World SME Update

(A Global Update On SME News, Events, Policies & Programs)

Date: 01-15/12/2019 Volume 124, Number 101

General News
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Europe
Median technologies announce the signing of a € 35
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editor@wasmeinf Median Technologies Paris Almdt, the imaging Phonemics Company (Euronext Growth-
o.org Almdt) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced today the signing of a € 35
million finance contract, supported by the European Strategic Investment Fund (EFSI)
for “Juncker Plan”, News about ongoing negotiations for this loan was previously
released on May 15,2019. This financing, divided into three tranches, will enable
Median technologies to enhance and accelerate its iBiopsy imaging platform
investment program for the coming years. Median is a cutting-edge AI and data
sciences technology provider for precision medicine. Through its proprietary iBiopsy
platform, Median is developing non-invasive imaging biomarkers to enables the
identification of certain chronic disease-including cancer signatures, to dramatically
enhance early detection, severity quantification and monitoring of diseases. The
Objective is a one hand to guide clinicians in their therapeutic decisions in the context
of precision and predictive medicine and on the other hand to provide disruptive
decision tools to faster medical innovations and new therapy development. Median will
request the disbursement of the first tranche of € 15 million during the first semester of
2020. The contract then provides for the disbursement of the second and third tranches
(of € 10 million each) in the coming years, at Median technologies discretion, subject to the
completion of certain conditions precedents specified in the finance contract. The
repayment of this financing will occur, in a single instalment, at the end of a five-year period
after the disbursement date. The finance contract is supplemented by the payment of
various interests and fees and by a guarantee granted by (Median technologies US
Subsidiary). Pursuant to the warrants issuance agreement, Median Technologies will issue
800,000 warrants for the benefits of the EIB on the date of disbursement of the first tranche
and, where appropriate, 300, 000 additional warrants on the date of disbursement of the
second tranche, at a subscription price of € 0.01. The exercise price of these warrants will
be determined based on the price of one or more fundraising of at least € 15 million carried
out within 15 months after the subscription date to which an increasing discount will apply
under certain conditions, in case of capital increase. The EIB will be granted with the
possibility, under certain conditions, to request Median Technologies to buy back its
warrants for a maximum amount of € 50 million and beyond that amount, to find a buyer
and pay interests on the price of the remaining warrants.
The total amount of warrants (for the two tranches) would represent up to 7.44% of the
share capital fully diluted. The objective of this financing granted by the EIB together with
the European guarantee within the framework of the Juncker plan, is to support research
and innovation projects developed by companies with substantial growth potential.
Median Technologies meets these criteria as its technologies have the potential to impact
the lines of hundreds of thousands of patients worldwide. The agreement was signed by
the European Investment Bank and Fredrik Brag, CEO & Co-Founder of Median
Technologies on December 18, 2019. “through the Juncker Plan impulse, EIB has become
key player in financing innovative companies, in particular companies involved in the
domains of health & artificial intelligence, which are the core activities developed by
Median Technologies,” said EIB Vice-President, Mr. Ambroise Fayolle. Fredrick Brag, CEO
& Co-Founder of Median technologies. Added: “We are very pleased to announce the
signing of the finance agreement with the European investment bank. The EIB financing
will allow us to accelerate our investment in the development of our iBiopsy platform with
a strong focus in oncology and liver disease. We are the nest generation precision medicine
company focused on helping conquer cancer and other diseases through our proprietary
routine imaging tests. These novel non-invasive imaging tests could dramatically impact
early detection, diagnosis and monitoring of diseases. We leverage our capabilities in
technology, artificial intelligence, clinical development, regulatory and reimbursement to
drive the development and Commerical adoption of our future iBiopsy product line,
improve patient clinical outcome and lower healthcare costs”. Forward-Looking
statements: This process release contains forward looking statements are statements that
are not historical facts. These statements include projections and estimates and their
underlying assumptions, statements regarding plans, objectives, intentions and
expectations with respect to future financial results, event, operations, services, product
development, and potential, and statements regarding future –performance forward-
looking statements are generally identified by the wards,” expects”, anticipates”,
believes”, “intends”, estimates”, “plans “and similar expressions. Although Median’s
management believes that the expectations reflected in such forward looking statements
are reasonable, investors are cautioned that forward looking information and statements
are subject to various risks and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and
generally beyond the control of Median, that could cause actual results and development
to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied or projected by, the forward-
looking information and statements. These risks and uncertainties includes among other
things, the uncertainties inherent in research and development future clinical data and
analysis, including post marketing decisions by regulatory authorities such as the absence
of guarantee that the services if approved will be commercially, successful , the future
approval, Median’s ability to benefit from external growth opportunities, to complete
related transactions and or obtain regulatory clearances, risks associated with intellectual
property, trends interests rates, volatile economic conditions, the impact of cost
containment initiatives and subsequent changes there to, the average number of shares
outstanding as well as those discussed or identified in the public filings with the AMF made
by Median, other than as required by applicable law, Median does not undertake any
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information or statements. About the
European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Juncker plan: Created by the Treaty of Rome in
1958, the EIB is the EU Bank, which together with its dedicated SMEs support subsidiary
the European Investment Fund (EIF), forms the EIB Group. The EID Group provides its
financing and knowhow for sound and sustainable investment projects meeting EU
Objectives. Supported by its expertise and the financing attractiveness lent by its AAA
rating, the EIB Group is a key player in getting investment back on track in Europe. It
supports the real economy while also attracting other investors by financing concrete
projects with an impact on people’s lives. EUR 8.5 Bn of new financing was allocated to
support high quality growth and job driving projects in finance in 2017. The Investment
Plan for Europe: the so-called Juncker plan, is one of Jean-Claude Juncker’s top priorities.
It focuses on boosting investments in Europe to create jobs and growth by making smarter
use of new and existing financial resources, removing obstacles to investment and
providing greater visibility and technical assistance to investment projects. The European
fund for strategic investments (EFSI), which is the central pillar of the investment plan for
Europe enables the EIB Group to invest in more, often riskier, projects with high added
value EFSI is already showing concrete results. The projects and agreement approved for
financing under EFSI so far have mobilized EUR 408.4 Bn in investments, of which EUR 69Bn
is in France. The plan is supporting around 952000 SMEs across all 28 member states.
SOURCE: https://www.biospace.com/article/releases/median-technologies-announces-the-signing-of-a-
35-million-finance-contract-with-the-european-investment

India
MSMEs must go Digital to get into the Global Supply
Chain: Suresh Raman
Firms can learn from German peers to leverage tech to expand in India & Abroad. Small
and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in South India could became impactful players not just in
their home turf, but in global markets by emulating some of the successful characteristics
of Germany’s Mittelstand (SME) Companies, according to Suresh Raman, Vice President
and head of Chennai Operations, Tata Consultancy services. “Like our SMEs, Mittelstand
companies are very strong family run enterprises.

