Support of Innovative Projects and Start-up Companies

Every year countless start-ups and thousands of projects are born in the fields of renewable energy generation and storage, energy efficiency and resource conservation, life sciences, mobility and logistics. Many of these have enormous potential but fail to overcome obstacles such as financing, insufficient networks or slow sales. To help projects succeed, we advise inventors and start-ups – from the initial idea through to preparing the financial plan, raising capital, project development and series production of their products.

Funding Advice

When it comes to raising capital for start-ups or for the realization of innovative ideas, public funding from regional, national and EU governments is available to help finance start-ups and innovation projects. Given a complex funding landscape and ever changing funding regulations, few founders can keep detailed knowledge of all the options to effectively promote and finance their planned investment and innovation project.

It is at this point we come into play. Our experts work to identify funding, including matching funding – from non-repayable grants, low-interest subsidized loans to public company investments and indemnity bonds. We further support clients not only in identifying the optimal funding, but also with applying for and managing grants.

Support of Innovative Projects and Start-up Companies

We help creative entrepreneurs, inventors, and fledgling companies to create successful, market-ready product offerings from promising ideas and innovative concepts. We provide expertise in:

Additionally, we provide seasoned strategy advice and can function in interim leadership roles as the situation requires.

Funding Advice

Phase 1: analysis, research, identification

In the first step, we clarify the eligibility of the project for funding and contribute key business considerations such as the date of incorporation, the legal form of the company, it’s location and size. In this step we consider the customer’s project specifications, financial and temporal aspects in concert.

Next we conduct systematic research into eligible programs, tailored to our clients‘ business and project characteristics. Our first focus is on applicable non-repayable grants from regional, national and EU programs, as well as options for low-interest development loans, public holdings and performance guarantees. We present the full results of our research and analysis, enabling our clients to estimate the chances of success and cost/benefit of each funding request early in the process.

Phase 2: design, creation, submission

After the appropriate programs have been identified, the subsidy applications are conceptually prepared and all application documents are created.

Prior to the official submission of funding applications we speak with the respective parties to create informal project outlines with which we will inform funders of our client‘s planned activities. When feedback on the project outlines is positive and we ascertain the likelihood of funding grants is high, we proceed with the official application, taking into account requirements of the project sponsor and in accordance with all formal requirements.

Phase 3: monitoring, controlling

Once the permit for a project is received, we support clients throughout the duration of the project, with overall coordination, handling requests for capital and ensuring project controlling is in compliance with all requirements (including identifying and preparing documentation required for the use of funds and audit preparation). We are happy to accompany the projects of our clients and are available, as desired by project sponsors, to provide interim technical reports.

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