BIND with Corporates

The BIND Acceleration Program with Corporate Clients, is part of the public-private BIND Open Innovation Platform based in the Basque Country, Spain. Focused on Intelligent Industry, Clean Energy & Sustainability, Health, and Food sectors and early-stage Startups, working on solutions like artificial intelligence, big data, additive manufacturing, artificial vision, immersive technologies, cybersecurity, connectivity & IoT, collaborative and advanced robotics, CleanTech, energy storage solutions, medical devices, wearables, and other disruptive technologies.

The program allows selected startups to create relationships with corporate companies as customer suppliers. There are over 70 leading corporate client companies such as CAF, Bridgestone, Mercedes-Benz, Repsol-Petronor, EDP, Iberdrola, Siemens Gamesa, Faes Farma, Ulma, Unilever, Tubos Reunidos, and ITP Aero, among others. These Corporate Clients review all Startup applicants and decide who they want to work with, offering paid contracts for real use-case projects.

In addition to the paid pilot projects, Startup participants are supported with acceleration services, expert one on one mentoring, targeted training, access to funding and investor matching plus industry relevant events, to ensure immersion into the thriving Basque Entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Entering our 9th edition and global Startup Open Call, the BIND Platform has already accelerated over 240 Startups and developed over 320 Innovative Startup-Corporate Projects which have generated more than 9 Million Euros in turnover so far.

ADVANTAGES for Startups:

- Up to €150,000 contract with a top industry Client (45k average paid contract)
- At least one Industry Leading Company as a Client and Reference
- 70 Top Companies looking for Dynamic Startups
- Collaboration and Real Use application for Pilot Projects
- Networking & Immersion into the Basque Industrial Ecosystem
- No Equity nor Fees, due to Public-Private nature of the programme
- Investment Opportunities thru BIND Venture Club
- Support Services offering Visibility, Mentoring and Growth

Applications accepted on bindplatform.com July 1 - Sep 6, 2024