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Matchmaking - Identifying Business Partnerships International Business Incubation, Innovation & Co-creation in Agriculture Marika Torkkel / 8.9.2015

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Matchmaking - Identifying

Business Partnerships

International Business Incubation,

Innovation & Co-creation in Agriculture

Marika Torkkel / 8.9.2015

Background and objective

• Financed by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs,

managed by Finnfund

• Promotes business cooperation between companies

in Finland and in developing countries

• Offers support for developing country projects:

– Business Partnership Support

– Matchmaking service

– Advice and guidance

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP

SUPPORT

Finnpartnership

Business Partnership Support - What?

Financial support

for the planning, development

and training phases

of projects aiming at establishing

long term commercial activity in,

or starting importing from

developing countries

Business Partnership Support - Supportable project types

A grant type of seed capital for projects aiming at

long-term business partnerships in developing countries,

e.g.

• joint venture, subsidiary company

• other long-term partnerships (long-term subcontracting, maintenance,

franchise or licensing contract)

• importing from developing countries

• vocational education and training

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The support does not cover:

• market studies related to establishing a sales office

• identification of distributors

• exports from Finland to developing countries!

Area of Operation and Coverage Amount

Low Income

Developing Countries

Upper Middle Income

Developing Countries

** Direct development

impacts required

MATCHMAKING

Finnpartnership

Matchmaking - Identifying Business Partnerships

• Finnpartnership channels business partnership initiatives and opportunities from companies in developing countries to Finnish companies and vice versa

• Opportunities are added to the Matchmaking database (www) where they can be explored

• Partnership initiatives can also be forwarded directly to interested parties

• Focus sectors: ICT, environment, energy, agriculture

• Currently around 200 companies are looking for business partners in the service

www.finnpartnership.fi/matchmaking

Matchmaking - Matchmaking registration form

www.finnpartnership.fi/partnersearch

Partner Search Database

ADVISORY SERVICES

Finnpartnership

Advice and guidance

• Monthly newsletter: informationon business opportunities and events related to business partnerships and business opportunities

• Developing Country Database: provides useful information for the companies aiming to do business in developing countries

c/o Finnfund, P.O. Box 391, 00121 Helsinki, Finland

tel. +358 9 348 434, fax +358 9 3484 3346

[email protected]

[email protected]

www.finnpartnership.fi