Grants & funding
We know how to win grants. And we leave your product ready to apply.
Almost every tech product can be partially financed with public or private funding. The problem isn't that it doesn't exist: it's that you don't know which programme fits you, what it demands, or what state your product must be in when you apply.
We've been through that process with our own product. We know the provincial, regional, national and European circuit - Beaz and the Bizkaia programmes, SPRI in the Basque Country, ENISA, CDTI or Kit Digital at national level, and the European calls - as well as the private route.
The criterion before the map: when each kind of money fits
Public funding doesn't make you succeed. Private money starts the clock. That criterion orders everything else.
Public money doesn't dilute your stake, doesn't impose a growth calendar and covers bounded pieces of the development. It values innovation and technical feasibility - things you can prove before having customers - which is why it fits the early stages of a product.
Private money demands metrics that don't exist at an early stage and, from the day it arrives, there's a calendar to meet. If it comes in before there's a product, you hand over a large slice of the company for little money - because the company isn't worth anything yet - and you bet everything on the first version being right.
And here's our edge: we run the development, so the product roadmap and the funding calendar are designed together. A grants consultant doesn't touch the product; a development team doesn't think about funding. We do both at once.
What we do for you
The work has two parts: finding the right programme, and arriving at it with the product in the state the programme expects.
- We identify which calls fit your project and at which stage to apply
- We prepare the technical side of the application: memorandum, scope, milestones
- We align development with what the call requires, so product and justification match from the start
- We support you through the later justification stage, where many projects stumble
The usual mistake: arriving late
Most projects request funding for something already built, in a shape that doesn't match what the call values. We approach it the other way round: when development and application are designed together, product and justification fit from day one.
Trackfinite, our own SaaS, was partly financed this way: product built and grant secured with the same method we offer.
The quick map of programmes
Names change from year to year, but the circuit is stable. In Bizkaia, the provincial council channels through Beaz programmes such as Creación de Empresas Innovadoras - with areas for developing innovative projects and for new innovative companies - or Fomento de Iniciativas Emprendedoras for those starting activity. At Basque Country level, the SPRI Group maintains lines for entrepreneurs and for SME digitalisation and innovation.
At national level there are ENISA's participative loans (no collateral, tied to a business plan), CDTI lines for technological development with R&D, and digitalisation programmes such as Kit Digital. And at European level, the calls for deep tech and scale-up: more demanding, but larger amounts.
Each one values different things - innovation, employment, traction, R&D - which is why the same product is presented differently depending on which one you target. That's where development and application need to be designed together.
When to talk to us
The best moment is before you start building: some calls require expenses to come after the application, and others open and close within specific weeks of the year. If you already have a product there are still options - but the earlier we look at the calendar of calls, the more room we have.
And there's a rarely told advantage of working this way: the technical memorandum a call demands - scope, milestones, budget, justification - is largely the documentation we generate by default on every project. When development is documented from the first sprint, the application isn't extra work: it's a summary.
Frequently asked questions
It depends on the stage: Beaz (Bizkaia provincial council) for creation and growth, SPRI at Basque Country level, ENISA and CDTI at national level, and the European programmes. In one call we'll tell you which ones fit your case and their calendar.
Nothing: in the first call we tell you whether there's a real fit with any programme and what it would require. No strings attached.
It usually covers a percentage of the project, as a grant or a soft loan. The rest is planned so development moves at the pace of your real budget.
There are still options: growth, internationalisation or innovation-on-existing-product calls. What matters is aligning what you request with what the call values.
A grant isn't repaid but usually demands more justification and co-financing; a participative loan (ENISA-style) arrives sooner and without collateral, but is repaid. Many projects combine both at different stages.
It depends on the call: some only subsidise expenses incurred after the application. That's why we plan the development calendar around the deadlines - so no eligible expense is left out.
They don't compete: they belong to different moments. Public money doesn't dilute, doesn't impose a calendar and values innovation over traction - it fits earlier. Private money pays off once there's a product and metrics to show: the company is worth more and you give up less for the same money.
From idea to MVP, almost always public plus your own resources. With a working product and first customers, private money starts to make sense: there's a valuation and a story to tell. Raising it earlier tends to be expensive in dilution.
Shall we talk about your project?
Book a 30-minute call or write to us. No strings attached.
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