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19 May 2022 - 15 July 2022
Romania: Information Session and Matchmaking for Startups

Funding to Startups in Romania - Info Session and Matchmaking with Partners in Norway and Iceland

The open call and the matchmaking are for startups in Romania and any entity from Norway or Iceland interested in cooperation with startups!

Join the information session on Tuesday 28 June at 10:00 Norwegian time/11:00 Romanian time: Click here to join the meeting.

Join the matchmaking by creating a profile in this platform to connect with partners in Romania, Norway and Iceland!

Aims

The open call and matchmaking aim to connect partners in Romania and Norway or Iceland for bilateral cooperation projects. The open calls funds projects implemented by startups in cooperation with partners within the areas:

☘️ Green Industry Innovation

🌊 Blue Growth

💻 ICT

Funding for startup projects

The EEA Programme in Romania makes available more than 3,5 million euro for startup projects:

  • Applicants can be any startup in Romania
  • Partners can be any entity in Norway, Iceland or Romania
  • Each project can receive between 10,000 and 200,000 euro
  • The deadline for applications is 14 July 2022

See all the information about the funding available, eligibility and how to apply:  

14/07/2022: Romania, Support for start-ups (innovasjonnorge.no)


Bilateral cooperation with Norway

The programmes aim to increase value creation and sustainable growth in the Romanian business sector. They also aim to increase bilateral relations between Romania and Norway and Iceland. Project partnerships between Romania and Norway or Iceland are encouraged with extra points in selection.

Projects can be implemented in cooperation with any Romanian startup and any private or public entity, commercial or non-commercial, established as a legal person in Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. 

The projects can also include national partners from Romania.

Time  

The information session is on Tuesday 28 June at 10:00-11:00 (Norwegian time) / 11:00-12:00 (Romanian time).

Click here to join the information session!

The link will also be sent out via email to all those who have registered the day before the event.  

The matchmaking to meet partners is active now and until 15 July. You register by creating a profile in this platform. 

You will be able to book meetings on the day of the information session and until 15 July.


Finding a partner in Norway 

Browse Norwegian solutions at  The Explorer and by accessing the EEA and Norway Grants by Innovation Norway database.

For Norwegian partners: Finansiering gjennom EØS-midlene – for norske prosjektpartnere (innovasjonnorge.no)

Finding a partner in Iceland

Partnership opportunities in Iceland: Government of Iceland | Partnership opportunities in Iceland

Questions? Get in touch!

  • Alina Toporas, alina.toporas@innovationnorway.no 
    Registration
    Closed since 14 July 2022
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    Participants
    Romania 90
    Norway 6
    Iceland 4
    Total 100
    Participants
    Start-up / Entrepreneur 58
    Company (SME) 24
    Association/Agency 7
    University 3
    Authority/Government 3
    Other 2
    Company (Industry) 2
    Cluster 1
    Total 100
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    Before event 447
    After event 108
    Total 555