Deadline: 8 September 2023
The BIND 4.0 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.
Reach 70 Industry Leaders who act as Venture Clients by offering contracts to Startups for real Industry 4.0 projects.
This zero-equity approach to investing and active acceleration allows startups to maintain ownership and get reference customers while earning paid contracts for implementing solutions in real environments.
What to Expect
- Connection
- Acceleration
- Validation
- Growth
What Startups Get
- POC, Market Validation
- Access to 70 Corporate Clients
- Startup Acceleration
- 42K Average Contract
- Introductions to Industry Investors
- High Impact Mentoring
- Cross-Vertical Network Immersion
- Retain Ownership, No Equity Taken
- Key Business Workshops.
12 Business Use Cases for 2023 Open Call
In addition to the disruptive technologies in demand, the BIND 4.0 Corporate Clients have prioritized 12 Use Cases that address current Industry 4.0 Challenges. Apply today, if you have developed any technologies listed above, or solutions that address these Use Case challenges.
- Traceability & Monitoring of Product Life Cycle and Value Chain
- Improving Environmental Impact, Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
- Digitization and Optimization of Internal Processes
- Mobility Solutions
- Maintenance of Production Means
- Innovation in Industrial Processes, for the worker or end-user experience
- Advanced / Collaborative Robotics
- Customer lifecycle and funneling; Improving user/customer experience
- Hydrogen-based Solutions / Electrolysis
- Quality Control
- Recycling & Circular Economy; Re-use of process residues and re-integration into the value chain
- Capturing, Analyzing and Valorising Biomarkers.
Who can apply?
They accept Startups from all over the world proposing the use of new technologies which can be applied to the Industry, Energy & Sustainability, Health and Food sectors. The technologies of interest expands each year but some of the main areas are: AI, IIOT, Collaborative Robotics, AR/VR, Vision Systems, Big Data & Advanced Analytics, Cybersecurity, Nanotech, New Materials, Additive Manufacturing, Smart Energy, Clean Tech, Biobased Solutions, Positioning Systems, and many more. If your company has completed product development or recently launched a solution based on Industry 4.0 technologies, you’re ready to take the next step and join BIND 4.0.
For more information, visit Basque Government.
