Accelerate your business with real projects and customers from world-leading Industry 4.0 companies

We’re looking for startup companies developing Industry 4.0 solutions

The fourth edition of our highly successful acceleration program connects you with leading Industry 4.0 manufacturing, energy, healthcare and food tech companies and contracts worth up to €150,000

Apply today and join one of the strongest industrial ecosystems in Europe (Basque Country) a top-rated location for market opportunities and growth

Industry 4.0 Corporate Partners

BIND 4.0 corporate partners are market-leading innovators in manufacturing, energy, health and food technology.
These Industry 4.0 partners become customers of our startups, offering paid contracts worth up to €150,000 and serving as references.
They can also offer access to networks, people, and tools to help build a startup’s business. BIND 4.0 startups and corporate partners grow together.

Industry 4.0 Technologies

Since the first edition, 108 startups have accelerated their businesses through the program. If your start-up company has completed product development or recently launched a solution based on one of the following Industry 4.0 technologies, you’re ready to take the next step.

Internet
of Things

Cybersecurity

Additive
Manufacturing

robotics

Big Data
Analytics

Artificial
Vision

Augmented/
virtual reality

Artificial
Intelligence

Focus Areas

Accelerate your commercial development and go-to-market strategy in the following areas.

Advanced Manufacturing

Insert innovative solutions into advanced manufacturing products, processes, management techniques, or systems

Smart Energy

Deliver innovation to renewable energy production, infrastructures, and services across industries

Health Tech

Join fast-growing markets with medical devices, as well as digital health, and healthcare solutions

Food Tech

Drive innovative tech solutions focused on the digital transformation of the agri-food sector

What You Get

Contracts worth up to €150,000

Our corporate partners award contracts to start-ups for developing Industry 4.0 projects with their solutions. The contract can reach as high as €150,000. Corporate partners also become reference customers for you.

Support Services

We provide world-class mentoring; free workspace, training, and tech support; access to funding, subsidies, and investors; demo day; and participation in a top Industry 4.0 event.

Networking

Gain visibility with industry leaders, executives, and business contacts in the Basque Country, including Basque Digital Innovation Hub. We can arrange visits and networking meetings.

No equity
taken

Your company retains all equity and pays no participation charges. Our sole goal is to attract and accelerate startups in the Basque Country and help you succeed.

Timeline

Key dates of the 5th edition of the BIND 4.0 Acceleration Program

2020/07/03

International call for applicants

2020/09/11

Application submission deadline

2021/01/08

Participating start-up selection

2021/01/25

Acceleration Program Kick-Off

2021/01/25
2021/07/02

Acceleration Program & Industry 4.0 Projects In-Process

2021/07/6-7

Demo
Day

Discover all the details about the BIND 4.0 Acceleration Program

Acceleration Program

FAQs

What is BIND 4.0?

BIND 4.0 is an acceleration program aimed at startups with tech products or services with application in Advanced Manufacturing, Smart Energy, Health Tech and Food Tech fields. It’s a public-private initiative that promotes the development of promising industry 4.0 startups through training, mentorship, and connections to the main industrial players in the Basque Country.

What is the program about?

The fifth edition of our highly successful acceleration program connects you with leading Industry 4.0 manufacturing, energy, healthcare and food companies and contracts worth up to €150,000. Your company retains all equity. We provide support services, networking opportunities, and mentoring. Apply today and join one of the strongest industrial ecosystems in Europe—Basque Country—a top-rated location for market opportunities and growth.

What type of startups can apply?

BIND 4.0 is addressed to startups from all over the world proposing the use of new technologies in the Industrial, Energy, Health and Food fields. Since the first edition of BIND 4.0, 70 startups have accelerated their businesses through the program. If your start-up company has completed product development or recently launched a solution based on one of the Industry 4.0 technologies, you’re ready to take the next step.

Who promotes BIND 4.0?

BIND 4.0 is led by the Basque Government and its business development agency SPRI. It collaborates with the main industrial companies in the region and is supported by the three Provincial Councils of the Basque Autonomous Community.

How much does it cost?

Nothing. Our corporate partners pay for the development of your project and you will not be asked to transfer part of it in return for your participation either.

Is there any nationality requirement?

No. Startups from any country can apply for BIND 4.0.

Who selects the participating startups?

The participating startups are chosen by corporate partners. Startups that overcome the selection process and reach a collaboration agreement with at least one of the industry’s corporate partners will join BIND 4.0.

View full terms & conditions

If I am selected, will I have to move to the Basque Country?

BIND 4.0 encourages participating startups to spend as much time as possible in the Basque Country, with the aim of promoting their immersion and development in the Basque industrial ecosystem. In this sense, at least one member of the startup is required to attend the mandatory activities described in the Terms & Conditions

We do not live In the Basque Country, are transport and accommodation expenses Included In the program?

The Program provides financial support to foreign startups in order to support its living expenses during the program. Also, BIND 4.0 helps you to find the perfect accommodation and workspace for your team, so you can focus on what really matters.

I have further questions, who should I contact?

If you have any doubt or query, do not hesitate to contact the BIND 4.0 Coordination Team at info@bind.spri.eus. We will be happy to help you!

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BIND 4.0 Acceleration Program and The Basque Ecosystem

BIND 4.0 is a public private accelerator program located in the Basque Country (Spain) focusing in Industry 4.0 startups with solutions applied to Advanced Manufacturing, Energy, Health and Food sectors.

BIND 4.0 offers the best support services and guarantees the development of projects and the signing of contracts with high-level industrial companies in order to accelerate their business in what we call the Basque Country Industrial Ecosystem.