




Financing Options for Impact Entrepreneurship

Publié le
mardi 24 mai 2022 à 10:26




The Interreg project PUSH.GR, the REconomy Luxembourg project and Etika are organizing a cross-border event to demystify financing sources & meet a community of impact entrepreneurs and impact funders.
he day will start with a discussion on impact entrepreneurship with a panel of experts.
It will proceed with parallel workshops on different types of financing, where impact funders and impact entrepreneurs will present their offer and share their experience with (neo-)entrepreneurs.
In the afternoon, selected impact entrepreneurs in search for financial and/or non-financial investment and support will pitch their project and share their needs with the audience.
The day will conclude with a friendly networking moment.
Location : Technoport SA, 9 avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, L-4362 Esch-sur-Alzette
Language : The event will be held in English
Registration : Participation is free of charge. Registration (mandatory) here
Detailed programme :
- 10am : Introduction panel on impact entrepreneurship with Eric Lavillunière (REconomy Luxembourg), Daniel Tesch (Union luxembourgeoise de l’économie sociale et solidaire), Sevan Holemans (Solifin), and Fabienne Colling (Touchpoints asbl)
- 11:45am Thematic workshops :
- Crowdfunding (with EtiCROWD, Simon Le Financier & On.Perfekt)
- Microcredit (with MicroLux, Crédal)
- Bank financing (with Spuerkees, Akabo-Buttek & others)
- Equity financing (with Tool2Care & Tiime)
- Grants and prizes from foundations (with Oeuvre Nationale de Secours Grand-Duchesse Charlotte & others)
- 2pm : Pitch session « meet my needs » (with Jay Tompt from the Totnes REconomy Project)
- 3:30pm : Networking
Pitch session information :
Requirements
1) Profil
- Enterprise is ethical, sustainable, local ;
- Based in Belgium, France, Germany or Luxembourg ;
- Venture is ready to ‘get to the next level’ : new articles, innovation, expansion... ;
- Ideally would operate in one or more of the following sectors : food, renewable energy, housing, health & care ;
- Contributes to the long-term resilience of the society ;
- A project that can be replicable.
2) Language : EN
3) Send the following infos - no more than 1 page !
- 2-3 lines : « Meet my needs » : define clearly what is or are your needs today ? How can the community help you ?
- 10 lines : Description of your project (the shorter, the better, it’s already a good training for your 5-6 min. pitch).
- 10 lines about yourself and your motivation to attend the pitch session.
- A picture of you and your project
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get back to me.
More infos about the event here.
Sustainably yours !

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