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Cycling Innovation Network
CIE’s newest Expert Group is launching on 24th March. We are delighted to invite all CIE members to join and we offer a warm welcome to new companies looking to join our community.
CIE’s Cycling Innovation Network will:
- Support our network of cycling sector SMEs, start-ups and entrepreneurs and link them to partners such as clusters, investors and research centres
- Promote a culture of collaborative innovation across our industries
- Advocate and improve access to innovation, research and start-up funding
- Showcase the growth potential for cycling’s innovations, new technologies and services
- Build relationships with supporting public bodies, associations and institutions that bring added value to our community
The role of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), innovators and entrepreneurs is vital to the health of any business sector because it shows that the sector has a diverse eco-system with great potential for growth. But start-ups and small companies are just part of the story, because a thriving innovation culture has a big beneficial impact on larger companies as a source of inspiration, suppliers, customers and partners. We also have access to an exciting a range of potential partners in sectors such as academic research and investors, looking for opportunities to partner with cycling companies.
We believe SMEs and innovators should be part of cycling’s thriving business sector in their own right, but collectively they should also benefit from business support funds available from the EU and better access to private investors.
HOW IT WILL WORK
- It is a support structure and network for the smaller companies in our sector and new market entrants, with regular events and activities for developing your company.
- It is a showcase for the exciting group of innovators and entrepreneurs in companies of all sizes who are finding new ways to grow cycling.
- It will bring cycling to the attention of EU support programmes such as EU’s Executive Agency for Small and Medium Enterprises (EASME), the Enterprise Europe Network and European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)
As well as this expert group we are delighted that CIE members from the SME sector provide a huge amount to our association, visible in all activities and working in all our Expert Groups and our EU co-funded projects for the cargo bike and connected bike sectors. In our membership we are also proud to have organisations like E-Novia in Italy and the Mountain Bike Centre for Scotland which provide innovation support to companies.
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JOINING THE GROUP
This group is a membership-led initiative which works together with the support of the CIE Secretariat. Membership is open to all Cycling Industries Europe members. It is not limited to small companies and start-ups, companies of all sizes can benefit from the work of the group, in particular as a showcase for innovation and research in cycling.
WHY JOIN THE CYCLING INNOVATION NETWORK?
Together we are stronger!
This is the first international network of this type in cycling, a unique opportunity that spreads right across the most important cycling market in the world.
Joining other companies in a support network and using this platform to strengthen the awareness of the EU, funders, investors and other companies about the strength and the needs of innovation and entrepreneurship in cycling benefits the whole sector.