Yet, they are professionally run. But those German SMEs have always focused on growth
and innovation by investing a lot in technology, while Indian SMEs are still reluctant in
adopting technologies for growth,” he said while speaking on technology adoption in the
Sme sector for global growth at the SME Growth Summit, organised by ICICI Bank and
business line here.

Going Digital
Digital is impacting the world and SMEs, in particular. It’s time SMEs leveraged digital to
expand not only in India but also in other markets- “With a number of SMNEs in this part
of the country having come up, from nowhere, strongly believe SMEs in this region can be
very impactful players. It is not that everybody should become Tendulkar, one could
become players like GR Vishwanath, Hardik Pandya. They need not be big players
essentially to make an impact, “he explained.
Trade wars, a blessing
In the Context of emerging global trends wars, tremendous opportunities will open up for
Indian SMEs. Mind-set change, getting organised like German SMEs, and embracing
technologies will help Indian SMEs didn’t even leverage Industry 3.0 like their counterparts
in other countries”. However, it is not too late, I Strongly believe SMEs can directly join the
industry 4.0 bandwagon” Highlighting emerging challenges on the manpower front,
Raman stated that the demand for blue-collar workers would come down with robotics
and automation. SMEs should be prepared to adopt all these new things and may have to
manage more and more white collar workers. He urged SMEs to graduate to preparing
designs for OEMs instead of being mere order takers. “Mittelstand companies also come
up with deigns for OEMS. Japanese SMEs also do that, “he said adding, SMEs in the South
are perspiring, but not aspiring to be big like SMEs in the North”.

Success of SAF
The Summit also discussed the success story of Chennai- Based super auto forge (SAF),
founded in 1975 by first generation entrepreneurs’ S Seetharaman. SAF, engaged in the
business of making cold forged components, reinvented itself in the mid-1990s by taking
bold steps to foray into making compon complicated onto parts. By repositioning itself as
a niche player, the company cracked the export formula and scaled greater heights in the
past two decades. The company’s revenues grew from just Rs. 2 crores (after 20 years of
its existence) to Rs 680 crore. About two-thirds of its revenues come from exports. Its big
buyers include ford, Chrysler and general motors. More importantly, SAF ships close to 2
lakh parts a day with zero defect (in term of ppm). S Muralishankar, managing director of
super auto forge, who has been part of the company’s export journey from 1998, said that
the company’s decision to move away from being a “me too” manufacturer to a niche
player paid dividends. “We reduced the number of customers from 60 to 10 by late 2000
when we were serving numerous OEMs, Tier-1 7 2, companies across the country,” he said.
“We identified three distinct product families ball joint parts, transmission CV joints and
braking parts. These are highly safety critical parts and we made over presence felt in these
areas. Today, we are either No.3 or 4 globally,” Muralishankar said. “Also, for about 95%
of the parts we make, we are the single source for OEMs, he added. He advised SMEs to
play to their strength, go with a lot of confidence to tap export opportunities, establish
direct contacts with customers and not as meeting commitments is highly crucial.
SOURCE:https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/smes-must-go-digital-to-get-into-the-global-
supply-chain-suresh-raman/article28118499.ece
Nigeria
Nigeria’s Renosurce raises $ 20M to power African
markets by solar
Nigerian startup Renosurce energy has raised a $ 20 by CRE Venture Capital & the
Omidyar Network. The Renewable energy company builds and operates that provides
electricity to Commerical community strong trading bazaars. Launched in 2016, the
startup has shifted its operation away form a residential focus and We’re building
essentially the utility for these large urban market Renosurce Co-Founder, Ademola
Adesina told tech Crunch.

The company has a partners who designs specialized panels for Nigeria and Europe for its
software related programs. In addition to becoming a micro-energy provider to N the
Startup aims to offer them B2B services. With the launching its spaces offline to online
platform for including business analytics and working capital option. It’s a mini WERP tool,
we’re trying to bring a universe but still offline, they don’t know data behind their business
online, said Adesina. The benefit Renosurce seeks to deliver to Nigeria’s is to lower
overhead costs through better business process bane of generators. Across marketplaces
in West Africa, noisy, fuel-guzzling generators are like an unwelcome, yet necessary but
lack of affordable and reliable electricity in Nigeria creates opportunity cost to Africa’s
largest economy, for perspective, the West African country is roughly two million
populations larger than Russia, and generates less gigawatt hours of Renounces’ micro
utility model and deploys power cluster batteries and a power management system
adjacent hubs the energy application isn’t totally clean, as the diesel backup system.
The company plans to expand to 100 markets within African countries within 24 months,
according to Ade Resources generates revenues from charging Mercha fees. In 2017, we
did a few hundred thousand dollars about $ 7 million in revenue, and this year we’ll do
better than that, Adesina said: The Startups CEO sees the model as a classic leap by
passing Nigeria’s deficient electricity grid and provision alternative to large (and often
complicated) energy in Renosurce is also following a trend by some Nigeria trucking
logistics company kobo 360 and Motorcycle shape a suite of additional services around
the need. In rensource’s case, those clients are SMEs and tradition. This informality of
theirs is what we see as an opportunity business line and bringing these merchants into
it.
SOURCE:https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/17/nigerias-rensource-raises-20m-to-power-african-
markets-by-solar/

South Korea
South Korea to boost SME Collaboration-New Straits
Times Malaysia General Business Sports & Lifestyle
News

