DIHNET-Deliverable 4.3 Report of funding partners' consultation

The objective of this deliverable 4.3 is to set-up the scene to support DIHs and EDIHs in the implementation of the 4th pillar “Support to find investments”. It takes into account two various challenges those organisations have to tackle: on one hand the support to innovative SMEs in their digitization journey and, on the other hand the sustainability of the DIH and EDIHs actions beyond public financing. This deliverable aims at addressing the emerging issues when addressing two challenges:

• How DIHs should handle the fourth pillar of their actions i.e. facilitating “access to private funding” for the companies they will support?
• How the DIHs/EDIHs community should/could build strong European networks in all European countries, where public and private funding players will join forces and develop interactions and collaborations?