Setting the scene: Who did you help and what were their needs?

Polish company,  Grants8 has been participated at the r2b event "Horizons of Innovation 2025" in Novi Sad, Republic of Serbia, on 2nd of December 2025. The invitation has been provided by Ms. Vesna Raskovic Depalov, EEN Serbia, BINS's Innovation and Scale-up Advisor, and was followed by the ECNM, Economic Chamber of North Macedonia and Politehnika Krakowska. At Grants8's platform, https://grants8.com/, empower businesses by simplifying the process of securing grants. As a leading platform dedicated to grant accessibility, they provide the most accurate, up-to-date, and actionable grant information, ensuring that businesses can unlock funding opportunities with confidence.

Services provided: What did you do to help them?

Ms. Vesna Raskovic Depalov, EEN Serbia,  invites Mr. Greg Lancucki, CEO & Co-Founder of Grants8, to be a speaker at one of the workshops in order to present to the young researchers their advanced AI-powered SaaS platform for searching and applying for EU grants. During b2b matchmaking Mr. Greg Lancucki, established cooperation with Ms. Natasha Ristovska from Green Growth, https://greengrowth-platform.org, Macedonian company, followed with the signed agreement of using Grants8's platform, https://grants8.com/. Also consulting service has been introduced in the scope of innovative platform creation based on artificial intelligence, used by company to search for funding opportunities for businesses and match grants to customer profiles.

The impact: What was the outcome of your help?

Both partner organziation has been supporting the clients in the process of signed the final agreement. ECNM has been supporting the client, Green Growth, Macedonian company, during b2b matchmaking in the process of signed the final agreement and Politehnika Krakowska has been supporting the client, Polish company, Grants8, during b2b matchmaking in the process of signed the final agreement. However, new initiatives (training participation and r2b event participation) were suggested by Ms. Vesna Raskovic Depalov, TG Start-up and Scale-up management team member. Their assistance attracted the company in terms of providing expert guidance in writing and optimizing grant applications, ensuring alignment with funding criteria to maximize approval chances and secure funding efficiently.

Quotes? From EEN partners and the company

 “Specialized team of experts supports each other and the GGP platform to achieve its strategies ”

— Ms. Wioleta Wiecheć, Politechnika Krakowska / EEN Poland

“Smartly connecting businesses and researches with the most relevant funding opportunities. ”

— Ms. Vesna Raskovic Depalov, Business incubator Novi Sad /EEN Serbia

 “Team of young professionals, specialized to provide knowledge and support for empowering the concept of green growth.”

— Ms. Irena Mojsovska, Economic Chamber of North Macedonia / EEN North Macedonia

Company Name Green Growth
Location Skopje, North Macedonia
Contact Person Natasha Ristovska
Email Address info@greengrowth-platform.org
Company Scale Start-up/ Scale-up
Sector of Activity
Focused on international agricultural development that has the knowledge
and skills how to create enabling environment for development of the agrifood industries in Western Balkans and Eastern Europe.
Website & Social Media Accounts https://greengrowth-platform.org/