South Korea has agreed to enhance collaboration between its small and medium sized
enterprises (SMEs) with their Malaysian Counterparts. Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad said he
had made the request to the South Korean government and it had agreed to help
encourage the collaboration. “They are also interested in helping our small companies”,
he said at the end of the two-day Asean Republic of Korea Commemorative Summit here
yesterday. Dr. Mahathir said the Malaysian government would help identify South Korean
SMEs that possessed the relevant technologies and could work with Malaysian Companies.
“Take the agriculture sector, for example, South Korea has the technology that even if you
work on an acre of land, you can make money,” he said. Earlier, the prime minister said at
the summit he was shown Korean technology which enabled strawberries to be grown
indoors. “The strawberries are grown without sunlight send only with artificial light but yet
they taste sweet,” he said, adding that the government had to send Malaysian over to
study the technology grown the South Koreans. “We also have some of our own
technology like growing plants indoors and watering them with mist”. Dr. Mahathir said
that the agriculture and agro-based industry. Ministry had placed plants his house that
were watered by a time-controlled most release mechanism also has the technology and
are also have the technology and are not far behind”.
The prime minister did not hide his admiration for the South Korea’s advancement
technology. He said he was impressed by their achievement in aerospace and train
technologies. “Their technology is very far advanced and used mainly to improve life”. Dr.
Mahathir said the summit, the third of its kind organised by South Korea since 2009, had
been very useful, especially for Malaysia, we see great possibilities in working to get her
with them. So, South Koreans & their companies,” South Korea as the world’s most
innovative Bloomberg’s Annual Innovation Index 2019 and Malaysia seeks to benefit from
its experience. South Korea’s involvement in Kuala Lumpur’s look east policy since 1982
has remained a significant feature of Malaysia’s development. Under the renewed look
East policy 2.0 (LEP 2.0), Malaysia is looking forward to tap into South Korea’s strength in
advanced technology and innovation that include new industries, artificial intelligence,
digital economy, robotic, as well as smart manufacturing and the aerospace industry. Dr.
Mahathir, who is accompanied by his wife Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali, will leave for a
two-day official visit, his first since becoming Malaysia’s seventh Prime Minister.
SOURCE: https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2019/11/542493/s-korea-boost-sme-collaboration

Startup News
Bengaluru
Bengaluru firms claimed 45% of all investments in
India Startups in 10 Years
Bengaluru startups have raised about $ 31 billion in the total investment into the Indian
Startup ecosystem. Since 2016, the city has witnessed more capital inflow (About $ 20
billion) than Delhi and Mumbai combined, according to the Bengaluru innovation report
2019 which was unveiled by Karnataka Vision fund on Tuesday.

With 14 Unicorns in India) with a cumulative valuation of $ 61 billion (58% of India),

Bengaluru has been the biggest driver of the India startup growth story. A Unicorn is a
startup valued at more than $ 1 billion. The city is poised to grow even more rapidly with
43% of Soonicorns (potential Unicorns) in the country being based out of Bengaluru new
emerging sectors like deep tech could help the city become a global hub of excellence for
certain sectors. Bengaluru has served as India’s Technology capital for over 3 decades now.
With a robust heritage of primer and R& D laboraties, academic institutions and public
sector focused firms, Bengaluru was the pivotal city that led to India’s IT leadership in the
world. These IT companies helped put India on the global map as the software industry
permeated every sphere of business, said Prashant Prakash, chairman startup vision
Group-Karnataka “Innovations to deliver the best services to clients globally has enables
these IT companies to scale across borders and create value for millions of employees and
hundreds of thousands of shareholders. In doing so, they have set a high bar for startups
that innovate for global markets out of Bengaluru. These companies helped lay the
immovable foundation of tech talent in this city that is now leading the startup revolution
in India”. Said Prakash, who is also a partner at venture capital firm Accel. The report which
has been prepared by top investment and research firms including Accel partners and
quality tech talent pool available from the city’s broader information technology
ecosystem. It also evaluates the performance of the ecosystem on a number of parameters
including the number of companies founded, average fundraise size and number of
unicorns in the city that firmly cement the city’s place as India’s startup capital. “However,
there should be more intellectual property and deeper tech ecosystem development as it
is still a very small components of the overall ecosystem. The research based work should
not only be available to the companies for solutions in India but it should be monetization
anywhere in the world. A lot of global brands have GICs (Global in-house centres) in India
and there is a need to improve the ability of startup ecosystem. India’s startup subculture
is getting stronger by the year, with India being home to the third-largest startup
ecosystem in the world. Indian startups have raised close to $550 billion in just the last 6
years, with more than 40,000 startups launched in the country. Immense value has been
constructed in this ecosystem already. With over 30 unicorns this is also the third-largest
unicorn concentration worldwide. Growth has accomplished remarkable cultural shift in
India, with more young and ambitions entrepreneurs finding social and financial support
to grow large businesses and aim for outliner results, said Prakash.
SOURCE:https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/bengaluru-firms-claimed-45-of-all-
investments-in-indian-startups-in-10-yrs-119121701396

