Apply for BIND Open Innovation and Acceleration Program

Deadline: 5 September 2025

The BIND Open Innovation and Acceleration Program connects dynamic startup teams with well-established companies, to provide external solutions for their internal digital transformation challenges while promoting the development of commercial skills and encouraging the immersion of startups in the local ecosystem, catalyzing new business opportunities.

What Startups Get?

POC, Market Validation
Access to 70 Corporate Clients
Startup Acceleration
43K Average Contract
Introductions to Industry Investors
High Impact Mentoring
Cross-Vertical Network Immersion
Retain Ownership, No Equity Taken
Key Business Workshops

What are they seeking?

The disruptive technologies of interest expand each year to meet the needs of the 70+ Corporate Clients from the sectors of Intelligent Industry, Clean Energy & Sustainability, Health Tech and Food Tech in the Basque region. If you have developed any related solutions, they encourage you to apply to put your innovation into action.
- Connectivity and IoT: Smart sensors, Geolocation & Traceability…
- Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Vision, Machine Learning, Adaptative AI, NLP, IDPs…
- Immersive Technologies: Augmented Reality, Mixed Reality, Virtual Reality, Digital Twin
- Big Data: Advanced Analytics, Advanced Graphics Representation…
- Software: Content Management Platforms, Document Management Systems…
- Computing: Edge and Quantum Computing, Cloud Solutions, Virtual and Physical Servers…
- Additive Manufacturing: Metallic, Plastic and Food Additive Manufacturing.
- Cybersecurity: Digital Immune Systems, Securitization of Industrial assets…
- Robotics and Electronics: Collaborative Robotics, Exoskeletons, Power electronics, Nanotechnology…
- Sustainability & Circular economy: Recycling, Smart Grids and Cleantech.
- Hydrogen Technologies
- Health Tech: Medical devices, Biobased solutions…
- Food Tech

Use Cases

In addition to the disruptive technologies in demand, the BIND Corporate Clients have prioritized 12 Use Cases that address current Industry Challenges. Apply today, if you have developed any technologies listed above, or solutions that address these Use Case challenges.
- Digitalization and traceability of industrial processes
  - This use case encompasses initiatives aimed at improving the efficiency, control, and reliability of industrial processes through digital solutions.
- Automation and robotics for industrial environments
  - Integration of robotic solutions, automation systems, and advanced interaction technologies into industrial processes to enhance operational efficiency.
- Information management, security and regulatory compliance
  - Initiatives focused on improving internal management, safeguarding information, and ensuring regulatory compliance through digital solutions.
- Predictive maintenance and industrial quality control
  - Enhancing operational reliability and product quality through advanced maintenance and inspection technologies.
- Logistics optimization and smart supply chain management
  - Digital transformation of the supply chain, from demand forecasting to material traceability and supplier coordination.
- Connected and electrified mobility and fleet optimization
  - Transforming industrial, urban and service mobility models, with a focus on enhancing operational efficiency and sustainability.
- Environmental impact measurement, reduction and compensation
  - Advancing toward more sustainable production models, leveraging technologies and methodologies to measure, reduce and offset environmental impact.
- Energy efficiency and intelligent consumption management
  - Optimizing energy usage within industrial environments by combining digitalization, data analytics and automation to achieve more efficient, flexible and sustainable energy management.
- Renewable energy generation and storage
  - Promoting renewable energy generation, its efficient integration into existing infrastructures and its storage for industrial applications or grid stability.
- Circular economy and sustainable waste and resource management
  - Development and implementation of technological solutions for more efficient, circular and sustainable management of waste and resources, including industrial, food and water waste.
- Digital Health, advanced diagnostics, and care transformation
  - Innovation in health products and services, the adoption of disruptive technologies in R&D processes, and the redesign of care models by integrating digital tools to enhance efficiency, safety and patient experience.
- Sales channel optimization and end-customer experience
  - Transforming the relationship with the end customer across both physical and digital environments.