BIND SME responds to the new technological challenges of SMEs through the collaboration with innovative startups and scaleups.
Through BIND, SMEs from the Basque Country present in each edition a series of use cases to which the candidate startup must respond by applying disruptive technological solutions. The startup proposals that best solve these use cases will be selected to develop their projects in collaboration with the Basque SMEs.
Participating SMEs
Projects developed
Participating Startups
Successful editions
Startups and scaleups that have a disruptive technological solution capable of solving any of the current challenges of the industry and interested in developing their projects hand in hand with a reference SME.
01_Startups and scaleups with new technologies that have completed their technological development. Startups that have a product or solution that can be demonstrated, tested and even available in the market.
02_Companies that are no more than 8 years old, that make use of new technologies to improve industrial processes and are ready to accelerate their business development.
03_Startups and scaleups with disruptive solutions for the advanced manufacturing, environmental, construction, design, automotive and food industries, including: artificial intelligence, big data, computing, cybersecurity, machine vision, IoT, additive manufacturing, robotics, nanotechnology, new materials, immersive realities and much more!
SMEs that are part of BIND SME are looking to accelerate and streamline their digital transformation, competitiveness and innovation to respond to new industry challenges.
01_Companies with at least one center of activity in the Basque Country
02_Companies with a workforce of less than 250 employees
03_Companies in a phase of digital transformation, improvement and acceleration of their competitiveness or in search of innovative solutions for the growth and expansion of their business
04_SMEs in the industrial, construction, food and beverage, product manufacturing, environmental, energy or automotive sectors, among others
An agile and rapid boost to the digitalization of Basque SMEs, offering them innovative solutions that respond to the new challenges posed in the areas of advanced manufacturing industries, environment, construction, design, automotive and food industry, among others.
And, on the other hand, it gives startups the opportunity to access their first customers and test their technologies through a real case that allows them to grow.
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SMEs register during May and June and present their needs as use cases in September.
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Each SME participates in up to 3 of the 7 use cases proposed per edition and starts the startup registration process.
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Selection of the startups that propose the best solution and closing of projects and contracts between the SME and the startup.
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Collaboration and implementation of joint projects between SMEs and startups.
“With BIND SME, we have collaborated with nationally important companies such as ELDU, Eroski, Bellota Herramientas, Goizper, the BCC and in several projects with social action organizations, among other sectors, which has led us to grow and increase the team”. KEVO
“The challenge of being able to work with SMEs will open a large market for us and many doors to demonstrate that we can help them with a product that we have optimized to reach the market for monitoring and data visualization”. IMMERSIA
“The willingness to experiment with new solutions from the companies participating in BIND is clear and is motivated by the fantastic dynamics driven by the whole ecosystem”. HUPI
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BIND SME is mainly focused on the following startup profiles:
Participating SMEs undertake to:
The minimum tasks and hours to be developed are the following:
Participating startups will commit to:
The evaluation and coordination committee will analyze the use cases submitted by the SMEs. Once the startups that best fit the proposed use cases have been identified, they will be invited to participate in the initiative. The challenges identified by the SMEs will be published on the initiative’s website and a form will be set up to receive proposals from the startups.
If you are a startup or scaleup and want your technology to help meet the new challenges of Smart Industry, you just have to fill in the form and we will let you know about future calls.
If you are an industrial SME, tell us about your challenges and we will find the technological solutions to meet your needs best. Fill in this form and we will be in touch.
Since 2016, BIND has been the public-private platform of international reference, promoted by the Basque Government through the Spri Group and its platform Up!Euskadi, to support the transformation of industry and increase its competitiveness through startups with cutting-edge technological solutions.
The open innovation platform ensures the development of innovative projects in companies, with the groundbreaking technologies of startups. In addition, it offers advice and training to enhance the benefits of open innovation and the growth of startups with real projects and reference customers.
BIND has 3 initiatives to innovate and respond to new technological challenges.
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