Paris
“Paris will be the most vibrant tech scene of
Europe”: Fast interview with Xavier Niel, French
tech billionaire
Xavier Niel, the Paris-born tech billionaire, is on a mission to turn France into an innovation
powerhouse. For those who are not familiar with Xavier’s background, he is best known
for his colossal ventures in the internet and telecommunication industries. He began his
entrepreneurial journey at just 17 years young, using Minitel services, a French forerunner
of the internet, to provide ‘online’ chat services. He subsequently co-founded France’s first
internet service in 1994, WorldNet, bringing millions in France to the World Wide Web.
Currently he is best known as founder and majority shareholder of the French Internet
service provider and Mobile operator Iliad (Free). “We have always been obsessed by
providing our users with the fastest and most convenient access to the Internet, at the
best price. And nothing else. We are very focused. It makes the difference I hope :)”, Xavier
told us. Now, having backed more than 800 startups, Xavier is investing in the
entrepreneurial infrastructure of France, to help the country grow into a world-renowned
tech hub. This new goal is giving young people a helping hand, perhaps even before they
even know they are entrepreneurs. In 2013, Xavier funded École 42, a ground-breaking
free computer programming school in Paris. With Xavier himself skipping University, École
42 doesn’t require a minimum level of studies to get in, and doesn’t have teachers, either.
This ‘out-of-the-box’ school has a social mission with innovation at it center: making
programming, a key entrepreneurial tool, accessible for anyone. Among other ventures, in
2017 Xavier then funneled €250 million into building Station F, which is the largest startup
incubator in the world. This monumental space boasts 366,000 square feet, 4000 desks,
chess boards, multimillion-dollar art installations and a whole host of success stories (think
recast.ai, a Parisian chatbots business which was recently acquired by SAP from the
Microsoft AI Factory programme). When asked what impact Station F has had so far, Xavier
referred to its effect on Europe’s, and indeed the world’s, impression of the French startup
ecosystem. Indeed, Station F has shone the spotlight on France’s ability to break the rules,
set new records and act as a destination for creativity: “When people need to associate
Paris/France with startups, now they can easily think of Station F, it resonates way beyond
what we could have imagined, what a joy!” Moves like this are no doubt in line with the
goals of France’s own President, Emmanuel Macron, who has pledged to make France into
a “startup nation” (in fact, according to Forbes, the two are so aligned that they
communicate on an SMS text basis). With all this taken into consideration, where does
Xavier see the French, and specifically Parisian, startup ecosystem now, and can it become
Europe’s leading tech hub? “I think that Paris is 3 years behind London. 5 years ago, it was
10 years behind. Hopefully, Paris will catch-up and be the most vibrant tech scene of
Europe in 5 to 10 years :)” Finally, for Xavier, failure is not something that he likes to dwell
on, but rather use as a platform to launch from quickly into the next horizon. He says, “It’s
hard to reflect on one particular failure, I like to believe I have made lots of them and learnt
a lot from each one”. Then, when asked what advice he could give to himself 10 years ago
if he could, his answer quite simply says it all: “Faster?)”.
SOURCE:https://www.eu-startups.com/2019/12/paris-will-be-the-most-vibrant-tech-scene-of-europe-
fast-interview-with-xavier-niel-french-tech-billionaire/

UAE
Helping SMEs in the UAE take on the world
SMEs in the UAE have proven to be strategic drivers of industries and are expected to play
an even stronger role in the years to come. According to the UAE Ministry of Economy, the
Small and medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) sector represents more than 98% of the total
number of companies operating in the UAE and contributes towards 52% of the non- oil
GDP. The Ministry IS TARGETING 60% contribution of SMEs by 2021. Essentially, these
SMEs contribute to growth, innovation and job creation.
Therefore, it is highly imperative to ensure they are empowered with the right tools and
support to more ahead in their journey.
UAE SMEs at a Glance
SMEs in the UAE have proven to be the strategic drivers of industries across the country and are
expected to play a much stronger role in the years to come. “The role of SMEs in furthering the
economic growth of the nation is extensive, and the national programme for SMEs plays a
pioneering role that encompasses more than 1,700 Emirati entrepreneurs who have the
passion to explore more promising opportunities across different points of the world.
Dr. Adeeb Alafeefi, Director of the National Programme for SMEs at the UAE Ministry of
Economy.” The UAE Government is playing a key role in ties ambition to enhance their
contribution and performance of the SME sector, and we have seen the government and
programmes to help them grow further. There are lots of local entities such as the
Mohammad Bin Rashid establishment for SME development, the Khalifa fund for
enterprise development The Saud Bin Saqr establishment for SMEs and Rawad-Sharjah
Entrepreneurs Foundation among others. However, the National Programme for SMEs was
established under federal Law No.2 of 2014, which is the executive arm of the small and
medium projects and enterprise council, affiliated to the Ministry of Economy. The
National Programme for SMEs is supervised by a Council chaired by Sultan Bin Saeed Al
Mansouri, UAE Minister of Economy, which aims to empower small and medium sized
national entrepreneurs. It is tasked with developing the general framework and guidelines
to provide expertise training and technical and administrative support in various fields to
promote and develop SMEs, beside conducting periodic evaluations. Moreover, it
coordinates with federal and local government bodies and the private sector to market,
the product of its members, both inside and outside the UAE and to provide benefits and
incentives for projects executed by its members.
Bilateral Partnership
There is excellent traction seen for SME thanks to bilateral partnerships as well. The
strength of the ties between the UAE and Italy, for instance is evident in the consolidated
business partnerships by both national and their growth be attributed to the robust trade
relations between both countries. In fact, the total volume of non-oil trade between the
UAE and Italy reached a total of $ 7.9 billion (Dh 29 billion) in 2017. In addition, the ongoing
cooperation between the UAE and Italy as part of preparation to host the upcoming Exp
2020 Dubai has been remarkable, with over 1,000 Italian Businesses registering to interact
with the Expo through its e-sourcing portal, with 66% of these being SMEs. Furthermore,
the UAE Italian joint venture, Cimolai Rimond is providing the steel work for the dome
trellis of Al West Plaza-the Iconic center piece of the expo site. The country remains keen
on stepping up its cooperation across areas like space exploration, alternative energy, civil
aviation, transportation, financial service, food security and Gala products.
1,700 Emirati Entrepreneurs
The role of SMEs in furthering the economic growth of the nation is extensive and the
National programme for SMEs plays a pioneering role that encompasses more than 1,700
Emirati Entreprenruses who have the passion to explore more promising opportunities
across different parts of the world.
SOURCE: https://gulfnews.com/business/helping-smes-in-the-uae-take-on-the-world-1.1575258574896

USA
7 Best Marketing Tools to Grow Your Startup in 2020
If you are an emerging startup, then there are precise marketing tools to grow your startup
that need to be utilized to keep with it. It’s essential to armed with a passion for your
product and the most advanced tools to make your journey victorious.
The best tools are those that help the market products, reduce costs same time and guard
you against legal and cybersecurity trouble. Here are the top 7 Marketing tools for 2020
that you must use to surpass and get guaranteed excellent results.
1-SEMrush (All-in-one digital marketing tool)
The most dependable digital marketing tool is getting better for the year 2020. It is a great all-
in-one SEO platform. SEMrush platform works to recognize different trends that appear
within your corner, classifying a variety of keywords, inspect your on-page SEO, check
rankings, and backlinks. The latest Writing Assistance AI engine feature of SEMrush is going
to play a vital role in SEO and content marketing strategies and will help to run successful
campaigns in 2020.
Below are the five ways bloggers can make use of SEMrush:
 Understanding current success
 Getting a better understanding of your competitors Finding new keyword opportunities
 Find better advertising opportunities
 Keeping track of current and existing rankings

SEMrush is changing the reputation of SEO and making it more accessible to all. The truth
that thousands of bloggers and marketers throughout the world are using SEMrush every
single day should make you realize just how reliable this tool is.

