GIMED Egypt

GIMED Egypt Green Innovation Competitions

Announcement: a second round for start ups is now launched.

Your opportunity to gain the business skills, access finance and sign contracts with big companies to kick off your startup and realize your dreams

Start Ups Second Round Deadline to Apply: 31 March 2021

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GIMED supports entrepreneurs who have eco-friendly innovative ideas, products or services to access finance, compete in the market and grow.

Our team will be with you in each step to build your skills to professionally submit your business proposals or ideas to investors and to large businesses who are looking to contract successful innovations.

What benefits and opportunities does GIMED offer you?

Award of Green Innovation Pioneers and Grant

The most innovative 4 ideas and 4 startups will be recognized as a Green Innovation Pioneer and benefit from a Euro 7500 grant each.

Business Opportunities with Large Companies

See the Innovation Challenges offered by these large companies who may become your clients if your innovations meet their needs

Access to Finance for your Business or Idea

We will organize events bringing the top investors for you to pitch your innovations .

Coaching & Mentoring

Our mentors will show you how to develop your ideas into products and services, prepare business plans, develop marketing plans and prepare to meet investors and present your innovations to the large companies to business

International Business Networking

GIMED will organize events for you to meet other innovators like you from Lebanon, Tunisia, Palestines and Italy .

You can apply to GIMED Program

If you have a green innovation and you are:

A young woman entrepreneur
A young man entrepreneur
Executives in small businesses
Small businesses and start ups

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Criteria for

Criteria for selecting innovations from startups

Competition Cycle

Start Ups Cycle

Receive innovations from start ups by deadline
Select 40 Start-ups with top innovations
Organize group capacity building in product fine tuning, business planning, how to access to market and how to access finance
Select 20 start ups with best innovations
Organize coaching and mentoring One-to-One for the 20 start ups to develop their business plans and investment proposal pitch documents
Organize events for the start ups to present and pitch their investment proposals to investors & innovation partners
Organize events for the start ups to network with the others start ups from Tunisia, Lebanon, Palestine and Italy
Select 4 for Green Pioneers Award and grants - Euro 7500 each

Explore Your Business Opportunities with Large Companies

The EU-funded Green Impact MED Project (GIMED) under the ENI CBC Med Programme aims at boosting the development of eco-innovative ventures in order to create employment and drive the green and circular economy in the Mediterranean. The project is implemented in Egypt by Alexandria Business Association.

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Competition Partners

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Capacity Building Partners

Deadline to Apply: 28 February 2021