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Acceleration of deep tech companies 2023
With this offer, Vinnova wants to promote innovative start-up companies that build their technology and business on cutting-edge, scientific advances and discoveries, so-called deep tech companies.
The offer in brief
What can you apply for?
The activities must aim to verify commercial assumptions. For example, validating customer offers and market, technology validation, feasibility studies, test and demo activities, strategic management of intellectual properties.
Who can apply?
Innovation-driven Swedish limited companies that base their business on a disruptive and emerging solution so-called deeptech companies. The company must be at least 12 months old and at least 75% owned by the company´s founder.
How much can you apply for?
Maximum requested amount is SEK 4 million over 3 years. The project will be financed in stages of 6-12 months with SEK 700,000 - 1,000,000 per stage.
Important dates
This happens when the call for proposals is closed
When your proposal has been registered, we email a confirmation to the person responsible for the user account as well as to the project manager and the signatory. This may take a few hours after the call for proposals closes. If you have not received a confirmation within 24 hours after the call for proposals closes, please contact us.
When the call for proposals is closed, you cannot change or fill in any new information. Then you can only supplement your proposal if we ask for it.
Who can read your proposal?
Applications submitted to us become public documents. But we do not disclose information about the business, inventions or research results if it can be assumed that someone will suffer financial damage if the information is shown.
This means that we must hand over the documents if someone requests them. But we keep confidential the information that we judge could mean financial damage if it is disclosed.
Any questions?
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us.
Funded projects
Reference number 2023-01823