2-Mailchimp (for sending bulk emails)

Mail Chimp is one of the greatest names in email marketing software. It is a marketing
automation software created to help you reach customers in a fast and productive manner.
It is free for startups or anyone with a mailing list of 2,000 subscribers. Mail Chimp is a stable
email marketing platform for almost any small to large business. If you would like to keep
your audience informed about specific news and updates, then Mail chimp should be your
go-to software. It has all the basics when it comes to reporting, with a beautiful layout.
Reports cover information like open rates, click rates, and also data from others in your
business.

3-SoGoSurvey (essential for marketing)

SoGoSurvey is a powerful marketing tool for startups, small and large organizations, which
helps in getting data such as feedback through online surveys and forms. It is one of the
most versatile and secure survey platform in the market which have outstanding features.
Some of the top features are:
 Unlimited surveys Unlimited questions Skip logic
 Drag and drop interface Powerful reports and Real-time tracking
SoGoSurvey is worth its powerful analytics, feedback-driven, and reliable support.

4-Medium (effective blogging platform)

Medium is one of the most robust blogging platforms that happen to be. It is the best all-
around popular blogging platform where the bulk of the readers who're looking to read
standard blog-style posts are right now. Medium is simple to use, with no setup needed and
no coding experience needed. It helps you to reach the existing online community of people
with similar interests. People are now switching from WordPress to Medium due to its
secure high traffic.
5-Canva (alternate graphic designer)
Canva is a freemium online graphics tool that's very simple to use and offers a lot of
templates that can help you out. It launched five years ago; over 10 million people have
used Canva to simplify graphic design. It helps users who are not skilled in graphic design
by creating visuals quickly and easily.Marketing budget spend on graphic designers.
6- Falcon (for social media marketing)
How do you build a brand, and how do you grow the name of your product? With
marketing, right? Falcon is a social media marketing platform developed on social analytics,
community engagement, and governance for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. It
helps you build your brand name fast and efficiently in the growing market. You can easily
create posts, edit them, schedule them, and publish them on any social media platform
smoothly. With Falcon, you can be a content genius, team whisperer, analytics geek,
customer champion, and strategy guru.
7-NinjaOutreach (influencer marketing and blogger outreach
software)
Influencer marketing is going to be on top priority in 2020 as a growth hack for digital
marketers. Ninja Outreach is essentially a sniper-based outreach tool which helps you to
build healthy and natural PR. It is one of the smartest blogger outreach, influencer marketing,
and analysis platform that streamlines your influencer marketing and lead generation
process with automatic outreach and follow-ups. Ninja Outreach also gives a browser
extension that allows you to see information about a website while you're going about your
day-to-day browsing.
Wrap Up
Indeed, none of the million available startup tools would "make" your company successful.
However, if you have an excellent business plan and you have an enthusiasm for achieving
your goals, then these marketing tools can help you in succeeding in your goals. So, try them
out with your startup to move forward!
SOURCE:https://www.promotionworld.com/articles/digital-marketing/191219-7-best-marketing-tools-
grow-your-startup-2020

Women Wing
India
WE Hub Partners with Startup India DPIIT to Launch
WING Program for Women Entrepreneurs in Telangana
WE Hub, India’s first state led incubator to foster and promote women entrepreneurship
to start-up, scale-up and accelerate with global market access, today announced its
partnership with Start-up India, DPIIT. The two have joined hands to launch Startup India’s
flagship program for women entrepreneurs called WING (Women Rise Together program
in Telangana. We Hub, will drive the program for women entrepreneurs in Telangana in
collaboration with KSUM and provide them with access to incubation, investors and
business support. Through WE Hub, the Telangana women entrepreneurship ecosystem
will target to conduct 10 workshops to promote women entrepreneurship. It targets to
create a conducive environment to share best practices and experiences that will help
women leaders in the Telangana region to overcome challenges for their business growth.
Importantly, WE Hub has also partnered with Startup India for National Start-Up Award
2020 to help them recognize and reward outstanding women-led startups in the Telangana
region. Deepthi Ravula, CEO of WE Hub said, “India has achieved great heights in nurturing
startup ecosystem; however, women constitute only 14 percent of the total number of
entrepreneurs in the country. Initiatives like WING that aims to support 7500 women
entrepreneurs in the country over the next one year deserves utmost importance. Our
partnership with Startup India will aid us in enabling women entrepreneurs in Telangana
and enable them to have a strong foothold in the national economy. This partnership with
DPIIT and Startup India marks another milestone for WE Hub aligning perfectly with our
vision of accelerating women entrepreneurship across Telangana.” Anil Agrawal, Joint
Secretary, DPIIT, said, “WING program is strategically designed to help women
entrepreneurs to spearhead innovation in India. It will support them with a suite of benefits
like incubation, mentorship, investment opportunities that will enable them to scale-up
smoothly. We are delighted to find the right partner for this program in Telangana and
collaborate with India’s first state-led incubator for women entrepreneurs, WE Hub, A
Government of Telangana initiative” The partnership will empower the culture of
promoting women entrepreneurship and creating a thriving ecosystem for women-led
businesses in Telangana. Mr. Jayesh Ranjan IAS, Principal Secretary to the Department of IT
E & C said, “Telangana Government has always been at the forefront of bringing in policies
and initiatives for women’s participation and building ecosystem enablers like WE Hub. WE
Hub is the first of its kind in India to take women entrepreneurs and work force to build is
helping 128 women entrepreneurs by creating multiple collaborations across socio-
economic communities. DPIIT’s partnership with WE Hub will help women entrepreneurs
in Telangana to follow their ambitions and build successful companies of tomorrow.” The
Telangana edition of WING was launched at WE Hub by Mr. K. T. Rama Rao, Minister for IT,
Industries and MA&UD, Government of Telangana and he cited the pioneering policies and
initiatives for women entrepreneurship and initiatives by the state government in the
presence of Jayesh Ranjan, Principal Secretary, Government of Telangana (I&C, ITE&C) and
Jasleen Lamba, Senior Manager, Startup India Hub, Invest India. In a short span of time WE
Hub has impacted a lot of women entrepreneurs through its various programs and
initiatives like Community Slate (Social Enterprise Accelerator), BizArena (Corporate
Innovation Challenge), Incubation Program, Girls in STEAM (Student Engagement
Program), Women in Manufacturing Program and Project Her & Now with Deutsche
Gesellschaft for International Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
SOURCE:https://indiaeducationdiary.in/we-hub-partners-with-startup-india-dpiit-to-launch-wing-
program-for-women-entrepreneurs-in-telangana/

