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No. Startups from any country can participate.
The programme aims to provide a fast track for SMEs to incorporate new technologies and innovative solutions, improve their competitive position and bring them closer to entrepreneurship while fostering the adoption of a collaborative work philosophy, especially through working together with other SME peers within each of the Cluster Development Organisations (ODCs).
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It is a participatory workshop or working session where SMEs participating in the initiative develop different collaborative actions to achieve common results.
The steps to follow to register are as follows:
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The participating startups are chosen by our 70 Corporate Venture Client companies looking to collaborate and implement new technologies. Be sure to review the profiles on our Venture Clients page to get familiar with the needs of the industry and see if your solutions are a fit. Startups that pass the selection process and reach a collaboration agreement and then sign a contract with at least one of the corporate client companies will join BIND 4.0.
They are joint sessions with SMEs and startups, where participants present their proposals through a presentation and expose an idea or a business in a defined place and amount of time.
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The Selection process is divided into three phases:
PHASE 1: Pre-Selection of Startups
PHASE 2: Selection of Finalist Startups
PHASE 3: Matching between a Venture Client Partner Company and Finalist Startups to work on a joint project
It consists of collaborative work between the Evaluation and Coordination Team and the SMEs that, supported by an expert, will analyse and select the proposals of the startups that best fit the challenges and specificities proposed. This selection will be the starting point for developing potential business relationships that will lead to the signing of a project contract.
It is aimed at startups, companies, investors, and agents who are present/active in the Basque Entrepreneurship Ecosystem.
Key dates for the 7th Edition of the BIND 4.0 Program
The B2B SME Connection facilitates networking between startups and SMEs, with a matching system that streamlines interaction between interested parties.
After closing the pre-selection process in October, BIND 4.0 will contact the selected applicants to coordinate the Pitching Sessions of the second phase. The applicants who have not been selected will also be informed of the results.
When all Pitching sessions of Phase 2 are complete, the BIND 4.0 team will contact the Finalists to coordinate a meeting between the startup and the venture client / industry partner company so that they can work on the definition and scope of the joint project to be carried out during the 24-week acceleration cycle.
The second edition of the initiative will be carried out as a competitive activity, in which the ODCs interested in participating in the dynamics proposed by the programme will submit a “cluster application” to the BIND 4.0 Team that will be the value of a group of SMEs willing to participate in the programme, and consequently, SMEs that accept these rules.
For the participation of each SME in the programme, the ODC will have previously sent an application highlighting a group of SMEs with a common problem that they intend or aspire to solve with the help of a startup. This problem must be shared, and the intention is for it to be subsequently transferred to the market in the form of a joint sectoral challenge.
Yes and More. Acceleration is just one of the many services BIND 4.0 offers in support of the digital transformation of Industry. With 5 editions completed so far, our highly successful program connects promising Industry 4.0 startups with leading Intelligent Industry, Clean Energy & Sustainability, Health and Food companies offering contracts worth up to €150,000. Your company retains all equity and participation is free. We provide training, support services, networking opportunities, access to public funding and private investors plus high impact mentoring, and a real use project to implement your solutions, all in 24 weeks.
The Venture Client / Corporate Partner companies will propose to each selected Startup the opportunity to develop a real Industry 4.0 project. During this phase, there will be meetings between Finalist Startups and interested Venture Client Companies with the goal of defining the scope of the project and reaching a collaboration agreement / contract. In order to ease the legal terms of the agreement, the BIND 4.0 Program will facilitate a standard agreement template. However, both sides have full freedom to write other clauses in the contract. Startups will have the legal support of the Program to make this agreement.
While the final amount of the project and the conditions of the possible contract to be signed between the venture client company and the startup will be agreed by the parties depending on the scope and complexity of their project, the program establishes an indicative minimum of €25,000 (excluding VAT).
Applications must meet the following minimum requirements:
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