Grants and financing (Mirror)

Industrial Doctorates

Object: Competitive grants for the development of Industrial Doctorate projects (hereinafter, DI projects) in any field of knowledge and in any business sector. The research project must be developed within the strategic framework of a company or entity in the business environment and, at the same time, within a research group of a research organization, in which the doctoral student or doctoral student must carry out her research training, with the aim of doing a doctoral thesis.

Entity: Government of Catalonia

Quantity and conditions:

The academic community can benefit from this call for research bodies, in particular public and private universities in the university system of Catalonia, as well as research centers, hospital foundations and technology centers based in Catalonia.

The following entities may benefit from this call from the business environment, as long as they are not research bodies or bodies dependent on them:

a) In DI-CO-FINANCED projects, companies with a work center in Catalonia. The affiliated centers of the universities, departments, delegations and territorial services of the Generalitat de Catalunya are excluded.

b) In DI-SPECIFIC projects, companies with a work center in Catalonia or outside Catalonia

Business and academic organizations must have signed a collaboration agreement to jointly develop a DI project.

The grants are for a period of three years,

Deadline:

• 2a. partial resolution: from April 15 to June 9, 2022 at 14:00
• 3a. partial resolution: from June 10 to October 6, 2022 at 14:00
• 4a. partial resolution: from October 7 to December 9, 2022 at 14:00

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ACTION coupons for innovation

Object: accompany the key people of a company to make a process of reflection on the business model and innovation of the organization and define new initiatives in the face of changes that may impact the business. An experienced advisor will accompany the company to analyze changes in the environment, the effect they can have on the business model and to identify new opportunities and challenges to explore.

Agency: ACTION

Amount and conditions: Maximum grant of 8.000 euros. The subcontracting of services must be done on the basis of someone  supplier accredited by ACTION. Subsidized projects can be executed from January 1, 2022 and September 30, 2023.

Deadline: July 29 or before the budget runs out.

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Prowered Ideas for Business: Good to help protect intellectual property

Object: This bonus grant is intended to help SMEs in the field of intellectual property, in order to prevent their unique ideas, products or services from being copied without authorization. Contains a diverse catalog of assets, such as trademarks, designs, patents, corporate identities, products, services and processes.

Body: EU Intellectual Property Office

Amount and conditions:.

• 90% for pre-diagnosis services of intellectual property (IP Scan).
• 75% in application fees for trademarks, designs or fees, fees for additional classes and fees for examination, registration, publication and postponement of publication both nationally and regionally and at EU level.
• 50% of basic application fees for trademarks, designs or designation fees and subsequent designation fees outside the EU. Designation fees originating in EU countries (ES11) are excluded, as well as processing fees charged by the office of origin.
• 50% in patent pre-grant fees (e.g., filing, search and examination), grant and publication nationwide.

And there are two types of bonds:

• Bo nº1. It can be used to register patents. The maximum refund amount is 750 euros.
• Bo nº2. It can be used for pre-diagnosis of intellectual property, as well as to register trademarks, designs and models. The maximum refund amount is 1.500 euros.

It is regulated by competitive bidding (in order of application). It must be requested in the first instance and subsequently approved by the EUIPO. It cannot be applied for already registered assets.

Time limit : December 16, 2022

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NEOTEC

Object: subsidize  the launch of new business projects, which require the use of technologies or knowledge developed from research activity and on which the business strategy is based on the development of technology.

Agency: CDTI

Amount and conditions: Grants up to 70% of the action budget, with a maximum grant amount of 250.000 euros per beneficiary. Minimum eligible budget: 175.000 euros.

Actions that include the hiring of at least one doctor, in the terms provided for in Annex I of the call, may be financed up to 85% of the eligible budget of the action, with a maximum grant amount of 325.000 euros for beneficiaries.

Opportunity to attend a course at the Enterprise Innovation Institute of the University of Georgia (Atlanta, USA) to strengthen the training of the company. The amount of the aid may be increased up to 10.000 euros in the actions that request this training, and meet the requirements, indicated in Annex II of the call.

Deadline: July 5, 2022, at 12.00 noon

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Science and Innovation Missions Program

Object: Through these missions, this program seeks to address challenges such as the fight against climate change, the promotion of the energy transition, the support for the circular economy or the development of technologies that contribute to the next industrial revolution.

Body: CDTI. Next Generation Fund

Amount and conditions:

"SME" Mission Category:

• Grouping made up of between 3 and 6 companies, at least two autonomous. All must be SMEs, led by a Medium Company. The members of the grouping must sign an internal agreement that regulates its operation.
• Subsidy up to the maximum intensity limits: 65% Large Company, 75% Medium Company and 80% Small Company.
• The individualized amount of aid will be determined based on the actual eligible cost of the project, the characteristics of the beneficiary and the budgetary availability.
• For each project and beneficiary, the aid intensity limit will be given by the weight of each type of activity (industrial research or experimental development) and by the maximum intensity that corresponds in each case.

Deadline: 5 September 2022.

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Activate Startups

Object: This program will support the development of collaborative projects between SMEs and startups that serve to drive business growth. This is a help that it drives open innovation and is aimed at SMEs that want to collaborate with startups to solve a technological challenge or the development of an innovative digitization project or linked to the green economy and sustainability.

Body: EU-L Next Generation Fundto the Foundation of the School of Industrial Organization (EOI), attached to the Secretary General of Industry and SMEs of Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism, will be in charge of managing the program. Each call will regulate the specific geographical scope of application of these aids, which will be granted by the competitive bidding procedure. 

Amount and conditions:

Innovation projects in the field of digital transformation, development and incorporation of emerging technologies, transformation towards a low-carbon economy or incorporation of the circular economy into the business model of SMEs will be funded. 

Emerging technologies include: artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, mass data and information processing technologies, high-performance computing, cloud computing, blockchain, natural language processing, cybersecurity , biometrics and digital identity, biotech and medical devices, robotics, quantum computing, advanced data analytics / edge computing, blockchain technology, virtual and augmented reality, 3D printing and additive manufacturing, green algorithms or nanotechnology. 

