MATCHER Data-Driven Innovation 2024

BIG.MATCH is a brokerage event on the Data-Driven Innovation topic that aimes at creating business matchmaking among actors of the innovation ecosystem and it will be held on this platform on November 14th from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. CET. It will be open at the international level to:

• Match.point participants (Corporates and Start-ups/Scale-ups)

• Accelerators & Incubators

• Innovation related Associations & Agencies

• Innovation clusters

• Companies, Start-ups/scale-ups interested in this edition's topics

• Innovation laboratories

• Public Institutions & Authorities  

• R&D Institutions & Research Centers

• Universities

• Venture Capitals & Business Angel  

• Any other actor interested in Data Driven Innovation

Each interested actor was able to apply for participating in this event from September 16th until November 13th, 2024 at 1 p.m. CET. 

BIG.MATCH is a unique occasion to meet strategic partners and important actors involved in shaping the current Data-Driven approach to innovation at the international level. The event gave participants the possibility to meet new partners and start collaborations.

1) Registration

Register via the Register button and complete the application form. Profiles should describe who you are, what you can offer, how you are matching with the program topics and what you are looking for (for this, please, use the marketplace function). A detailed and good profile will increase your visibility on the platform and generate significantly more meeting requests. Thus, the more information you share, the better.
When registering, you will be asked to give your availabilities for specific time slots: the broader your availabilities, the higher the chance that you will be able to schedule meetings.

Please, note that the application process is divided in two mandatory steps:

1. sign up to the platform and fill in the information about your company;

2. create at least one opportunity on the Marketplace about your objective for the event (e.g., what you are looking for, what you could offer, …). Remember to clearly state the connection of your posts with the Data-Driven topic.

Registrations will be open until November 13th at 1 p.m. CET.

2) Admission

MATCHER staff will receive your application and check whether your profile is complete (Marketplace included) and coherent with the Data-Driven Innovation key topics. If your profile is relevant to the thematic clusters and your company/entity is based in one of the EEN countries, you will be admitted to the event and your profile will be activated and visible to the other participants. You will receive a notification upon admission.

3) Browse profiles of potential matches

After being admitted, you will be able to look for potential matches by browsing the "scouting by challenge" page on the platform. We suggest you to continuously scout for new partners, as new entities will apply day after day.

4) Book and schedule meetings from October 28th 

From October 28th you will be able to chat, request and schedule meetings on the platform. Depending on your availability and on the other participants' ones you could schedule up to 30 meetings of 30 mins each. Remember that all the scheduled meetings will take place on the 14th of November 2024 from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. CET.

5) Participate in the meetings

By accessing the page Meetings, you have the list of all your meetings (accepted, pending, or canceled). You will also be able to invite some guests (e.g. your colleagues) by sharing the link to the call. Check your camera and microphone, and when it's time start the meeting. Don't be late! 

6) Matchmaking feedback

After every meeting takes place, always remember to give your feedback by filling 2 questionnaires:

1. At the end of each meeting the platform will automatically request for a feedback. You will be asked to express a simple star-based rating about the meeting and to leave a comment about its outcomes. 

2. BIG.MATCH feedback: submit your feedback about the whole Brokerage event, stating your experience and giving some useful comments about aspects that could be improved (a custom link will be shared at the end of the event).

Please be sure to rate every meeting you attended!

Your support for the program evaluation is extremely valuable to us, as it will help us ameliorate our work for the next edition.

Happy matchmaking!