Update of the public financial instruments for startups

List of financial instruments for new Spanish technology companies and in particular from the Community of Madrid, published by

In addition to all the aid shown in this list, in the last six months the calls financed with European recovery funds have been continued within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan: Next generation EU, through two instruments: the Recovery and Resilience Facility, and REACT-EU. Among its actions to promote innovative entrepreneurship is the development of the Spain Entrepreneurial Nation Strategy, in order to promote the creation and growth of companies, the FOND-ICO Next Tech Fund to promote private investment in innovative digital projects of high impact: startups with investments of less than €1M and scaleups with a minimum ticket of more than €3M and Activa Startups, which is described in detail below.

Startups can also benefit indirectly from other calls for the Recovery Plan and PERTE, strategic projects that require collaboration between administrations, companies and research centers in sectors such as mobility, health, renewable energy, agri-food, language, circular economy, naval industry, aerospace, digitization of the water cycle, microelectronics and semiconductors and social economy.

INDEX:

1st SUBSIDIES

1.1 R&D projects – National grants

  • Neotec and Neotec women entrepreneurs (CDTI)
  • Grants for contracts for the training of researchers in companies (industrial doctorates)
  • Torres Quevedo Program
  • Activate startups
  • Application for patents and utility models SPTO
  • Digital Enabling Technologies (former AEESD)

1.2 R&D projects – Regional grants

  • Support lines of the Ministry of Science, Universities and Innovation and the Ministry of Education and Universities of the Community of Madrid

1.3 R&D projects – European grants

  • EUROPEAN INNOVATION COUNCIL (EIC)
  • EUROSTARS
  • European Partnership in Horizon Europe

1.4 Internationalization projects

  • ICEX – Next

2nd SOFT LOANS OR CREDITS

2.1 Loans or soft credits – R&D projects – National aid

  • CDTI – Research and development projects
  • collaboration challenges
  • Connected Industry 4.0
  • Multilateral or bilateral programs (EUREKA)

2.2 Others

  • ICO Lines – Companies and Entrepreneurs 2021
  • Lines for SMEs in productive investments and commercial establishments COFIDES – Financial Instruments

3rd PARTICIPATORY LOANS

3.1 Programs with participation in capital / participating loans – R&D projects

  • ENISA financing lines

3.2 Internationalization

  • COFIDES – Fund for foreign investment operations of small and medium-sized enterprises (FONPYME)
  • COFIDES – Fund for investments abroad (FIEX)

4º OTHER AID OR FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

4.1 Other aid for SMEs, not specific to startups (Guarantees, Public purchase...)

  • AVALMADRID
  • CDTI – Innovative Public Procurement
  • CDTI – INNODEMAND
  • Grants to Industrial SMEs for Industry 4.0 Projects
  • Activate Industry 4.0

4.2 Other aid:

  • RIS 3 – Grants to promote technological innovation and promote the transfer of technology to the productive sector
  • RIS3 – Grants to support technological innovation projects with a tractor effect prepared by Open Innovation Nuclei (“HUBS” for Innovation)
  • Other programs of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2021-2023?

Startups Incubator & Canary Islands softlanding

Impulsa Ventures is an incubator for early-stage startups settled in the Canary Islands. This incubator works with talent from the university (both in Spain and Latin America), focused on areas such as energy, government, blue economy, culture, tourism...

Impulsa Ventures works hand in hand with public and private partners, aligned with the SDGs and the 2030 Agenda. The incubator helps British, Italian and other European startups to establish themselves in the Canary Islands as a space with exclusive tax treatment in Europe, and a climate and services that attract millions of people from all over the world every year.

Given the geographical location of the Canary Islands, Impulsa Ventures also facilitates connections between startups & entrepreneurs from Latin America, Arab countries, Africa or Asia.

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