The types of action may be any of the following:

a) Projects for the generation of innovation through the resolution of technological challenges of companies, sectors, cities and / or missions that serve to break social, generational and territorial gaps. 

b) Advisory actions on innovation in the field of technology, with the aim of responding to challenges posed to companies seeking open innovation through solutions based on disruptive technologies.

c) Actions aimed at acquiring new knowledge and skills that may be useful to develop new products, processes or services, or allow to significantly improve existing ones. d) Actions of demonstration, adaptation and personalization of various technologies, testing and experimentation with digital technologies, transfer of knowledge and technology, validation tests, proof of concept, production of prototypes, etc. 

1- financial aid in the form of a subsidy that allows companies to meet the costs arising from the innovation process: maximum 40.000 euros.

2- Aid in kind consisting of an accompanying program for the beneficiary companies, with individualized advice and specific training: maximum 10.000 euros.

ACTION has created a platform for matchings among challenging SMEs and technology-providing startups. 

Startups can hang on to supply and SMEs on demand.

Time limit.  08/07/2022 

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Technological R&D cores

Object: to support research and development projects with the aim of helping companies to develop new products, processes or services of high technological risk.

Body: Generalitat de Catalunya

Amount and conditions: they are grants of up to 250.000 euros. These grants are aimed at companies individually or in cooperation with other local companies, international partners or with TECNIO accredited agents.

All projects must have a minimum budget of 120.000 euros and can be developed over a period of three years.

Deadline: July 27, 2022

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R&D cores: Industrial Research and Experimental Development projects in the field of climate change.

Object: finance Industrial Research and Experimental Development project proposals, with high-risk, pre-industrial and pre-commercial technological progress. These R&D projects must aim to generate products, processes or services that are aligned with the development of sustainable materials, improvement of the resource in the water cycle, renewable energy, sustainable mobility and others that are oriented to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and / or adaptation to climate change. It should be borne in mind that the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions must not lead to a worsening in other areas, especially when these are local pollutants.

which may have an impact on health.

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Amount and conditions: For-profit companies, based in Catalonia, with a minimum of 2 years of experience (counting from the date of application for the grant), with the capacity to carry out business R&D tasks.

Beneficiaries may also be technology developers with current TECNIO accreditation and who participate in the proposed project in cooperation with companies.

Aid intensity in% of the project budget will depend on the classification of the activities and the size of the applicant company / s

Deadline: 29 September 2022

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R&D Strategic Lines 2022

Object :  funding of industrial, inter and multidisciplinary research projects, carried out in cooperation between companies and both public and private research organizations.

Projects must respond to the challenges identified in the thematic priorities.

Organisation: State Research Agency

Amount and conditions:

• Participation between at least 1 company and 1 or several research organizations.
• The minimum participation per entity will be 10% of the total project budget and the maximum 70%.
• The aid will be in the form of Loans or Grants:
• Companies: loans of up to 95% of the budget.
• Research Bodies: up to 100% grant.
• Projects must have a minimum budget. of 400k € and max. of 2Mill €.

Terms: July 5, 2022

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EIC accelerator Open 2022: support for SMEs with high-impact innovations

Object : Supports companies (mainly SMEs, including start-ups) to scale high-impact innovations with the potential to create new markets or alter existing ones.

Organisation : Horizon Europe Framework Program (HORIZON)

Amount and conditions :

The EIC Accelerator offers a unique combination of between 0,5 and 17,5 million euros in financing and business acceleration services.

The EIC Accelerator focuses especially on innovations, based on scientific discovery or technological advances ('deep technology') and where significant funding is needed over a long period of time before returns can be generated. patient '). These innovations often struggle to attract funding because the risks and time involved are too high. EIC Accelerator funding and support are designed to enable these innovators to attract all the investments needed to expand them in a shorter period of time.

The EIC Accelerator supports the later stages of technology development as well as scaling. Therefore, the technology component of your innovation must have been tested and validated in a laboratory or other relevant environment (e.g., at least Technology Readiness Level 5/6 or higher and completed the Technological Readiness Level 4). The EIC Accelerator seeks to support companies where EIC support will act as a catalyst to bring together other investors needed to increase innovation.

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ICO-Next Tech Fund

Object: It will encourage the development of high-impact digital projects and investment in growing companies through the strengthening of public financing instruments, the attraction of international funds and the empowerment of venture capital.

Body: MINECO-ICO

Amount and conditions:

The fund will invest mainly in funds and companies for the development of digital projects such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, cloud computing or green algorithms.

Who is it for?

Scale-ups: growing companies, minimum ticket over 3 million euros

Start-ups: investments of less than 1 million euros

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PID - CDTI project grants

Object: Aid to companies (small, medium or large) with industrial research projects or experimental development for the creation and significant improvement of a production process, product or service. Theme: Free. Bottom-up approach.

Amount and conditions:

• Project duration: 1-3 years.
• Budget: Minimum € 175K.
• LOAN of up to 85% of the budget. (Interest: 1-year Euribor, grace period between 2 and 3 years, repayment: 10 years).
• SUBSIDY, between 20 and 33%

Terms: Call open all year.

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Innovation Hotline - CDTI

Object: Support for companies with applied technological innovation projects, very close to the market, with medium / low technological risk and short periods of return on investment, which manage to improve competitiveness.

Amount and conditions:

• Fixed interest rate with two options depending on the chosen repayment period:
• 3-year amortization: 0,2-year Euribor + XNUMX%.
• 5-year amortization: 1,2-year Euribor + XNUMX%.
• Aid of up to 75% of the approved budget (up to 85% if co-financed with the ERDF).
• Non-refundable tranche (calculated on a maximum of 75% of the approved budget: (CDTI Fund: 2%, ERDF Fund: 5%)
• Close to 35% of the aid with a limit of 400.000 euros, without requiring additional guarantees to the financial conditions approved by the Board of Directors, and up to 75% with guarantees considered sufficient by the CDTI for the difference.
• The company must provide at least 15% of the project budget with own resources or external financing.
• Aid subject to the de minimis regime. The company through the incorporation of emerging technologies in the sector.

