This article provides information on current financing opportunities and business partnerships. Information was provided to Sofia Investment Agency by organizers of initiatives and investment intermediaries. The presented opportunities concern small and medium-sized enterprises in all sectors. Links to organizations are available below to explore specific opportunities for expanding your business.
Business offers from companies in China
If you are interested in the presented offers, you can contact our team for more information and directly contact our partners in China by e-mail: kevin_wangxk@yeah.net
No. | Company description | Business request | Company |
1 | Chinese ICT company focused on software outsourcing and online shopping platforms, also run an incubator for start-ups and SME.. | 1. Looking for cooperation with an European partner in areas such as smart city, i-clouding and artificial intelligence;
2. They wish to be the distributor for European food/beverage/cosmetics producer through their online shopping platform |
Qingdao Edge ICT Co,Ltd |
2 | A Chinese CAE (computer aided engineering) company, with a leading position in east China, experienced in industry simulation and design. | 1. Looking for clients and partners for CAE projects
2. Looking for European partners in CAE sector for technology cooperation on industry simulation |
Qingdao CEPC ICT Company |
3 | A Chinese electric vehicle producer, with a proven brand in the Chinese market. | 1. Looking for a distributor or dealer for their electric vehicles
2. Looking for a good technology on EV product for cooperation |
Beijing EV Industrial Manufacturing Company |
4 | A Chinese tourism firm with own large membership network for travelling, they already have organized groups to travel in Africa, North Europe and South Asia, the travel route can be personalized to meet different requests. | They wish to find tourist firm to do personalized travel in Europe. | Qingdao New Orient Tourism Firm |
5 | A Chinese fashion company, with independent fashion designer for cloth and accessory and a resource for promoting fashion goods such as bags, purse, perfume, jewelry etc. | Looking for an independent fashion designer for cooperation, also wish to find European fashion brands for marketing cooperation | Qingdao Irgeen Fashion Design Company |
6 | AChinese photovoltaic company which can supply all the equipments and components for PV station, also they have rich experience for building PV station overseas. | 1. Wish to find European PV station projects to export their equipments.
2. They can invest directly to build PV station in Europe |
Singye Solar Group |
7 | A Chinese ICT company from the visual reality sector, possessing good equipments and technology on VR/AR, a VR program for education, industry design and entertainment parks. | 1. They wish to export their VR/AR equipment
2. They wish to find partner to build VR classroom for education 3. They wish to find partner to build a VR themed entertainment park |
Qingdao HeiVR Company |
8 | A Chinese shoe manufacturer, for high-quality shoes with personalized design. | Looking for a distributor or dealer in Europe | Shandong Great Bright Shoes Manufacturing Company |
9 | A Chinese xylitol producing company | They wish to export their products to Europe and to find distributor or dealers for their products.. | Shandong Longli Chemical Ltd Company |
10 | A Chinese private school group operating schools with grades from primary to middle school, currently applying for the membership in the International Baccalaureate Organization and with a good reputation in Shandong province. | They wish to find European private schools for cooperation, such as summer camp, winter camp or other education communication. | Qingdao Chaoyin Education Group |
11 | A Chinese producer of yacht and fishing boats, with rich experience in shipbuilding and exporting | Looking for a distributor or dealer in Europe, also would like to do OEM for international brands of yacht or fishing boat | Qingdao Haiboer Yacht Manufacturing Company |
12 | A Chinese flooring producer of PVC and PP tiles for use in factories, shopping malls, garages, car showrooms etc. | They wish to find distributor or dealer in Europe
Offering an OEM production for European brands |
Shandong Zhenghe Flooring Company |
13 | A Chinese bullet train manufacturer, producing spare parts and components for bullet trains. | They wish to find a distributor in Europe for bullet train components and spare parts. | CRRC Group |
14 | A Chinese dealer of cooking oils, with experience in importing cooking oil and a good network to sell in China | They wish to import good quality food oil from Europe and sell in China. | Shandong Relander Business Company |
15 | This is a Chinese UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) company which can produce different kinds of UAV.. | They wish to find technology support from Europe to deal with the battery continuation problem. | Shandong Hawk EAV Company |
16 | This is a Chinese insulation material producer. They can supply different kinds of insulation material for construction or decoration company. All their products have a CE certificate. | They wish to find distributor or dealer for their product, also can directly sell to builders in Europe.. | Shandong Boxinyuan Steel Maunufacturing Company |
17 | A Chinese producer of home appliance with experience in the manufacturing of washing machines. | Looking for a distributor or dealer in Europe | Haier Group |
18 | This is a local incubator park, specialized in ICT, VR, marine biology medicine and new material etc, there are many Chinese SMEs located in and they wish to find business partner from Europe | The incubator can give service for international companies to locate in, the SMEs are looking for business partner for technology transfer or cooperation. | Qingdao Software Park |
Programs of the European Commission and Enterprise Europe Network
The European Commission (together with the Enterprise Europe Network), launched the second phase of the EU Open for Business “Small Business – Big Ambitions” campaign. The program aims to motivate small and medium-sized enterprises in European countries to benefit from the available business development opportunities. The campaign aims to cover nearly 2 million startups and expanding companies from all sectors in the countries of Slovenia, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Estonia and Bulgaria.
Here are some of the resources provided by the program:
Practical guidelines for doing business in Europe – here.
Overview of European and national support schemes for SMEs
Overview of services and opportunities for financing of SMEs, offered by the EU
Current and forthcoming calls for proposals, support information on the procedures and programs for financing and online application – here.
Social Entrepreneurs are Once Again Invited to Take Part in Chivas Venture
For the fourth consecutive year, Bulgarian startups with socially responsible businesses can apply for the Chivas Venture international competition. The initiative is global and has a total prize pool of USD 1 million. The last day to apply is October 30. The competition seeks ideas that lead to positive change, improving people’s lives. Chivas Venture will include a total of 29 countries and each will introduce the best social project on a local level. Participants must be at least 25 years old and own a registered company.
Local Chivas Venture jury will nominate the Bulgarian finalist. The team of the selected startup will also participate in the international accelerator program along with the other 28 finalists from all over the world. An official online voting will also be conducted before the final round and then all finalists will share a total prize pool of USD 200 000 proportionally to the number of votes collected from the online voting. At the grand final in July 2018, an international jury will determine the finalists who will share the remaining USD 800 000.
This year, the competition in Bulgaria is held for the first time under the slogan “Successful people sleep less” and as part of the campaign a series of evening events called “Evening Business” are organized.
In the previous edition of the competition, Bulgaria was represented by startup company Sea Harmony, which develops a system of vertical mussel farms restoring the ecological balance in the so-called dead zones in coastal waters.