Co-investment Start-up Capital ACCIÓ
Details
COUNTRY: Spain
REGION: Catalonia
PERIOD: 2023 – ongoing
Goals, Recipients, Beneficiaries
The initiative C-investment Start-up Capital from ACCIÓ, is composed of a repayable grant in the form of a 10-year loan (80%) and a non-repayable grant (20%). It offers a grant of between €75,000 and €250,000 linked to investment signed with angel investors or venture capital funds during the last six months.
This initiative aims to fund the go-to-market and growth plan of start-ups with scientific-based technologies. Deep tech start-ups tend to work on high-risk projects and have very intensive financial needs in the initial stages. The co- investment Start-up Capital grant is an opportunity for them to expand the investment received.
Eligible Projects / Expenses
Are eligible existing start-ups:
- that develop technologies considered deep tech: with its own solid and demonstrable technological and scientific base, with transformative solutions to global challenges and help to achieve the UN SDGs.
- constituted 36 months (maximum) before the application.
- and that have formalized a financing round:
o by private investors or venture capital funds, through an equity instrument and/or participatory loan and/or convertible note, disbursed in the 6 months prior to the application.
o minimum amount of €75,000 by one or more venture capital investors or funds, and the minimum investment by each of them must be €20,000.
o investors must demonstrate their investment experience in deep tech start-ups.
Support
- Amount between €75,000 and €250,000.
- 80% loan and 20% non-refundable grant.
- Loan interest rate: Euribor + 2%, renewable annually.
- Term of loan: 10 years including 4 years of grace.
- Variable interest in the event of a liquidation.
In the event of a liquidation or change of control in the company, a variable interest will be accrued for the number of shares that would have been issued in favour of ACCIÓ, just in the case that 50% of the loan has been converted into shares.
Procedure
Requests will be resolved in chronological order of presentation.
Status and Results
Results 2023, first year of the initiative: 7 grants approved, €1.1 million.
Contacts
ORGANISATION: ACCIÓ – Area Startups
CONTACT PERSON: Rocío Flor
EMAIL: rflor@gencat.cat
PHONE: +34935674938