Digital Entrepreneurship: Focus on (Croatia) Member States Board on Digital Entrepreneurship Panel 1: Digital Entrepreneurship Monitor Digital Entrepreneurship: Focus on (Croatia) CROATIAN AGENCY FOR SMEs AND INVESTMENTS - HAMAG INVEST
ABOUT US ESTABLISHED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA National guarantee, development and investment promotion agency Independent institution under the supervision of the Ministry of Entrepreneurship and Crafts
MISSION AND GOALS ENHANCE SME DEVELOPMENT AND PROMOTING INVESTMENTS IN THE SME SECTOR Provide active support to the economic development of Croatia Actively promote Croatia as an attractive location for investment
CORE ACTIVITIES FOR SMEs Issuing guarantees for bank credits to SMEs Promoting investments Grant schemes implementation Co-financing consultancy services Issuing micro loans
FOCUS ON DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURS IN 2014. – Access to finance Issuing micro loans for software development and IT Grants for innovations and technology Loan guarantees for innovations and modern technologies Equity guarantees
PLANS FOR THE FUTURE HAMAG INVEST is merging with the Business innovation agency – new initiatives for digital entrepreneurs Plans to implement consultancy services for digital entrepreneurs start ups Will be in charge of EU structural funds for financial instruments Will deal with innovations and venture capital
Thank you for your attention CROATIAN AGENCY FOR SMEs and investments PRILAZ GJURE DEŽELIĆA 7 10000 ZAGREB CROATIA Tel: +385 1 488 1000 Fax: +385 1 488 1009 E - mail: hamaginvest@hamaginvest.hr