Digitalisation grants

We help you understand, manage and implement digitalisation grant and funding programmes for SMEs.

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The Kit Digital is a support scheme from Spain’s central government for companies across the country.

The other two grants are available exclusively in the Valencian Community: DIGITALIZA CV, run by IVACE, and the international promotion grants from the Valencian Ministry of Sustainable Economy, Productive Sectors, Trade and Labour.

Get in touch and we’ll walk you through everything: applications, implementation, procedures, funding amounts and eligible solutions.

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It makes sense to seize every opportunity to move your business forward.

We help business owners make the most of grants, offering advice before they apply as well as managing and implementing the funded projects.

At 3dids.com, we’ve worked in a strategic partnership for years with Proyecta Innovación, a consultancy specialising in grants and funding.

Grants of up to 28,000 euros for SME internationalisation

SME Internationalisation Mentoring and Support Programme. The Spanish Chamber of Commerce has opened applications for its “International Mentoring” grant. SMEs can receive up to 28,000 euros to carry out an Internationalisation Plan designed beforehand with the help of a mentor from a large company.

The eligible activity is: designing, modifying or expanding websites, including registration and domain costs.

Funding for these activities can reach 28,000 euros, based on maximum eligible expenditure of 35,000 euros. In other words, it covers 80% of costs up to a spending limit of 35,000 euros.

Companies interested in the “International Mentoring” scheme can submit their applications through the Spanish Chamber of Commerce’s online portal until 31 December 2023. They must meet the following criteria:

  • Qualify as an SME
  • Be exporters
  • Have your own product, service or brand
  • Have turnover of more than 10 million euros, although the threshold is one million euros for SMEs that have participated in the public ICEX Next and Xpande programmes.

Kit Consulting

Kit Consulting is a Spanish government grant programme that helps SMEs like yours design a roadmap for digital transformation. It provides a Digital Advisory Voucher that you must use to purchase advisory services. The amount depends on the size of your company: 12.000€ for 10 to fewer than 50 employees, 18.000€ for 50 to fewer than 100 employees, and 24.000€ for 100 to fewer than 250 employees.

The recipient company must use the voucher to purchase one or more advisory services from the programme catalogue.

Digital Advisors will provide the service selected by the company and guide the SME through the next steps in its digitalisation journey.

Click here to explore all the advisory services.

Digitaliza CV grants

Launched by IVACE and available exclusively to Valencian SMEs in certain activities or CNAE categories. It aims to introduce new technologies for digitalisation. These are non-repayable grants of up to 100.000€ (40% for small businesses with up to 49 employees and 30% for medium-sized businesses with 50 to 249 employees). They support projects costing at least 15.000€ carried out between 1 January and 31 December 2022.

It covers the following digitalisation technologies:

  • Information systems for managing the lifecycle of products and services: PLM, CAD, CAM, CAE, modelling, simulation, …
  • Augmented and virtual reality, computer numerical control systems, MES, SCADA, preventive maintenance, robotics, machine vision, automated storage, additive manufacturing and 3D printing, sensors for products, services and processes, PLC, …
  • Business planning and management support systems: ERP, SCM, MRP, Business Intelligence…
  • Security, data management, AI…

It funds investment in hardware, sensors, automation and communications equipment, as well as the external consultancy and technical support needed to implement the systems.

Applications can be submitted from 12 January 2022 to 3 March 2022, and the programme has a budget of eight million euros.

More information: https://www.ivace.es/index.php/es/ayudas/innovacion-e-i-d/programas-de-ayuda-2021/54591-digitaliza-2021

Kit Digital grants

This Spanish government initiative forms part of the rollout of the EU’s Next Generation funds. It aims to subsidise the implementation of digital solutions through a non-repayable voucher scheme with 500 million € in funding. Depending on company size, businesses can receive a voucher worth 12.000€ (10 to 50 employees), 6.000€ (SMEs with 3 to 10 employees) or 2.000€ (microbusinesses and self-employed people).

SMEs with fewer than 50 employees, including self-employed people throughout Spain, can apply. They must work with a provider specialising in the solution to be implemented who has registered as a “digitalisation agent”, and then complete a “digital diagnostic test” at acelerapyme.gob.es. The grant terms have been published, and applications are expected to open imminently, in late January or early February. Grants will be approved in order of application until the funds run out, so it’s advisable not to delay. Funding covers website and e-commerce development; social media creation and management; online, automated customer and supplier management; dashboards and data management tools; remote working; process digitalisation; electronic invoicing; security protocols for connections and devices; and cybersecurity. More information at acelerapyme.gob.es.

How can you make the most of your grants?

As consultants, experience tells us that grants are a straightforward way to boost digitalisation, but they shouldn’t be the reason you go digital.

A digitalisation strategy should be aligned with grants and tax deductions for companies that have digitalisation in their strategic plans.

As consultants, our aim is to ensure digitalisation delivers value to your company by building new processes and tools that strengthen business productivity.

To make the most of these opportunities, you need to plan and prepare: both the application and implementation windows are very short.

At 3dids.com, we’re ready to help any company that knows now is the time to digitalise in a considered, well-founded way.

We’ll support you throughout the process, not just in preparing plans and projects, but in making sure they deliver value.