Terms: Call open all year.

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CIEN

Object: Funding of large industrial research projects developed in effective collaboration by business groups and aimed at carrying out planned research in strategic areas of the future and with potential international projection.

Amount and conditions:

• Consortium made up of business groups with the following characteristics:
• Minimum 3 companies- Maximum: 8 companies
• Minimum 2 autonomous companies
• Minimum 1 SME
• Coordinator: must be a medium or large company.

Minimum participation of research organizations: 15% of the budget. At least 1 of the subcontracted research bodies must be publicly owned.

Deadline: open all year

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Enisa Young entrepreneurs

Object: Provide the necessary financial resources to newly formed SMEs (and startups) created by young people to address the investments needed by the business project in its initial phase. The business model must be innovative, new or with clear competitive advantages.

Amount and conditions: Loans of between € 25.000 and € 75.000, without guarantees.

• Innovative business projects driven by young people up to 40 years old.
• The interest rate will be applied in two tranches: First tranche: Euribor + 3,25%. Second tranche: variable interest depending on the financial profitability of the company, with a maximum limit set between 3% and 6 %, according to the rating (rating) of the operation.
• Opening commission: 0,5%.
• Maturity: maximum, 7 years.
• Lack of principal: maximum, 5 years.

Terms: open all year.

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Enisa Entrepreneurs

Object: Provide the necessary financial resources to newly formed SMEs (and startups) created by entrepreneurs, with no age limit, to address the investments needed by the business project in its initial phase. The business model must be innovative, new or with clear competitive advantages.

Amount and conditions: Loans of between € 25.000 and € 300.000, without guarantees.

• No age limit.
• The interest rate will be applied in two tranches: - First tranche: Euribor + 3,75%. Second tranche: variable interest depending on the financial profitability of the company, with a maximum limit set between 3% and 6%, according to the rating (rating) of the operation.
• Opening commission: 0,5%.
• Maturity: maximum, 7 years.
• Lack of principal: maximum, 5 years.

Terms: open all year.

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Enisa Growth

Object: Finance business projects based on a viable and profitable business model when your company is in one of the following stages:

• Looking for a competitive improvement or a change of model of the productive systems.
• Expand production capacity, either by acquiring new technology, or by increasing the range of products / services or diversifying markets.
• Looking for capitalization or debt in regulated markets.
• Considering financing a business project through corporate operations.

Amount and conditions: Loans of between € 25.000 and € 1,5 million, without guarantees.

• The interest rate will be applied in two tranches: First tranche: Euribor + 3,75%. Second tranche: we apply a variable interest depending on the financial profitability of the company, with a maximum limit set between 3% and 8%, according to the rating (rating) of the operation.
• Opening commission: 0,5%.
• Maturity: maximum, 9 years.
• Lack of principal: maximum, 7 years.

Terms: open all year.

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Cervera Transfer Projects

Object: To finance individual R&D projects developed by companies that collaborate with State-level Technology Centers in Cervera priority technologies.

Amount and conditions:

• 85% loan of the investment.
• Subsidy of 33% of the loan.
• Depreciable at 10 years (3 grace period).
• 0% interest rate.
• Advance of 35% of the aid with a limit of 250000 €, without the requirement of additional guarantees.
• Execution period: Between 12 and 36 months.

Deadline: Open all year.

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HORIZON EUROPE #HORIZONEU

Presentation of the EU investment and innovation program (2021-2027)

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Horizon EU calls 

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Partner Finder:  

Are you looking for partners for your project? 

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See also the section on funded R & D & I grants Next Generation of the European Union.

CDTI MULTILATERAL PROJECTS:
 

• EUREKA: International network to improve the competitiveness of companies through the development of R&D projects with an orientation to international markets and based on innovative technologies:

• EUROSTARS: Non-refundable financial support program for innovative SMEs to develop international and collaborative R&D projects. 
• GLOBALSTARS: Non-refundable financial support program for innovative SMEs to develop R&D projects with specific countries that cannot apply for EUROSTARS
• EUREKA CLUSTERS: Grants to develop collaborative R&D projects on an international scale with a sectorial approach and managed from the business environment.

See calls 

IBEROEKA: Support for R & D projects in Latin America framed in the Iberoamerican Program of Science and Technology for Development (CyTED) initiative. The countries that are part of CyTED are: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, El Salvador, Spain, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Dominican Republic, Uruguay and Venezuela.

PRIMA: Initiative in research and innovation in the Mediterranean area has 19 countries and organizes calls funded by the PRIMA Foundation in different lines related to agriculture, food, water management in agricultural environments and sustainability .

CDTI BILATERAL PROJECTS:

International Technological Cooperation to develop R&D projects through agreements between the CDTI and counterpart agencies in the following countries: Algeria, Jordan, Morocco, Brazil, Korea, Cuba, Japan, China, Egypt, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Thailand and Russia .
 

UNILATERAL PROJECTS:

International Technological Cooperation to develop R&D projects with unilateral monitoring by CDTI with any of the following countries: Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cape Verde Islands, Cambodia, Qatar, Chile, China , Colombia, South Korea, Ivory Coast, Costa Rica, Cuba, UAE, USA, Ecuador, Egypt, Philippines, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Sri Lanka, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia , Morocco, Mauritania, Myanmar, Mexico, Peru, Dominican Republic, Oman, Russia, Senegal, Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Tunisia, Uruguay and Vietnam.

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ACCIO PARTNER SEARCH SERVICE:

ACCIÓ has a partner search and project structuring service with the support of ACCIO's field offices, the Enterprise EuropeNetwork (EEN) network and the new Opportunity Dissemination Platform: Catalonia Open Challenge.

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Public Procurement of Innovation is an administrative action to promote innovation, aimed at promoting the development of innovative solutions from demand, through the instrument of public procurement.

If you are an innovative company that can bring new solutions to the market and you want to apply for open public tenders, ask for more information! Action helps you find the tenders where you can have more opportunities, we will advise you in the presentation of the proposal and we will facilitate the search for partners to carry it out.

