The support for the innovative starters consists of a mix of financial support, external expert guidance and business case advice.

The amount of the financial support is €50,000.

VLAIO does not request the exact costs of the project. However, a rough estimate of the division external vs internal costs will be requested in the project description. You should also be able to prove that the external and internal costs will together require at least one FTE or €70,000. 

Support for innovative starters cannot be combined with other subsidies. In order to qualify, the company may not have received any previous business subsidies. By business subsidies we mean direct project subsidies for training, advice, investments and research and development, where your company is the direct beneficiary. If such financial support is obtained during the term of the innovative starters project, the project will be stopped before the start of the new project.

Each company can receive support for innovative starters a maximum of once and apply for it a maximum of twice.