STARTUPS & SMEs

The program is no longer accepting applications.

Three ways to apply

TRACK 1

REACH consortium has collaborated with the 8 leading European Digital Innovation Hubs to define the cross-sectorial Data Value Chain (DVC) themes to be tackled by participants.

TRACK 2

Applications will tackle the challenges defined by the REACH Data Providers according to the needs detected in their market.

TRACK 3

A single SME will apply together with their own Data Provider/s (at least one) and propose a novel DVC joint challenge to be solved.

For more information about REACH application tracks, please check out our Guidelines for Applicants located at the bottom of this page.

Benefits of joining

Equity free funding
up to €120K

Cascade equity-free funding for organizations to finance their innovations

Access to Large Corporations AND their Industrial data sets

A range of Data Providers coming from different sectors offering their data and corporate challenges for experimentation

Access to digital and business skills

Data mentoring and business coaching will be available for companies to help develop their experiments and turn them into market-ready solutions

REACH toolbox for secure and trusted data value chains

Ready-to-use tools an state-of-the-art technologies for increasing trust and security in data sharing and exchange (blockchain, data anonymisation and minimization components and tools for the development of trused-by- design applications)

Big Data Computing Infrastructure

Big Data infrastructure to host experiments and facilitate the development of data-fuelled solutions in short time

Access to Private Investment

A network of corporate and private investors engaged to select and potentially invest in promising companies with great go-to-market and growth potential.

Visibility

REACH will offer ecosystem and organizational visibility towards new partnerships and business opportunities

Check out the resources available to the incubated applicants

REACH Incubator Timeline

Reach Timeline

REACH is a four-phase incubation programme:
Explore, Experiment, Evolve, Expose.

*Expose phase is open to all Experiment phase teams

The best solution per incubation round will be awarded €20K