UAE
Ras AI Khaimah: Calling Women Entrepreneurs
With special packages, RAKEZ is encouraging Women to achieve
their entrepreneurial dreams
The thought of becoming an entrepreneur never crossed Elena Agaragimova’s mind until
she came to the Emirates. Having worked with several organizations in the USA, the talent
development specialist decided to take the plunge to launch her own business in 2019. As
the founder of Agar Global services, a training and development, she joins a growing league
of women working in small to medium sized businesses SMEs in the UAE. When it comes
to opportunities for women in business, the AUE is a world leader. Today, women make up
70% of the country’s university graduates 46.6% of the workforce and 10% of the
leadership within private sector companies, according to statistics from the ministry of
finance, ese are clear signs that they are a key part of the UAE’s economic and social future.
Globally, research from Boston consulting group (BCG) found that if female entrepreneurs
received as much support as male entrepreneurs, the world’s economy could experience
up to a $ 5 trillion boost.
It is a great news as the SME sector to the UAE’s GDP is estimated at 53% and plans are
afoot to increase this to 60% by 2021.

Supporting women entrepreneurs

From a surge in female entrepreneurs and support groups to increased funding for new
businesses, there’s never been a better time for a woman to start a business in the UAE. When
Agaragimova’s decided to launch her businesses, she picked Ras Al Khaimah Economic Zone
(RAKEZ), a thriving hub for start-ups and that is less than an hour’s journey from Dubai. “I
shopped around, and I think price-wise what they have for women entrepreneurs is attractive
and affordable,”she says." e process of setting up was easy and transparent, and there were no
hidden charges.”

RAKEZ began offering one-year and three-year business packages dedicated to

women for the first time in the UAE in August
As part of its commitment to encourage more women to pursue their
entrepreneurial dreams, RAKEZ began offering one-year and three-year business
packages dedicated to women for the first time in the UAE in August. e RAKEZ
Business women packages start from Dh6,200 and include a free zone licence, a shared
workstation, eligibility for a UAE residency visa and various support services, such as
business cards and priority at RAKEZ service centres. e three-year package comes with
the additional benefit of one free investor visa, which normally costs Dh3,950. “The
customer service they offer is excellent and the package I chose fitted my budget and
needs. Also, RAKEZ has offices in Emaar Square, which is very beneficial for someone
based in Dubai, like me, so I didn't have to commute.”
Getting around formalities
Monica Marinho is the Founder of Twenty III Design, a studio that focuses on
interior design for high-end hospitality, residential, F&B and retail clients. Having
arrived in the UAE with the aim of launching her own business, the Brazilian
expat’s main challenge was getting around the process of business set up in the
country. She was also concerned about finding a local sponsor to start the business.
“e package with RAKEZ gave me 100 per cent ownership rights for the company. I
chose the Business woman package because it was just perfect for my needs.”

Monica Marinho's main challenge was getting around the process of business set up in
the country
“Signing up was easy. Every time I needed information, they replied in less than 24
hours. e whole process from the day I sent documents and received my licence, took
less than two weeks.” For entrepreneurs who are new to the country, it is
important to find the right partner they can trust, she says. “RAKEZ offered me that
trust. I will recommend it to my friends or anyone who needs to pursue their business
dreams," she adds. Dubai-based Jazz artist and soul singer Carrie Gibson has been
in the entertainment business for more than 20 years. Her jazz band Nuvo Soul, a funky
four-piece act, was nominated in 2018 for a Time Out Dubai Music & Nightlife award.
“My need for a licence was all about visas," she says. "Most musicians in Dubai are
freelancers, but that licence only offers a single visa. I wanted to have an extra visa to
employ other musicians.” “e business package dedicated to women entrepreneurs was
best suited for my needs. They alsohave an office here in Dubai, which made it easier
for me.”

Settingup
RAKEZ has a one-stop-shop concept, which is very helpful when you are starting a new
company, says Injy Guenena, Owner and Founder of Pearl Homes. Having lived in Ras
Al Khaimah for the past six years, she launched her own property start-up this year.
"We specialize in helping people with their property investments and support the
expat community with their leasing needs,” she says. "I got into real estate business due to
general interest in homes and many people needing help when looking for a home. e UAE and
Ras Al Khaimah, in particular, have made it so easy for us to set up the business - they take care of
everything.” She decided to set up her business under the RAKEZ business Women package. Again,
lower set-up costs played a key role in the decision. "When we saw there were huge savings for
womenasa[business]owner,we decided to go for it." “e startup cost was essential for us,and we
were able to rent the office space from them. Also, the package gives me enough visas for myself
and myfuture staff”.
Injy Guenena, Owner and Founder of Pearl Homes

Ease of doingbusiness

With simplified set-up processes, fast-track visa, licence issuance and ongoing business support
services, RAKEZ is focused on supporting women entrepreneurs suchasGuenenatounderpinRasAl
Khaimah’sandthe UAE’sthriving economy. Such efforts by the government of Ras Al Khaimah and
other federal entities mean the UAEhas climbed 10 spots to11th place in the WorldBank’s annual
ease of doing business last year, which is ahead of some traditional stalwart countries in
WesternEuropeand Asia, making it the easiestplaceto do business in the Middle East. e country
also has an ambitious goal to become one of the top 25 in the world for gender equality by 2021.
Here’s never been a better time for women to set up a business in the UAE, says Pearl Homes’
Guenena. e UAE's business ecosystem and supporting laws are ripe for growing start-ups. “I would
say if you want to start a business, do it now. here is never going to be a [more] perfect time.”
SOURCE:https://gulfnews.com/business/ras-al-khaimah-calling-women-entrepreneurs 1.1575883998660

