Integrated innovation management
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We are a leading international consultancy firm in innovation strategy and R&D&I financing. Since 1986, we have been supporting our clients in their entrepreneurial drive through the search for financing and the management and promotion of innovation.
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Horizon Europe, the new EU research and innovation programme, is worth €95.5 billion in current prices. Its strategic plan sets the strategic orientations for the targeting of investments in the programme’s first four years. It ensures that EU research and innovation actions contribute to EU priorities, including a climate-neutral and green Europe, a Europe fit for the digital age, and a competitive economy that works for people.
The priorities set out in Horizon Europe’s Strategic Plan will be implemented through the Horizon Europe work programme. It sets out funding opportunities for research and innovation activities through thematic calls for proposals and topics.
Innovation is a process that transforms markets and allows different actors to move forward, according to their needs. Forget the “one-size-fits-all” approach. We want to focus on you: in which field do you innovate?
Are you a start-up and are you aware of your funding opportunities? At Zabala Innovation, we can help you structure your Business Plan and identify the appropriate funding sources for each stage of your start-up.
SMEs are key to a country’s economic growth and employment rates; however, SMEs face many challenges when looking for funding to grow and develop. Today, there are many ways of financing SMEs, each with its own characteristics, advantages and disadvantages; at Zabala Innovation, we can guide and advise you with opportunities that best suit your needs.
The competitiveness and sustainability of companies require the development of R&I activities and the inclusion of innovation in their strategies and business plans. Public funding is a good opportunity for external financing to help boost your business projects. At Zabala Innovation, we have been helping companies structure their activities through projects to access these funding channels for over 35 years.
At Zabala Innovation, we believe in the need to promote the creation and advancement of scientific expertise and quality research. This requires funding ambitious projects through the association and coordination of teams to position European research entities among international scientific leaders. Do you need help preparing your research project? We can assist you.
At Zabala Innovation, we collaborate with public administrations to promote innovation through the planning, analysis and evaluation of projects, programmes, plans, strategies, R&I policies, innovation, technology, industry and entrepreneurship.
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Pamplona, Brussels, Bordeaux, London, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Vigo, Bilbao, Valencia, Seville, Zaragoza… We are growing, but we remain close. In addition, Zabala Innovation collaborates with international companies and institutions in the promotion of innovation and R&D&I policies.
At Zabala Innovation, we have a team of experts who will guide you throughout the process with continuous advice; we accompany our clients through promoting R&I and building, with them, fundamental investment and competitive projects.
We manage leading European projects and studies in different sectors such as Smart Cities, Energy and Environment, ICT, Biotechnology and Open Innovation. Our goal is to innovate and create new paths in the European innovation ecosystem.
We help clients choose paths to growth. With a team of more than 370 professionals, more than 60 doctors and thirteen offices in strategic locations, we work with specialised profiles that understand our clients’ business and speak their language perfectly.
At Zabala Innovation, we are committed to innovation ecosystems, and this is reflected in the actions we carry out throughout the year. We are aware of the importance of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to create new innovative business models that enable social progress, and for that reason, we integrate the SDGs, more specifically, the goals that are exclusively linked with business activities and their management, both in the management of our company and in the strategic plans of our clients.