Check open tenders in Public Procurement of Innovation.

Discover outstanding tenders in Innovation Public Procurement

Aid for entrepreneurship for people with disabilities

Object: to improve the socio-labor insertion of people in situation or risk of social exclusion, through the activation and of integrated and personalised itineraries of insertion. Through entrepreneurial projects, through the formula of self-employment or the constitution of companies in the field of the social economy,

Body: Once Foundation

Amount and conditions: fixed and minimum financial aid, at a loss, of 3.000 euros, to support their employment, through the formula of self-employment. In addition, the amount of aid to be granted will be increased if the project meets one of the following factors:

·         Socio-labor situation of the applicant

·         Promoting the employment of people with disabilities

·         Fostering growing sectors

People with disabilities, with a degree equal to or greater than 33%, Social Security pensioners who have a recognized permanent disability pension in the degree of total, absolute or severe disability, and passive class pensioners who have a recognized retirement or retirement pension for permanent incapacity for service (provided that such incapacity is compatible with the work to be performed by the entrepreneur). However, the total amount of aid to be granted will in no case exceed 18.000 euros.

Deadline: 31 October 2022

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Unemployment rate rebates for unemployed people 2022

Object: Aid for the promotion of economic activity in Mataró

Body: City of Mataró

Amount and conditions: 60% discount on the fee for environmental licenses and prior communications, and for controls after the start of the activity, for people who are unemployed, or a 75% bonus for people unemployed under 30 years of age.

Who can ask for it? People who start an activity in Mataró and who are sole proprietors or constitute a private civil society or community of property.

You can ask:

• Personally al Citizen Attention Service
• A l'Mataró Company Office applicant appointment by internet 

Object: Encourage the creation of businesses with the bonus to Social Security contributions for the self-employed.

Amount and conditions:

1.- Workers who cause initial affiliation or who have not been registered in 2 of the immediately preceding years in the Special Scheme for Self-Employed Workers (REPTA).

(The 2-year period will be 3 years when the Self-Employed person has enjoyed the bonuses / reductions in his previous period of affiliation.)

Opt for the minimum contribution base:

Single monthly fee of 60 euros per month for the share of common contingencies and professional contingencies, for the 12 months immediately following the effective date of the discharge.

They opt for a contribution base higher than the minimum that corresponds to them:

Monthly reduction equivalent to 80% of the fee, for the 12 months immediately following the effective date of the discharge.

Subsequent to the initial 12-month period provided for in the two previous cases, and regardless of the chosen contribution base, they may be applied to the quota for common contingencies, and for a maximum period of up to 12 months, until completed. a maximum period of 24 months after the effective date of the discharge, according to the following scale:

1. A reduction equivalent to 50% of the fee for the 6 months following the initial period provided for in either of the first two cases.
2. A reduction equivalent to 30 percent of the fee for the 3 months following the period indicated in letter a).
3. A bonus equivalent to 30 percent of the fee for the 3 months following the period indicated in letter b).

In cases where the self-employed or self-employed worker resides and carries out his activity in a municipality in whose municipal register updated at the beginning of the activity there are less than 5000. inhabitants, at the end of the initial period of 12 months of application of the benefits in the contribution established in the previous sections, will be entitled during the 12 months following these same incentives. In such cases, the reductions and bonuses for the 12 months following the initial period referred to in section 2 shall not apply.

To benefit from these measures during the 12 months following the initial period, the self-employed or self-employed worker must:

1.º Be registered in a municipality of less than 5000. inhabitants, according to the official data of the census in force at the time of the affiliation in the Special Scheme of the Social Security of the Self-employed or Self-employed workers that causes the right to the incentive contemplated in this article.

2.º To be registered in the Census of Taxpayers of the State Tax Administration Agency or of the Foral Inland Revenue, corresponding to the place of development of the activity declared in a municipality whose municipal register is less than 5000. inhabitants.

3.º Maintain affiliation in the autonomous or self-employed activity in the aforementioned municipality in the two years following affiliation to the Special Social Security Scheme for Self-Employed Workers that causes the right to the incentive contemplated in this article; as well as to remain registered in the same municipality in the four years following this discharge.

2.- Workers under the age of 30, or women under the age of 35, who cause initial affiliation or have not been registered in the immediately preceding 2 years in the RETA.

(The period of 2 years will be 3 years when the Self-employed person has enjoyed the bonuses / reductions in his previous period of affiliation)

In addition to the reductions and allowances provided for in general, an additional allowance equivalent to 30% of the quota for common contingencies, during the 12 months following the end of the allowance period provided for in general. In this case, the maximum duration of the reductions and bonuses will be 36 months.

3.-Workers with a degree of disability equal to or greater than 33% (initial or surviving disability) or victims of gender violence and victims of terrorism, who cause initial discharge or who have not been discharged within 2 years immediately previous in the RETA.

Opt for the minimum contribution base:

Single monthly fee of 60 euros per month for the share of common contingencies professional contingencies, for the 12 months immediately following the effective date of discharge.

They opt for a contribution base higher than the minimum that corresponds to them:

Reduction equivalent to 80 percent of the fee, including temporary disability, for the first 12 months immediately following the effective date of the discharge.

Subsequent to the initial 12-month period provided for in the two previous cases, and regardless of the contribution base chosen, a 50% discount may be applied to the quota for common contingencies, including temporary disability, for 48 months. until completing a maximum period of 5 years from the effective date of the discharge.

In cases where the self-employed or self-employed worker resides and carries out his activity in a municipality in whose municipal register updated at the beginning of the activity there are less than 5000. inhabitants, at the end of the initial period of 12 months of application of the benefits in the contribution established in the previous sections, will be entitled during the 12 months following these same incentives. In such cases, the reductions and bonuses for the 12 months following the initial period referred to in section 2 shall not apply.

To benefit from these measures during the 12 months following the initial period, the self-employed or self-employed worker must:

1.º Be registered in a municipality of less than 5000. inhabitants, according to the official data of the census in force at the time of the affiliation in the Special Scheme of the Social Security of the Self-employed or Self-employed workers that causes the right to the incentive contemplated in this article.

