lone-workers safe?
www.myloneworkers.com
MyLoneWorkers

25. Software as a Service (SaaS)

26. Excellent SEO
(Search Engine Optimization)

27. Extroversion

28. 1.000+ customers in 77 countries

29. 1.000+ customers in 77 countries

30. USA
North America
North Europe
Asia
South Europe
United Kingdom
Africa
Australia
Value-Added Resellers
in 27 countries
www.qrpatrol.com

31. Awards

32. This project has received funding from
the European Union’s Horizon 2020
research and innovation program
under grant agreement No 719375

33. Terracom Informatics Ltd
www.terracom.gr