Bioeconomy and Circular Economy High Tech Incubator
For a sustainable economic model to support business R&D
Project funded by:
Incubation and Acceleration Call for Proposals
For self-employed and SMEs
The deadline for submitting applications is now closed. You can consult the final decision on the business projects selected to participate in the incubation and acceleration process of the IAT in the Call for July 2024
From your idea, to the market
In the High Technology Incubator in Bioeconomy and Circular Economy (Incubadora de Alta Tecnología en Bioeconomía y Economía Circular – IAT) you will find the necessary support to create new technology-based companies and accelerate business projects that respond to the challenges and opportunities that arise directly from the market, from the agro-industrial sector itself or from the results of scientific-technological research in relation to the concepts of Bioeconomy and Circular Economy.
What we offer
At the IAT you will have access to a set of services and facilities with cutting-edge equipment to accelerate the process of validation, development and market entry of your business project, including:
Hosting at the IAT infrastructures, with access to its workspaces, laboratories and other common areas.
Advanced support services.
Preferential access to services and equipment provided by the ecosystem of partnerships generated around the IAT.
Feasibility analysis of a technological solution idea or business project.
Increasing the potential viability of a business model.
Prototype development of new products/processes, pre-industrial scale validation and industrial scale-up planning.
Acceleration of market access, growth, connection to key players in the value chain and access to public-private financing.
Strengthening competences for technological development and business innovation management.
More than 1000 m2 with incubation, laboratory and pre-industrial pilot plant spaces
Cutting-edge scientific-technological equipment for testing processes related to agro-industry and first transformations
Innovation in Bioeconomy and Circular Economy. New products and processes from the region's natural resources and from by-products and waste of the agri-food industry
Ecosystem of alliances with tractor companies, scientific-technological centres, funding support organisations and key agents in the Bioeconomy and Circular Economy
What do the incubated companies think?
Some participating companies
How to access the IAT
The supported projects can be promoted by entrepreneurs, individually or in teams, micro-enterprises or SMEs.
Initiatives can be at different stages of development, from an initial idea that requires validation, to a testing process in a relevant environment.
If you have a business project related to Bioeconomy and Circular Economy to obtain new products/processes with high added value or apply a technological development, we can support you throughout the process. Submit your project proposal in response to the IAT´s calls, which you will find here:
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The IAT is managed and developed by the Centre for Scientific and Technological Research of Extremadura (CICYTEX), FUNDECYT-PCTEX and Extremadura AVANTE, and is an initiative co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Fundación Instituto Cameral para la Creación y Desarrollo de la Empresa (Fundación Incyde) within the Pluri-regional Operational Programme of Spain ERDF 2014-2020 OP: “A way of doing Europe”.