As part of our ‘Overcoming Barriers to securing R&D Grant Funding’ series, we look at how common challenges to securing R&D grants can be navigated by working with specialist partners.
In part five, we talk to Cress Digital, a creative & digital marketing agency with experience supporting early stage innovation companies.
Perfecting your pitch deck
R&D grant funders are increasingly requesting videos and pitch decks from applicants. This is most obvious in the EIC Accelerator grant under which SMEs can secure up to €2.5m in grant funding + €15m in equity funding. The first stage of the EIC Accelerator requires that SME applicants submit a 3 minute pitch video, a 10 slide pitch deck, alongside text answers to specific questions.
What should you include in a pitch video for R&D grant funding? Is a pitch deck for equity funding the same as a pitch deck for R&D grant funding?
We can help with the content, having written hundreds of successful R&D grant applications since 2009 – alongside content for pitch videos (scripts) and pitch decks (slide content).
Venturenomix has partnered with Cress Digital, a multi-disciplined digital marketing and creative design agency to help our clients produce videos and pitch decks for R&D grant applications. In fact, Cress Digital goes beyond that remit and can deliver on:
- Branding, website design, and communications strategy for collaborative European grant projects (Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication under Horizon Europe)
- Video and Pitch Deck concept, content, recording and producing (for EIC Accelerator and other R&D grant funding calls)
- Broader digital marketing services (check our their website)
Harry Williams, Director at Cress Digital, says:
“A lot of the time grant funding comes down to clear, concise communication. Even in the early stages of your company, product or idea, its vital that the way you are communicating is both consistent and helping you get closer to your goals. This is where thinking about branding at an early stage can really help to accelerate your business. ”
We’d love to help
So, if you are struggling with where to start with a pitch video, pitch deck design or digital communications strategy for your collaborative Horizon Europe project, we can help. Drop us a line and we can introduce you to Cress Digital.