2.º To be registered in the Census of Taxpayers of the State Tax Administration Agency or of the Foral Inland Revenue, corresponding to the place of development of the activity declared in a municipality whose municipal register is less than 5000. inhabitants.

Deadline: the whole year

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WOMEN DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURS (ENISA financing line)

Object: To support and promote, through funding, female digital entrepreneurship projects and reduce the gender gap in this area.

Body: Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, MINECONISA

Amount and conditions:

Loans are intended for emerging companies or those in the growth, consolidation or internationalization phase in which one or more women hold a relevant position of leadership or power within the company: in the shareholders, in the board of directors or who are part of the management team.

Condicions

• Minimum loan amount: € 25.000

• Maximum loan amount: € 1.500.000

• Maturity: maximum 9 years

• Lack of principal: maximum 7 years

Requirements

• Co-financing of the financial needs associated with the business project.

• The company's own funds will be equivalent, at least, to the amount of the loan.

• The company applying for an ENISA loan must show a balanced financial structure and professionalism in management.

• The company that receives an ENISA loan, for an amount in excess of € 300.000, must have externally audited the financial statements for the last financial year.

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Grants to women-led technology-based companies. 

Object: consolidate emerging technology-based companies founded and led by women, which are in the initial phase of their business activity. 

Organisation: Government of Catalonia  

Amount and conditions:  Beneficiaries may be companies or emerging companies that meet the following requirements:  

1. Equipment requirements: 

- There must be at least one woman on the founding team (there must be a natural person with a shareholding in the company and who develops some area of ​​responsibility in the company). The female gender team must have a minimum of 50% of the company in deeded shares.  

- The founding team must be committed to the growth of the company and dedicate most of their working time to the company

2. Requirements for the company: 

- To be a company established in Catalonia with more than one year and less than five years of life since its constitution.  

- Be incorporated in one of the following legal forms: limited liability company, joint stock company, labor company, cooperative society, sole proprietorship or self-employed person.  

- Be a company with technology-based growth potential.  

- Not to have been the beneficiary of this same subsidy in calls of previous years. 

Deadline: pending call 

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·         Program for the digital transformation of the fashion industry

Object: Fostering the competitiveness of companies in the fashion sector in Catalonia by supporting the digital transformation of their business models in order to carry out design, manufacturing, marketing and promotion in a more competitive way  of its products and brands in an increasingly digital competitive environment. Facilitate the incorporation of digital tools and processes in fashion brands that allow them to compete in a new scenario and market environment.

Body: Generalitat de Catalunya

Amount and conditions:.

Eligible type of actions

• Audits and implementation of tools for cybersecurity (as well as the purchase of systems and tools for their application).
• Application of stock control and management systems, connection with people  suppliers and customers.
• Purchase and installation of systems for the sale of technology.
• Improvement of direct sales online channels and other B2B platforms
• Application of digital solutions in predictive marketing and artificial intelligence.
• Creating digital solutions for the company.
• Hiring consultants and experts in the application of digital solutions.
• Hiring of consultants and experts for study, consultancy and consultancy work for the presentation of dossiers by companies wishing to apply for European and state funds such as Next Generation funds.

Amount of the grant: Up to 65% of eligible expenses.  

The maximum amount that can be awarded per beneficiary will be 4.000 euros

The minimum eligible investment must be 2.000 euros

Eligible expenses

- Expenses of external people for advice, consultancy and technicians and technicians indicating the service they have performed and a report of the work performed

- Expenditures on systems, solutions and tools for digital transformation

remain excluded expenses related to: Advertising, Website maintenance, domains, .Software licenses, Salaries and wages, Supplies, Rentals, Depreciation and rentings, Travel expenses such as: plane tickets, meals, hotels, etc. Any internal expenses that do not have an invoice issued by a third party.

Deadline: July 13, 2022.

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Subsidies in kind in the form of participation in the acceleration program for Catalan fashion companies, 2022

Object: choice of companies that will participate, free of charge, in the acceleration program in strategy and digital marketing for Catalan companies of

Body: Generalitat  from Catalunya

Amount and conditions: Aimed at:

·         Companies in the textile-fashion, footwear and / or leather goods sector, which have their own design, a tested concept and the ability to bring innovation to the sector.

·         Individuals in the textile-fashion, footwear and / or leather goods sector, who have their own design, a tested concept and the ability to bring innovation to the sector.

These companies need to be in a growth phase, and have the potential and will to continue growing. It is essential that they are companies open to new challenges and changes, with a structure strong enough to be able to bring about these changes. They must also have a digitization process in place that can be scalable as a result of their participation in the program. Companies dedicated to textile and fashion that produce and / or distribute uniforms are excluded.

Deadline: September 7, 2022.

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ACTION coupons for Industry 4.0

Object: incorporate industry 4.0 technologies into the enterprise. Through these coupons you can take the first steps to implement technologies such as 3D printing, big data, the Internet of Things or robotics, among others, with the aim of improving products, services or company processes.

Agency: ACTION

Amount and conditions:

• Industry Diagnosis Coupon 4.0: Define your roadmap for the digital transformation of the company. This diagnosis includes the identification of opportunities to incorporate new technologies and facilitate strategic, organizational and cultural change towards Industry 4.0 with the establishment of transformation plans. Maximum grant: 8.000 euros.
• Advice coupon on the implementation of Industry 4.0: Incorporates new technologies. Based on a defined digital transformation strategy, this coupon includes advice on the process of integrating technologies and solutions for Industry 4.0 through the realization of projects and pilot tests. Maximum grant: 20.000 euros.

The subcontracting of services must be done through someone  supplier accredited by ACTION.

Deadline: July 29 or before the budget runs out.

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ACTION coupons to combat climate change

Object: Moving towards climate neutrality represents the great business opportunity of the coming years. ACTION Coupons to Combat Climate Change * are the first step in making this possible. With them you will be able to identify opportunities for technological innovation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or to reduce the company's vulnerability to climate emergency.

