The Horizon Results Platform (HRP) offers visibility and matchmaking opportunities to EU R&I funding beneficiaries by enabling them to present visually engaging, information-rich, and dynamic result profiles targeting specific stakeholders. To date, there are more than 2,700 Key Exploitable Results* from EU-funded programmes. The well-structured platform attracts 5,000 visitors a month, including investors, industries, and SMEs, as well as policymakers.

• HRP offers various business opportunities and support services, e.g.:
• Expert support services, relative to the business plan development and go-to-market plan
• Matchmaking services and events to find business and collaboration partners  
• Improved visibility towards desired target audiences via dedicated thematic events organized in collaboration with the HRP ecosystem partners, such as Enterprise Europe Network, EU IP Helpdesk, and European angel investor networks to bring more value to EU beneficiaries
• Media campaigns to showcase results; a Euronews Business Planet feature is the most recent example
• Inspirational testimonials and experts’ guidance on the dedicated HRP TV.

The HRP ecosystem of is a key component in exploring synergies between European solutions and potential businesses.  Some of HRP’s most active partners include the Solar Impulse Foundation (SIF), European Business Angel Network (EBAN), Business Angels Europe (BAE), and Enterprise Europe Network (EEN).

Moreover, the HRP contribution to strengthening the industrial ecosystem at a regional level is built around three main pillars.

Pillar 1: Offering valorisation support and services to EU R&I funding beneficiaries who produced research-based solutions and technologies.

Pillar 2: Collaborating with third parties who make use of these results for market valorization and competitiveness – e.g., SMEs, industries, investors, and others.

Pillar 3: Actively promoting the HRP ecosystem of partners and the services and expertise offered by them – i.e., brokers, enablers, and partners (e.g., regional Enterprise Europe Network advisors and National Contact Points)

HRP in figures

• More than 2,700 R&I-based solutions
• Over 15 matchmaking events organised on various topics (e.g., Health, Cleantech, Energy, Blue economy, Cancer diagnostics)
• Over 75 companies and start-ups pitched to investors and to other financing opportunities
• Hundreds of beneficiaries received tailored training and support from mentors and coaches on various topics
• Access to industry leaders, policymakers, investors, and potential partners  

HRP impact 

• Investor funding of start-ups
  • 4 companies funded
  • 1 start-up acquired
• Ongoing negotiations – i.e., 15 companies finalizing deals or in preliminary discussions with investors
• Coaching and training on fundraising – i.e., More than 80 companies received coaching mentoring and tailored feedback
• Networking - 4 secured connections to entities for the financing of future deployments

* A Key Exploitable Result (KER) is an identified main interesting result which has been selected and prioritised due to its high potential to be “exploited” – meaning to make use and derive benefits- downstream the value chain of a product, process or solution, or act as an important input to policy, further research or education. The criteria that make a result Key Exploitable are (a) the degree of innovation, (b) their exploitability and (c) their impact.