The FOSTER TPE-PME fund of funds was set up by the Occitanie region of France with ERDF and EAFRD resources. Through four different financial instruments it provides a range of finance adapted to meet the needs of SMEs in different sectors of the region’s economy, through loan, guarantee and equity products.
Ferme de Briola is an organic farm located in Saint Julien de Briola, France. In the video, Loic Albert, owner of the farm, explains how the investment was used for the modernisation of the milking parlour, which improves the working conditions and the quality of the product, and reduces the milking time. The farm received a guarantee on the financial support, co-financed with resources from the EAFRD.
This video is part of the fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission from France for FOSTER TPE-PME
Resilient Innovation is a small company from Montpellier in the Occitanie Region. The loan received under the FOSTER initiative, co-financed with resources from ERDF, allowed them to implement their project, which primarily focuses on developing a device to help people who have physical movement limitations due to neurological impairment. The purpose of the device is to send an auditory stimulation through a sort of headset placed on the person’s head so that he/she can synchronise better his/her movements.
This video is part of the fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission from France for FOSTER TPE-PME
Face Verticale has been created by three high-altitude mountain guides who had a vision to offer a graduate training programme for rope access technicians. In the video, Hervé Blanchard, General Manager of Face Verticale and CEO of Mecamont, states that the investment was used for the rehabilitation and transformation of an old water tower into a training place. This allows the company to welcome bigger groups and to recreate specific working environment such as an industrial chimney for instance. The project received a guarantee, co-financed with resources from ERDF.
This video is part of the fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission from France for FOSTER TPE-PME
Move in Med has been the first project receiving financial support from FOSTER. This company helps the medical professionals and the patients to enhance the health care coordination thanks to a web platform called INU. The patients’ medical data is therefore gathered in one single and safe place. The company received a loan, co-financed with resources from ERDF, which enabled them to double the work force in a few months and improved its competitiveness on the market.
This video is part of the fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission from France for FOSTER TPE-PME
This fi-compass Showcase 2019 submission includes four video stories about FOSTER. The Occitanie Region together with the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESIF) created and financed the financial instrument FOSTER TPE-PME under the current ESIF programming period 2014-2020, for a financial size of EUR 153 000 000. This is an initiative to support SMEs financing needs in most sectors of the economy, which is co-financed by the European Regional Development Funds (ERDF) through loans, guarantees and equity and the agricultural, agri-business and forestry sectors’ financing needs, which is co-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) through guarantees.
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Introduction by: Bruno Robino, Head of fi-compass, European Investment Bank
Loris di Pietrantonio, Head of Unit, DG EMPL, European Commission
Frank Lee, Head of Financial Instruments Advisory Division, European Investment Bank
Francesca Passeri, Director of Public Affairs, European Crowdfunding Network
Eugenio Saba, Financial Instruments Advisor, European Investment Bank
