Start-up: 11th Open Call launched by the BIND programme

Publication date: 29 July 2026

The 11th Open Call of the BIND programme is officially open!

BIND is the Open Innovation platform promoted and developed by the Government of the Basque Country and the SPRI Group. The programme offers international startups the unique opportunity to collaborate with 100 corporate partners and market-leading SMEs, through fully remunerated open innovation projects.

Start-up advantages

Validation and market positioning
Direct access to 100 leading companies
Totally equity-free program
High-level networking in your industry
Contracts for projects with an average budget of 40K€
Mentoring and impacts workshop

100 Corporate Partners looking for solutions

BIND accelerates startups with technology solutions ready to meet the real needs of 100 large industrial customers, including Mercedes-Benz, Iberdrola, Petronor Repsol, ArcelorMittal, Gestamp, GHCranes, Arania and ABB. Specifically, corporate partners are targeting open innovation projects in cutting-edge industries: AI, Big Data, IoT, IIoT, Clean Tech, AR/VR, Collaborative Robotics, Additive Manufacturing, and Computing.

In addition, for this edition, companies announced 11 “Use Cases” (Use Cases) priorities to respond to the most pressing technological challenges of the current industry. [Read here!]

The impact of BIND: enters the Basque technology ecosystem

After 10 successful editions, the BIND flatworm has collected:

400+ projects developed
275+ Startup accelerated
100 Venture clients
20+ Countries involved
4 International Awards
10M€ Turnover Generated by Projects

who can participate?

Legally established startups with a maximum of 8 years of life, which have a technological product or service already validated and suitable for creating industrial proof-of-concepts (projects in the idea phase or without a working prototype are excluded). The proposed solutions must be in line with the strategic sectors of the Basque Country Industrial Plan 2030.

The deadline to apply is September 4, 2026.

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