I Smart Finance Contest

If you are an SME or an ENTREPRENEUR and you want to take your project to the next level, enter the 1st Smart Finance Contest and get access to your financing desk.

Keeping SMEs and entrepreneurs that need financing to grow in mind, the Smart Finance European initiative announces the first edition of the Smart Finance Contest, aimed at enterprises established between 2008 and 2016, with proven innovation, that need financing for a new project.

The finalists will have access to a financing desk specifically set for their projects, which will provide the training and tools needed to carry out the project. Those three finalists will be selected from a shortlist of ten candidates, which will enjoy personal consulting advice to prepare the presentation of their enterprise and project before the jury.

Check here the rules and requirements to participate in the first edition of the Smart Finance Contest and make your entry. Keep in mind that you must be located in the SUDOE space (covering all the Spanish Autonomous Regions, except Canaries; the French regions of Auvergne, Occitanie, and Nouvelle Aquitaine; the continental regions of Portugal; Gibraltar; and the Principality of Andorra.

Applications can be submitted until 12th September 2018. Then, a jury formed by experts in financing, business, and entrepreneurship will select the best 10 candidates, which will participate in the above mentioned consulting advice plan. 3 finalists will be selected in October 2018, and then they will be trained for their financing desk, which will take place on 24th October.

Contest guidelines

Registration form

Award winners