The support to be awarded under the Deep Tech Voucher aims to enable national deep tech companies to successfully participate in international programs and initiatives.
It is aimed at companies that have received a favorable evaluation in Phase 1 of the EIC Accelerator (Step 1).
The support is aimed at several critical areas for the development of startups, including:
Strategy definition, management and consolidation of Intellectual Property rights;
Support for regulatory processes, including certification costs;
Strategy definition and legal and negotiating support in investment processes;
Technical and legal support for agreements with large companies;
Support for prototyping and system level demonstration processes, including identification of industrial partners;
Acquisition of product development services;
Development of operational plans for the integration of environmental societal governance (ESG) criteria into business processes;
Support for headhunting and recruitment processes, as well as the implementation of talent management and HR processes;
Market research to support Go-to-Market strategies.