Agency: ACTION

Amount and conditions:

Beneficiary companies may carry out the following actions:

• An environmental diagnosis and a technological roadmap.
• A personalized report to incorporate or develop green technologies, based on validations, tests or tests.
• Define a strategy in sustainability.
• An action plan and recommendations for climate change mitigation or adaptation.

Maximum grant of 8.000 euros.

The subcontracting of services must be done on the basis of someone  supplier accredited by ACTION.

Time limit:. November 5 or before the budget runs out.

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New Productive Industrial Investment Support Fund (FAIIP)

Object: The Productive Industrial Investment Support Fund (FAIIP) is set up to provide returnable financial support to promote industrial investments that contribute to promoting industrial development, strengthening industrial competitiveness and maintaining the territory's industrial capacity.

Body: Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism.

Amount and conditions:

a. Funding of up to 75% of the budget.

b. Collect investments made from July 1, 2020 and up to 2 years after formalisation.

c. Minimum budget of € 200.000

d. Type of financing:

1. 1. 10-year Ordinary Loans with a grace period of up to 3 years. Interest rates between 1,5% and 4,5%.
2. 2. 10-year Participatory Loans with a grace period of up to 3 years. Fixed and variable interest rate linked to activity evolution parameters
3. 3. Participation in the Capital

e. A 10% guarantee must be submitted in the case of loans.

Deadline: applications may be submitted during the year 2022 until the funds are exhausted.

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High impact business investments

Object : To finance investment projects carried out in Catalonia that are considered to have a high impact on both companies established in Catalonia and companies in the process of being established.

Body: Generalitat de Catalunya

Amount and conditions: Beneficiaries of these aids may be companies with an operating establishment in Catalonia, except for companies with retail, real estate, livestock slaughter, meat preservation, meat production and production projects. primary agricultural products.

Line 1: High-impact business investment projects:

·         Job creation projects in service centers in the field of information and communication technologies: software development centers, data analytics centers, animation studios or video game development centers

·         Job creation projects in supraregional decision-making centers, established in Catalonia that have decision-making capacity over the functions and strategy of the company or group of companies at supraregional level. Requirement: The minimum job creation must be 15.

·         Job creation projects in industrial projects with goods production activities through the assembly or transformation of raw materials or service activities in industry. Requirement: The minimum job creation must be 15.

·         Job creation projects in logistics centers, understood as centers with distribution activities. Minimum job creation must be 25

·         Job creation projects in R & D & I Centers. The minimum job creation must be 8.

Line 2: High-impact business investment projects in fixed assets

·         Investment projects in fixed assets that incorporate a new activity for the company in Catalonia or an expansion of production capacity. Minimum expenditure € 2.000.000

·         Investment projects in fixed assets in R & D & I centers. Minimum expenditure € 500.000

·         Strategic projects for the Catalan economy that involve the establishment of new companies in Catalonia or the opening of new locations for existing companies.

Deadline: 15/09/2022

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Grants from the Incentive Program linked to self-supply and storage of renewable energy sources and the implementation of renewable thermal systems.

Object: to promote the deployment of renewable energies, both thermal and electrical, in the different consumer sectors, to encourage greater control of consumption through the development of storage systems behind the metre and help boost industry and the associated business sector.

Body: Generalitat Catalunya-ICAEN

Amount and conditions: Different programs are opened:

• Incentive program 1: Setting up self-supply facilities of renewable energy sources (photovoltaic or wind), in the services sector, with or without storage.
   
• Incentive program 2: Setting up self-supply facilities of renewable energy sources (photovoltaic or wind), in other productive sectors of the economy, with or without storage.
   
• Incentive program 3: Incorporation of storage in self-supply facilities, with renewable energy sources, which already exist in the services sector and other productive sectors.
   
• Incentive program 4: Carrying out self-supply installations, of renewable energy sources, in the residential sector, public administrations and the third sector, with or without storage.
   
• Incentive program 5: Incorporation of storage in self-supply facilities of renewable energy sources which already exist in the residential sector, public administrations and the third sector.
   
• Incentive program 6: setting up installations of thermal renewable energies in the residential sector. Includes solar thermal, biomass, geothermal, hydrothermal or aerothermal technologies (excluding air-to-air technologies) for air conditioning and/or domestic hot water.

Deadline: Consult according to program

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Support program in the process of digital transformation of companies commercial and certain services

Object: Facilitate the incorporation of new digital technologies in commercial companies, so that they increase the competitiveness of both these and the stalls of sedentary and non-sedentary municipal markets.

Contribute to fostering new business models, based on omnichannelity and the best possible shopping experience for consumers, by creating strategies that integrate physical and online store.

Improve the positioning and Internet presence of the trade and services sector in order to adapt and cope with the new situation and strengthen its capabilities and make it more competitive in the post-Covid era19.

Organisation: Government of Catalonia

Amount and conditions:

The self-employed may be self-employed and retail and service companies * with street-level establishments and municipal market stalls.

 * Services: Mechanical workshops, Photographic services, Copy shops and graphic arts, Repair services, Retail travel agencies, Dry cleaners and laundries, Hairdressers and beauty salons, Bars, cafes, restaurants, Prepared food and catering services.

The amount of the grant will be up to 50% of the eligible expenses with a maximum of 5.000 euros.

The action subject to the grant must be carried out effectively during the year 2022

Deadline: July 13, 2022

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Support program for the opening of shops and support for the reform and improvement of establishments.

Object:  boost trade through projects to recover empty premises and increase commercial appeal by refurbishing establishments with a degree of antiquity or stopping municipal markets.

Body: Generalitat de Catalunya

Amount and conditions: The self-employed may be self-employed and retail and service companies * with street-level establishments and municipal market stalls.

 * Services: Mechanical workshops, Photographic services, Copy shops and graphic arts, Repair services, Retail travel agencies, Dry cleaners and laundries, Hairdressers and beauty salons, Bars, cafes, restaurants, Prepared food and catering services.

The amount of the grant will be up to 50% of the eligible expenses with a maximum of 5.000 euros.

The action subject to the grant must be carried out effectively during the year 2022

Deadline: until the budget is exhausted or December 31, 2022.

