EIT Culture & Creativity is delighted to announce the launch of its Investment Club community, aimed at fostering connections and collaborations between investors and companies in the dynamic Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries (CCSI). As one of the flagship initiatives of EIT Culture & Creativity, the ninth Innovation Community supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), the Investment Club seeks to establish a robust finance and growth ecosystem tailored to companies operating in CCSI while also providing invaluable support to investors seeking to bolster their portfolios in these thriving markets.
The Investment Club represents a compelling opportunity for visionary investors and promising companies to converge and embark on a journey of mutual growth and prosperity. By bringing together these key stakeholders, EIT Culture & Creativity aims to catalyze a vibrant deal flow, opening up a realm of possibilities for funding, partnerships, and breakthrough ventures in culture and creativity.
To facilitate this powerful synergy, Investors and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are cordially invited to apply for membership in the EIT Culture & Creativity Investment Club community in the Euroquity platform. Developed in collaboration with Bpifrance and KfW, EuroQuity serves as an essential digital platform to connect innovative companies with investors and partners. Being part of the EIT Culture & Creativity Investment Club community offers an array of benefits, as membership is entirely free of charge and grants access to a treasure trove of company pitch decks, invitations to exclusive online and offline events, and opportunities for awards and recognition both as investors and companies.
“The Investment Club will soon become the best place to discover top-notch deals, secure funding, and explore exciting partnership opportunities in culture and creativity.”
The Investment Club represents a compelling opportunity for visionary investors and promising companies to converge and embark on a journey of mutual growth and prosperity. By bringing together these key stakeholders, EIT Culture & Creativity aims to catalyze a vibrant deal flow, opening up a realm of possibilities for funding, partnerships, and breakthrough ventures in culture and creativity.
Through this pioneering initiative, EIT Culture & Creativity strives to invigorate the Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries (CCSI), nurturing innovation, and driving economic growth across Europe and beyond. Investors and companies alike will find the Investment Club to be a springboard for transformative ventures, where creativity meets capital, and groundbreaking ideas become reality.
About EIT Culture & Creativity
EIT Culture & Creativity is the ninth Innovation Community by the European Institute of Innovation and Technfology (EIT), a body of the European Union. It is designed to strengthen and transform Europe’s Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries (CCSI) by connecting creatives and organisations to Europe’s largest innovation network. It takes a holistic and open approach to innovation – from tech to artistic driven innovations, from business to citizen driven – and reinforces the appreciation and anchoring of European values and identities. EIT Culture & Creativity will unlock latent value from a multitude of small CCSI stakeholders through technology transfer, improved cross-sectoral collaboration and their effective integration in production value networks. EIT Culture & Creativity will support technology and business innovation; artistic innovation and social innovation. It will also harness the unique position of the CCSI to facilitate the Triple Transitions in Europe – green, digital and social.
About The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
The EIT is Europe’s largest innovation ecosystem bringing together close to 3,000 partners from top business, research and education organisations across Europe in over 80 innovation hubs. The EIT strengthens Europe’s ability to innovate by powering solutions to pressing global challenges and by nurturing entrepreneurial talent to create sustainable growth and skilled jobs in Europe. The EIT is an EU body and an integral part of Horizon Europe, the EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation. The Institute supports dynamic pan-European partnerships, EIT Knowledge and Innovation Communities, composed of leading companies, research labs and universities each dedicated to solving a pressing global challenge, from climate change to health, to renewable energy.
About Bpifrance
The one stop shop for entrepreneurs – Bpifrance’s goal is to favour the growth of the French economy by helping entrepreneurs thrive. We are the trusted partner of entrepreneurs and champion the interests of those who are visionaries; those who dare to take risks in order to take their businesses further. We have many resources at our disposal to help entrepreneurs, the champions of the 21st century, succeed. We mainly support micro-businesses, SMEs and mid-caps but we also accompany large caps that are considered important to the interests of France in terms of national economy, the territories or employment. We offer a continuum of solutions adapted to every key step in a business’ growth such as: business creation, financing, guarantees or equity investment. We are also the French agency for innovation, delivering massive programs to innovative entrepreneurs. To put it simply: Bpifrance is a financial institution, with private culture, serving the collective interest. Our values are determination / optimism / proximity / simplicity and also performance: we generate significant returns to our shareholders.
