- The EU-LAC Digital Accelerator invites business partnerships to apply to its 3rd Open Call. Partnerships should include a corporate wanting to solve a digital challenge and a startup or innovative SME offering to develop a solution to solve this challenge.
- For this 3rd open call, we are excited to introduce HealthTech as a new opportunity area, alongside CleanTech and Smart Production.
- EU-LAC partnerships must include at least one corporate and one startup from two of the following regions: the European Union, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
- Selected candidates will receive in-kind acceleration services valued at up to €30,000 (€40,000 if a Caribbean partner is involved).
The EU-LAC Digital Accelerator supports cross-regional partnerships between Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean in developing digital processes, products, and services. The partnership should include a corporate facing a challenge and a startup or innovative SME from a different region, and providing a digital solution.
The accelerator launches the 3rd Open Call for EU-LAC partnerships, now expanding its focus to include Health Tech, alongside Clean Technologies and Smart Production, as the main opportunity areas. However, corporate-startup partnerships from other sectors are also welcome to apply.
Selected candidates will receive in-kind acceleration services valued at up to €30,000 (€40,000 if a Caribbean partner is involved).
The services provided within the programme are detailed in a catalogue and are divided into the following categories:
- A customised acceleration roadmap
- The design and implementation of a proof-of-concept
- The validation of a business model
- The assessment of its investment and scaling readiness.
The accelerator’s experts will thus support these partnerships until they reach an investment-ready stage.
Open call: How to apply?
To qualify for the acceleration services, partnerships must include at least:
✔️One corporate.
✔️One startup or one innovative SME.
Both entities should be established in distinct eligible regions: the European Union, Latin America, or the Caribbean.
Besides, to demonstrate their commitment, the partners must have signed a formal partnership agreement.
Partnerships can submit their application form in 5 minutes via the open call page on the EU-LAC Digital Accelerator website. They will also find the “Guidelines for Applicants” document with all the necessary information.
About EU-LAC Digital Accelerator
EU-LAC Digital Accelerator is funded by the European Union and the Global Gateway initiative under the EU-LAC Digital Alliance framework. With five years of duration, it focuses on fostering multi-stakeholder and private sector collaboration, competitiveness, digital skills and innovation by establishing a regional EU-LAC Digital Accelerator. TECNALIA leads the initiative and involves the participation of major international benchmarks in entrepreneurship and innovation from the EU-LAC regions, such as IESE Business School, WAYRA Hispam, European Business and Innovation Centre Network (EBN), European Business Angels Network (EBAN), Expertise France, OCTANTIS, Inter-American Development Bank BID-Lab, TECNALIA-Colombia and Caribbean Export Development Agency.
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