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Grants from the Audiovisual Technologies and Video Games R&D Projects Program

Object : R&D projects for the development of new application technologies in the fields of audiovisual production and the video game sector, as well as the transfer and adaptation of these developments to other application sectors.

Organisation: CDTI - Center for Industrial Technological Development

Amount and conditions: Small and medium-sized companies that are validly constituted, have their own legal personality and tax residence in Spain.

Projects must fall into one of the following categories:

• Projects for the development of new technologies for application in the audiovisual and video game fields, automation of production processes or development of artificial intelligence technologies for audiovisual production processes and the creation of video games.
• Projects for the development of innovative technologies specific to the field of video games or audiovisual for their application in other environments such as cultural, health or educational, among others.

The actions covered by this aid must have a minimum budget of 175.000 euros and a maximum of 2.000.000 euros. Experimental development activities must weigh more than 60% of the eligible budget. The projects must be multi-year.

Terms: July 12, 2022.

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Microcredit Business MicroBank FEI-COVID19

Object: TecnoCampus has signed an addendum to the agreement it had already signed in 2019 with Microbank and Caixabank with the aim of improving the financing of self-employed workers and micro-enterprises.

This addendum has included the line of financing in order to meet current needs arising from Covid-19.

Amount and conditions: up to 25.000 euros, intended for self-employed workers and micro-enterprises in need of working capital caused by the current crisis, with a fixed interest rate of 3,9%, without opening, study, partial or total cancellation fees. 

For more information contact Yolanda Fernández yfernandez@tecnocampus.cat

Catering and Trade Financing (ICF AVALIS)

The recipients of the loans are self-employed people and micro-enterprises in the restaurant and small business sector whose activity has been affected as a result of the measures implemented due to the Covid-19. The loan line, initially endowed with 20 million euros, has the guarantee of 100% of Avalis de Catalunya.

The amount of the loans has been set at 15.000 euros plus the risk and mutuality expenses inherent in Avalis de Catalunya. Recipients will be able to apply for five-year credits with a grace period included in the term.

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ICO line Companies and entrepreneurs

Object: Financing for the self-employed, entrepreneurs and all types of companies, both Spanish and foreign, that want to carry out business activities and/or investments, cover liquidity needs or expenses within the national territory. It can be applied for directly from credit institutions.

Amount and conditions:

• Modality: loan, leasing, renting or line of credit.
• Interest rate: fixed or variable, plus the margin established by the credit institution according to the repayment period.
• Amortisation and grace period: from 1 to 20 years with the possibility of up to 3 years of principal grace depending on the terms.

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ICO Line Commercial credit

Object: to finance self-employed workers, entrepreneurs and companies wishing to obtain liquidity by advancing invoices from their commercial activity within the national territory, or to cover the production costs of the goods for sale in Spain. It can be requested directly from entities of credit.

Amount and conditions:

• Type of operation: type of financing agreement agreed between the client and the credit institution.
• Interest rate: variable rate, plus the margin established by the credit institution.

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ICO International Line

Purpose: Financing for self-employed workers, entrepreneurs and types of companies domiciled in Spain with investment or liquidity needs outside the national territory. Also Companies that want to export and need to apply for supplier, buyer and complementary financing credit. It can be applied for directly from credit institutions.

Amount and conditions:

• Modality: loan, leasing and line of credit for investment and liquidity. Loans for Medium and Long Term Exporters.
• Interest rate: fixed or variable rate (euro or USD dollar), plus the margin established by the credit institution according to the repayment period.
• Amortisation and grace period: Section I Investment and Liquidity: from 1 to 20 years with the possibility of up to 3 years of principal grace depending on the terms. Section II Exporters Medium and long term: from 2 to 12 years with the possibility of up to 3 years of principal deficiency depending on the terms.

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Microcredit Business Microbank

Object: Microbank and Caixabank financing line in collaboration with Tecnocampus. We help you with your business plan. It launches any proposal, from a self-employment project to a micro-enterprise.

Amount and conditions:

• Maximum amount: € 25.000
• Maximum funding: 100%
• Fixed interest rate at 6,062% APR (TIN 5,90%)
• Amortization period up to 6 years
• Lack of capital up to 6 months
• No real warranty

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ICF Eurocredit

Object: Loans for small and medium-sized companies that want to finance investments or working capital needs to grow, open new markets, make new developments or strengthen the company's activities. The operations approved through this line have preferential conditions thanks to the co-financing of the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) of the European Union.

Amount and conditions:

Short-term loans

• Import: from € 100.000 to € 2.000.000. Up to 70% of the project will be funded.
• Terms: from 2 to 5 years, with up to 1 year grace period included.
• Interest rates: 12-month Euribor plus a spread between 0,50% and 2,25%.
• Commissions: opening of 0,25% of the nominal of the loan.
• Warranty: to be determined according to the project.

Long-term loans

• Import: from € 150.000 to € 2.500.000. Up to 70% of the project will be funded.
• Terms: from 5 to 15 years, with up to 2 years grace period included.
• Interest rates: Euribor at 12 months plus a spread from 0,50%.
• Commissions: opening of 0,25% of the nominal of the loan.
• Warranty: to be determined according to the project.

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ICF-Avalis loan for SMEs and the self-employed

Object: Loan with guarantee for Catalan SMEs and self-employed that make investments or for working capital needs. The ICF makes the loan and Guarantees of Catalonia grants the endorsement.

Amount and conditions:

• Import: between € 25.000 and € 250.000.
   
• Deadline:
  • For circulating, up to 5 years, with the possibility of a grace period of up to 1 year included.
  • For investment, up to 10 years, with the possibility of a grace period of up to 2 years included
     
• Interest rates:
  • 12-month EURIBOR plus a spread of 3,10% for amounts over € 100.000.
  • 12-month EURIBOR plus a maximum spread of 3,45% for amounts less than € 100.000.

By ICF, 12-month EURIBOR + 1,50% (monthly settlements); by Avalis, annual risk commission of between 1,60% and 1,95%.

