Discover How to Boost Your SME’s Competitiveness with Startups

Applications are open until July 4.

To help you better understand this initiative, SPRI is organizing a one-hour online session, where concrete cases of collaboration between SMEs and startups will be shared, along with the benefits they’ve achieved.

Thanks to this initiative, selected SMEs will gain access to innovative and disruptive talent and technologies offered by startups, enabling them to find tailored solutions for their specific needs.

Once the SMEs are selected in this call, a new call will open in October, inviting startups to submit proposals aligned with the needs previously defined by the SMEs. The goal is to launch the collaborative projects in February 2026.

Who is it for?

All SMEs based in the Basque Country seeking to:

• Access disruptive talent and technologies provided by startups, tailored to their business needs

• Boost their competitiveness through global startup collaboration

Areas of Focus

• Integration of Artificial Intelligence in business processes

• Cybersecurity

• Environmental sustainability

• Smart Factory solutions

• Product innovation and development

• Process and operations optimization

• Value chain improvement

What will you learn?

• The opportunities and benefits BIND SME offers for your company

• Success stories from previous editions of the program

Among BIND SME’s success cases is AACústica, a company specialized in acoustic solutions, which is currently developing a data visualization and sensor-based project with the startup Muutech Monitoring Solutions. Also featured will be Loire Gestamp, a leader in the design and manufacturing of all types of hydraulic presses, which partnered with Orbik Cybersecurity to strengthen its industrial cybersecurity.

More Info: BIND SME V