BA in European Business Administration (1991, University of Comillas, Madrid, Spain & Fachhochschule, Reutlingen, Germany).
Started his company in 1991 becoming Europe's largest funding consultant with 400 consultants in 10 countries in 2007. In 2012 he co-founded FundingBox, the largest European platform distributing innovation funding to entrepreneurs, researchers, startups, scaleups, SMEs and midcaps.
FundingBox has 60 million euros under management in equity free funding which are being distributed with 200 research and cluster partners.
Till 2018, FundingBox has accelerated 200 startups & scaleups with a 60 % venture readiness rate. The Top 10 % of accelerated startups have obtained 50 times return of private investments raised with investors and VCs over the amount of public funding they received.
Sessions in which Sanyu Karani participates
Tuesday 18 June, 2019
The Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative from the European Commission aims at developing key building blocks of the internet of tomorrow and shape its development towards an internet of humans that responds to our fundamental needs, including trust, security, openness and inclusion, and in general reflects the values and norms we enjoy in our society. At the core of the initiative stands a research and innovation programme dedicated to directly support in...
Thursday 20 June, 2019
In this workshop, I4MS will showcase 2019 funding opportunities in the EU manufacturing sector, especially aimed to SMEs.This will be done by providing assistance with information, guidance, success cases and live Q&A to facilitate possible applicants to successfully apply for this funding for application experiments in the following technologies within their daily processes: 3D Printing and other AM activities, High-Per...
A presentation of several equity free funding opportunities for SMEs and startups funded by the European Commission. Including acceleration programs in robotics, AI and mobility.