USA
US VC investment in female founder shits all-time high
Venture capital investment in all-female founding teams hit $3.3 billion in 2019,
representing 2.8% of capital invested across the entire U.S. startup ecosystem this year,
according to the latest data collected by Pitch Book. While that number may seem
insubstantial, it’s a step up from last year’s total. In 2018, venture capitalists struck 580
deals worth $3 billion — up from just $2.1 billion in 2017 — for all-female teams, or only
2.2% of all U.S. deal activity. So far, female- founded and mixed-gender teams have
raised a total of $17.2 billion, with roughly three weeks remaining in 2019. That’s 11.5%
of all venture capital investment, an increase from 10.6% last year, when those groups
attracted $17 billion across some 2,000 deals. Crunch base, another organization
focused on tracking and analyzing fundraising data, reported in October that $20 billion
in global capital was invested in female- founded and female co-founded startups so far
this year. Three percent of global venture dollar volume was funneled toward female
teams, Crunch base said, and 10% toward teams of women and men. Despite efforts
from female founders, venture capitalists and diversity advocates in Silicon Valley and
beyond, female entrepreneurs continue to struggle to raise as much capital as their
male counterparts. The lack of equity in VC is in part caused by the lack of women on
the other side of the table; venture capital funds still employ very few women.
Although dozens of firms have made concerted efforts to diversify their ranks, fewer
than 10% of decision-makers at U.S. VC firms are women, according to a 2019 Axios
analysis, which determined just 105 investors out of 1,088 were female. While the study
noted an increase from the previous year’s 8.93% and 2017’s 7%, it proved venture
capital is still very much a male-dominated industry. Carta, a venture-backed company
that provides startups tools to manage their equity, released its second annual gender
equity gap study last month, noting that male founders and employees still receive
significantly more equity wealth than women. Men have 64% of all startup equity,
according to Carta’s findings, and represent 80% of cap table millionaires. Carta used
data from 320,000 employees, some 10,000 companies and 25,000 founders to
determine these results, which paint a disappointing picture for women at startups.
Another venture-backed company, Tide, conducted its own study around female
founders this year. The study focused on entrepreneurs in the U.K. and U.S., which both
struggle with diversity in entrepreneurship. Tide determined that of the 403 degrees
obtained from universities in the U.K. by female founders, roughly a quarter were from
the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford, the country’s top schools.
Of the American entrepreneurs included in the study, most went to Stanford
University, MIT or Harvard University. The conclusion? Of the female founders who
ultimately succeed in raising funding from private investors, most are graduates of elite
universities, suggesting a certain socio-economic status. Of course, accessing capital is
even more difficult for entrepreneurs who do not attend top universities and who
therefore struggle to gain access to investor-friendly networks. The diversity issue in
VC expands beyond women.
While several funds have cropped up with a mission to back female founders
exclusively, including Female Founders Fund, BBG Ventures, Halogen Ventures, Jane VC,
Cleo Capital, accelerator program Ready Set Raise or Factor Ventures, minority
entrepreneurs, including men of color, struggle to secure financing. And while
companies like Pitch Book and Crunch base track gender, they do not track race, making
it difficult to understand the size and scale of the race funding gap. On a mission to close
that gap, firms like Harlem Capital invest in minority entrepreneurs and organizations
like BLCK VC seek to provide community for black venture investors. The New York-based
team behind Harlem Capital announced a $40 million debut fundraise last month, one of
the largest-ever pools of capital for a fund with a diversity mandate. Harlem, similar to
BLCK VC, hopes to attract more minorities to venture capital, where the vast majority
of deal makers are white or Asian men. “You need diversity funds like ourselves to get
this market anywhere close to parity,” Harlem Capital managing partner Jarrid Tingle
told TechCrunch last month. Other efforts focused on women in VC and technology
include All Raise, which hired its first chief executive officer in Pam Kostka earlier this
year. 2019 has been a banner year for the nonprofit organization focused on increasing
representation across the entire tech ecosystem. Not only did it bring its first official
leader and several employees, it announced new chapters in Los Angeles and Boston,
launched a program called VC Cohorts and hosted its annual conference, several in-
person and virtual fundraising workshops and networking sessions. “Women are
hungry for the support and guidance we provide,” All Raise’s Kostka told TechCrunch in
October. “I think the movement is just gathering momentum.” Large and growing
“unicorn” startups founded by women have also helped move the needle this year,
proving companies led by women can gain support from Silicon Valley’s elite. Pitch
Book notes Glossier and Rent the Runway, two companies founded and led by women,
as examples of new entrants to the unicorn club (companies with valuations of $1 billion
or larger). Glossier landed a $100 million Series D led by Sequoia Capital, with
participation from Tiger Global and Spark Capital in March. The round valued Emily
Weiss’ business at a whopping $1.2 billion. News of Rent the Runway’s $125 million
round led by Franklin Templeton Investments and Bain Capital Ventures came just a
couple of days later. The deal valued the clothing rental company at $1 billion. The
newest data may indicate progress, but all-male teams still raised more than 85% of all
U.S. venture capital dollars in 2019, while decision makers at venture capital firms were
still more than 90% male. The venture capital industry, as it stands, is still a boy’s club.
SOURCE: https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/09/us-vc-investment-in-female-founders-hits-all-time-high/

Wasme Corner
ICSME 2019 - REPORT
World Association for Small and Medium Enterprises (WASME)
organised 23rd International Conference for SMEs (ICSME) on “Achieving inclusive and
sustainable Goal through SME 4.0 by promoting SMEs” on 17 th December 2019 at
WASME International Secretariat, Film City, and Noida, India. The event was supported
by Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India.
23rd ICSME aimed to promote SME development initiatives and integrating it with the 2030
agenda of achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations. The
conference endeavored to catalyze international cooperation for initiating focused efforts
to increase the access of education, entrepreneurship and innovation integration of SMEs
into Global Value Chain and thus empower them to contribute effectively to the country’s
socio-economic development.

