We are Public Funding Experts

with 20 years experience managing 1.800 projects winning 600 million euros of governmental subsidies for public and private organizations.

We support OpenInnovation

We build our own capacity to generate project ideas matching the needs of our clients with technology trends within the funding framework.
We have also developed our own platform to support our clients in their consortia set-up.

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Introducing OpenFunding *

econet has embarked on a mission to share our research on funding for innovation. We start our journey with you "Introducing OpenFunding".

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OpenFunding, open to what?

econet proposes to open the public funding procedures to the financial market and to the Innovation ecosystem.

Open to the Financial Market

An innovation project can obtain more than just several innovation grants. It could be also eligible for public funding schemes for regional development, education, employability and sustainability. Find out how econet supported the University of Santiago get cross border cooperation grants for a marine toxins R&D project.

An innovation project is a “most wanted” initiative for private banks, venture capitalists, multilateral development banks and CSR sponsorship from large corporation wanting to develop their business and citizenship goals. Find out how econet supports Microsoft get loans and tax incentives for their tech start-ups.

An innovation project requires a business plan to obtain financial support. The project risks are assessed from the economical, technical and managerial perspectives. Find out out how econet supported business organizations to develop feasibility studies on their innovation potential with strategic impact through the Tecnoeuropa initiative.

Open to the Innovation Ecosystem

OpenInnovation is about collaborative R&D across several stakeholders. Matching project goals and linking potential consortia members becomes a key element for funding success. Find out how econet helped Tratamientos Ecológicos del Noroeste, a spanish sme to find the best partners for their successful “Friendly” Research for SMEs project.

Research centers and technology providers act as the glue element among corporate and public organizations partnering for industry wide initiatives. The researchers contribute with their networking to spot the state-of-the-art technological partners and technology final users. Find out how econet supported GlaxoSmithKline on their Framework Programme awarded project.

OpenInnovation requires talented experts specialized in facilitating knowledge transfer between R&D players within the Global Innovation Ecosystem. Find out how econet supported Regional Governments (Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados/Aragón I+D/Xunta de Galicia) to attract high level international researchers to Regional R&D Players.

25 ways of improving Innovation Funding

econet researched the best cases for public funding acquisition and have concluded that there are 25 ways of improving Innovation Funding within entrepreneurs, corporations, governments and research centers.

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OpenFunding is NOT a registered trademark of econet. A patent application for OpenFunding has NOT been submitted by econet. econet believes OpenFunding should belong to all the good people involved in trying to get funding for innovative projects that make a better world. econet did not hear or read about OpenFunding before developing it, but, we are pretty sure there are more smart people out there having great similar ideas.