APPLICATION PERIOD OPEN FOR 2023 GRANT PROGRAMME FOR INNOVATIVE COMPANIES “VLC STARTUP”

The FPCUV, in collaboration with Banco Santender, opens the application period for the VLC STARTUP AWARDS 2023, with the aim of promoting and supporting the creation and consolidation of innovative companies in the university sphere, selecting the best entrepreneurial initiatives in agreeance with the established criteria.

The aim of this grant programme is to support and promote entrepreneurial projects and initiatives, up to eight in total, in the field of innovation and sustainability as a market opportunity and as a sector with an impact on society in the coming years.

Beneficiaries

Any micro-enterprise or SME, in corporate form, sole proprietors, as well as other business entities, which meet the following requirements:

• Be legally constituted and not more than five years old at the deadline for submission of the application.
• With headquarters in the Valencian Community.
• Have an innovative and/or knowledge-based and/or sustainability-based component.
• Has not been a previous beneficiary of any of the VLC STARTUP aids promoted by the FPCUV.

Prize

The maximum amount is fifty-eight thousand euros (€58,000) for the total endowment of all the sections of the VLC Startup Programme. It includes services, work spaces, financial resources, training programmes and expenses for the dissemination implementation and execution of the programme.  

Application period: from 27 November to 22 January 2024 at 2:00pm.

Those interested must register and send their applications via the following platform:

banco-santander-vlc-startup-2023

Queries can be sent to the following email address: startup@uv.es.

More information:  VLC STARTUP 2023