• Commissions: without opening and study commission; for early cancellation, 0,25% per entity.
• Warranty: endorsement ofGuarantees of Catalonia for 100% of the capital plus 90 days of ordinary interest.

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ICF - Social and cooperative economy

Object: Loans for companies in the social and cooperative economy to finance investments, working capital needs, advances in contracts with the public sector and capitalizations of the companies themselves.

Amount and conditions:

• Investment loans: up to 80% of the investment, with a minimum of 30.000 euros and a maximum of 1 million euros.
• Working capital loans: minimum 30.000 euros and maximum 100.000 euros.
• Loans for advances on contracts with the public sector: Minimum 30.000 euros and maximum 300.000 euros.
• Capitalization loans: minimum 10.000 euros and maximum 60.000 euros per beneficiary of the loan.

The ICF studies the viability of the project from a financial point of view, then formalises and manages the loan. The operations approved through this line will have the assumption of 80% of the credit risk of the operation by the Department of Labour, Social Affairs and Families.

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ICF Tourism Loans

Object: Encourage the transformation and modernisation of the tourism sector. Line of loans to finance facilities modernisation projects that improve accessibility, energy efficiency, competitiveness and drive the digital transition in the sector.

Body: ICF

Amount and conditions: The amount of the loans ranges between € 60.000 and € 2 million, and it is possible to finance 100% of the project. As for the term, the loan can be applied for up to 10 years with the possibility of a grace period of up to 2 years.

• Interest rate: Approved transactions will have an interest rate discount of up to 2%.

• Target companies: Hotel establishments, including hotels and hostels or boarding houses, tourist apartments, campsites and rural tourism establishments operating in Catalonia that have been in operation for at least two years and are qualified, as well as energy service companies that operate according to an energy services contract with one of the companies mentioned.

Deadline: 31 of December of 2022

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Microbank Innovation Loan

Object: The Innovation Loan allows the financing of business projects that have the support of a collaborating entity of MicroBank, such as the Tecnocampus.

Amount and conditions:

• Maximum amount: € 50.000
• Maximum funding: 100%
• Fixed interest rate at 6,062% APR (TIN 5,90%)
• Maximum period of operation: 7 years
• Lack of capital up to 24 months
• No real warranty

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WOMEN DIGITAL ENTREPRENEURS (ENISA financing line)

Object: To support and promote, through funding, female digital entrepreneurship projects and reduce the gender gap in this area.

Body: Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, MINECONISA

Amount and conditions:

Loans are intended for emerging companies or those in the growth, consolidation or internationalization phase in which one or more women hold a relevant position of leadership or power within the company: in the shareholders, in the board of directors or who are part of the management team.

Condicions

• Minimum loan amount: € 25.000

• Maximum loan amount: € 1.500.000

• Maturity: maximum 9 years

• Lack of principal: maximum 7 years

Requirements

• Co-financing of the financial needs associated with the business project.

• The company's own funds will be equivalent, at least, to the amount of the loan.

• The company applying for an ENISA loan must show a balanced financial structure and professionalism in management.

• The company that receives an ENISA loan, for an amount in excess of € 300.000, must have externally audited the financial statements for the last financial year.

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ICF-IFEM participatory loans. Corporate entrepreneurship

Object: ICF manages through IFEM the support for the creation and development of innovative start-ups through venture capital programs and co-investment with private investors through participatory loans.

Amount and conditions: The expenses associated with the development of the business plan that is the subject of the application will be financed. A corporate entrepreneurship project is understood to be one in which a corporate investor enters the capital of a small company to develop a business plan that responds to a need for innovation and/or growth of the corporate investor. .

• Between € 50.000 and € 200.000 per project, subject to investment in the form of capital by private investors.
• Term: up to 5 years.
• Amortization: only at maturity.
• Fixed interest: the maximum between 4% and the rate that would result from the application of the Communication from the European Commission on the revision of the method for setting the reference and updating rate (OJ C 14, 19.1.08). Settlements will be quarterly.
• Variable interest: will be determined based on the evolution of the business plan (up to a maximum of 15% including the fixed).
• Commissions: 0,5% management.
• The approved operations will have the assumption of 80% of the credit risk of the operation by the Department of Business and Knowledge.

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ICF Venture Tech II

Object: Venture capital fund intended to invest in startups that promote technological and/or innovation projects with high growth potential.

Amount and conditions:

• Type of investment: Transactions with debt instruments, convertible debt and/or equity.
• Amount of the operation: Between € 500.000 and € 2 million.
• Project characteristics: Projects in early early maturation phases and series A.
• ICT Sector: ICT, digital, and selectively, health sciences (excludes models with products that need clinical phases).
• Business Model: Capital efficient, scalable, aimed at large, growing markets and where a clear differentiation is provided (through technology and/or innovation) that produces sustainable competitive advantages so that the company presents a high potential for growth and revaluation.

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Interest-free loans from the ASCA Foundation (Solidarity Association against Unemployment)

Object: Fund entrepreneurship projects for people who are unemployed or in precarious work situations. The aim is to encourage the self-esteem of these people and encourage the creation and consolidation of jobs.

Amount and conditions:

• Interest-free loans.
• The project, the skills of the entrepreneur and also the social impact it can generate are valued.
• A very wide range of modalities, from the financing of work tools to the granting of loans for the creation of cooperatives.

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Crowfunding or micro-patronage

Micro-patronage is a collaborative project financing mechanism developed on the basis of new technologies. It dispenses with traditional financial intermediation and consists of contacting project promoters who request funds through the issuance of securities and shares or through the application for loans, with investors or fund providers looking for a return on investment. . Two characteristics stand out in this activity: the massive union of investors who finance small projects with high potential in small amounts and the risky nature of this investment. There are several crowfunding platforms.

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Alternative financing recommender

Alternative business financing is a reality, with a multitude of options and specialisations. There are so many, that finding the most suitable option for your needs is the first of the important decisions to make. The Alternative Financing Adviser created by ACCIO will help you achieve this. Tell them, in just 5 clicks, what your needs are, and they will suggest the solutions that best suit your sector, the situation of your company and the particularities of your project.

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