联邦快递公司（纽约所代码：FDX）的子公司和全球的快递运输公司联邦快递今天宣布了欧洲小型企业资助竞赛的 15 名决赛入围者。

　从医疗技术到可持续面料，入围者被认为是欧洲创新性和热情的小型企业。该竞赛提供了近 250,000 欧元的总赠款池，以帮助这些公司成长并实现其雄心壮志。决赛选手的完整名单是：

　　该比赛作为单一的泛欧比赛进行。参赛作品面向 16 个欧洲国家/地区员工人数不超过 50 人的营利性小企业开放。15 名决赛入围者现在将角逐大奖（50,000 欧元）或三项评委选择奖之一：数字奖、可持续发展和创新策划人（每人 15,000 欧元）。

　　联邦快递还很高兴地宣布，人民选择奖公众现已开始。所有未入围的公司都有资格被公众选出，有机会在他们的国家赢得人民选择奖，另外还有 15 名获奖者将获得 10,000 欧元的奖金。

　　FedEx Express 国际副总裁兼小型企业赠款竞赛评审团成员之一海伦娜·詹森 (Helena Jansson) 表示：“小型企业赠款竞赛的主题是小公司做大事，今年的参赛作品并没有让人失望。我们已经看到了一些非常令人印象深刻的想法，陪审团将在未来几周内完成工作，以确定一个有价值的获胜者。”

　　Sifted 的创新编辑 Maija Palmer：“这场比赛真正展示了欧洲所能提供的的东西，并强调了为什么小企业是我们欧洲经济的支柱。恭喜所有入围者；从数字先驱到创新者和可持续发展，今年提交的标准非常高！”

　　For the first time, the competition is running as a single pan-European contest. Entries were open to for-profit small businesses with 50 employees or fewer across 16 European countries. The 15 finalists will now compete for the Grand Prize (€50,000) or one of the three Judges Choice Awards: Digital Excellence, Sustainability Champion, and Innovation Mastermind (€15,000 each).

　FedEx is also happy to announce that the People’s Choice Awards public voting is now open. All non-finalist companies are eligible to be voted for by the public for the chance to win the People’s Choice Award in their country, leading to 15 additional winners who will receive €10,000 each.

　　Helena Jansson, SVP Finance International, FedEx Express and one of the Small Business Grant Competition jury members, said: “The Small Business Grant Competition is all about small companies doing big things, and this year’s entries have not disappointed. We’ve seen some very impressive ideas and the jury has its work cut out in the coming weeks to identify a worthy winner.”

　　Maija Palmer, Innovation Editor at Sifted: “This competition really showcases the best Europe has to offer and underlines why small businesses are the backbone of our European economy. Congratulations to all the finalists; from digital pioneers to innovators and sustainability leaders, the standard of submissions this year has been exceptionally high!”