The Chief Guest of the conference was Mr. A.N. Oozeer Senior Chief Executive, Ministry of
Business and Enterprise Mauritius Govt. in inaugural session and Shri Ashwini Kumar
Choubey Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India in WASME
Excellence Award session. Among dignitaries were H.E. Ambassador Kheswar Jankee
Ambassador of Mauritius to Germany, Dr. Nagesh Kumar, Director, United Nations ESCAP,
Mr Sudhir Garg Joint Secretary, Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India, Mr. Pranbihanga
Borpuzari Associate Editor, Economic Times.

Dr Gyan Prakash Agarwal Secretary General, WASME gave the welcome address and
discussed about the WASME’s contribution in strengthening SMEs across globe. Keynote
address by Mr Shailendra Kumar Senior Advisor, WASME & Founder & Chairman, and
TIOL. Vote of thanks by Ms. Sampa Banerjee, Executive Director, WASME.

As the Vice President (chief in Bangladesh) of World Association of SMEs (WASME) Mr Z.M.
Zillur Rahman presented the SMEs status in Bangladesh and how the SMEs can contribute
more in different countries. SMEs are the backbone of a country and for the economic
growth and sustainable development of a country depends on SMEs development, He also
mentioned and tried to high lights its activities through WASME.

There were six technical sessions on economy, strategy, technology, work force of SME 4.0
and UN’s SDG moderated by Dr Sharad Kohli, Founder & Chairman, KCC Group. Some of
the eminent panelists were following –

1. Mr. Pranbihanga Borpuzari Associate Editor, Economic Times

2. Mr. Probir Roy Co-Founder, PayMate
3. Dr. S.K Dutta Political Analyst & BJP Think-tank
4. Prof P. Vigneswara Ilavarasan, IIT, Delhi
5. Prof (Dr) Deepak Garg Head, CSE, Bennett University
6. Mr. Munish Jindal Founding President, MENTORx

Panelists provided rich content to the participants, followed by question answer session.
About more than 250 participants attended the conference and WASME Excellence
Awards 2019. They got good experience and enjoyed a lot and provided an excellent
feedback.

WASME has been taking this legacy forward and has successfully organised 22 WASME
Excellence Awards in different countries including Yugoslavia, Ethiopia, Egypt, Nigeria,
Russia, South Africa, Romania, etc. WASME Excellence Awards was not just an
International award, but also a catalyst tool that provides a global platform for the world
SME community to engage, exchange and experience the latest advancement best
practices, and have global consultations to shape the development agenda for SMEs across
the globe.
WASME Excellence Awards encompassed a mix of Informative plenary sessions, parallel
sessions and in-depth discussions besides exhibitions that will run concurrently with the
conference. With the common vision of promoting SMEs to adopt sustainable business
practices, WASME Excellence Awards was a part of this global revolution. More than 40
SMEs were awarded by Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey Minister of State for Health and
Family Welfare, Govt. of India for their excellent work in the field of business in following
categories.

1. Young Entrepreneur of the Year

2. Founder of The Year
3. Start-up of The Year
4. Woman Entrepreneur
5. Innovator of The Year
6. Global Entrepreneur of the Year
7. Innovative Product of the Year
8. Technology Product of the Year
9. Sustainable Product of the Year
10. Environmental Product of the Year
‘SMEs
 FINANCIAL EXPRESS, Bangladesh
ICSME News Published in Financial Express: ‘SMEs backbone of a country’

S M Zillur Rahman, Vice President (chief in Bangladesh) of World Association of SMEs (WASME), Chairman and
CEO of Rahman Group & Director of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) speaking at the 23rd
International Conference for SMEs (ICSME) on 'Achieving Inclusive and Sustainable Goal Through SME 4.0 by
Promoting SMEs', in Film City, Noida, India, recently.
Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) are the backbone of a country. Economic growth and
sustainable development of a country depends on the SMEs development. Speakers made the
observations at the 23rd International Conference for SMEs (ICSME) on 'Achieving Inclusive and
Sustainable Goal Through SME 4.0 by Promoting SMEs', held in India, recently, says a World
Association for Small and Medium Enterprises (WASME) organised the event, supported by the
Ministry of MSME of India, at WASME International Secretariat, Film City, Noida. Senior Chief
Executive of Ministry of Business and Enterprise Mauritius A.N Oozeer inaugurated the conference
as the chief guest and addressed the opening session which was followed by WASME Excellence
Award session.

India's State Minister for Health and Family Welfare Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey
attended the WASME Excellence Award session. Besides, Ambassador of Mauritius to
Germany Kheswar Jankee, Director of United Nations ESCAP Dr. Nagesh Kumar, Vice
President (chief in Bangladesh) of World Association of SMEs (WASME) S M Zillur Rahman
and Associate Editor of Economic Times Pranbihanga Borpuzari were present and also
spoke. WASME Secretary General Dr Gyan Prakash Agarwal gave the welcome address
while its Senior Advisor Shailendra Kumar presented the keynote.
In his address Zillur Rahman, also Director of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI),
presented SMEs' status in Bangladesh and stated how the SMEs can contribute more to
development of different countries. He said SMEs are the backbone of a country and the economic
growth and sustainable development of a country depends on SMEs development.
The 23rd ICSME was aimed at promoting SME development initiatives and integrating
it with the 2030 agenda of achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the
United Nations.
The conference comprised six technical sessions on economy, strategy, technology,
work force of SME 4.0 and UN's SDG. Founding Chairman of KCC Group Dr Sharad Kohli
moderated the programme.
SOURCE: https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/stock-corporate/smes-backbone-of-a-country-
1577036580
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effective and leading international organizations, working towards the promotion of SMEs
worldwide through policy advocacy, information dissemination, conferences, seminars,
events, trainings, publication, network linkages and many more.

WASME enjoys consultative/observer status with concerned agencies in UN system such

as UNCTAD, ITC, WIPO, UNIDO, UNESCO, UNCITRAL, UNESCAP and ILO, and several other
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