The NATO Innovation Fund first travels to Spain on the occasion of Science for Industry (S4I), the meeting in Madrid of highly disruptive startups and European investor funds of the Science Equity that They bet on disruptive sciences in which more than 250 prototypes applicable to, energy, agriculture, health, construction or aerospace and highly sustainable have been exposed.
In this sense, Ana Bernardo Gancedo, a senior associate of the NATO Innovation Fund, shows that The objective of the organization is to “work with Deep Science startups and connect them with potential customers”so that these startups have greater access to capital and achieve greater investment to develop their projects. “Example of this is the NATO Innovation Fund, an independent risk capital fund – given with a capital of 1,000 million euros– that has the support of 24 nations of the Alliance, among which is Spain.
Bernardo-Gancedo has explained why NATO invests in disruptive technologies: “We invest in new technological companies that we believe will ensure the future of the citizens of the Alliance.” Currently, They are focused on 9 areas Among which are energy, hypersonic systems, highly advanced materials, artificial intelligence, quantum technology, biotechnology, next generation and spatial communication.
In addition, the senior associate of the Fund highlights that from NATO “we work with long -term capital. That is, with a 15 -year life cycle during which we intend to support both entrepreneurs and the technologies of this market, investing in these disruptive startups. “
Thus, “the development of these capacities are mission to allow these emerging companies to raise funds and grow ecosystems with our support,” reports Bernardo Gancedo. And, one of the main problems that these startups find when financing is to be able to find an investor that really adapts to their requirements, therefore, to the science for industry (S4I) meeting, more than 130 startups and More than 65 investment funds from Science Equity “It is very important to find an investor that really understands what the stages and needs that a company of this style will need. Because it is not the same to invest in a digital company that Invest in one of Farma.
The projects of the projects themselves confirmed to the electionomista.es A paradigm shift in financingwhich previously came from public projects and funds, and now they are increasingly beginning to bet private funds. In this sense, Trigo Alaga the role that the public sector is playing “is doing a great job when enhancing this type of technologies and that is something very important.”
Meanwhile, the president of Beable Capital demand a better provision of Capex “So that they can make their demo plants, or their industrial plants. For this, there should be more and more programs addressed to these industrial companies to invest in Capex, in assets, so that this industry can be created because in the end the work Beable capital is to create that advanced industry and for this it would be good to have more support from the public sector, to set up those necessary industrial plants, ”he claims wheat.
The reason is that The Deep Science is consolidating as an upward trend. This is due, confirms the president of the Spanish Investment Fund, “to a demand for European policies”: “All European policies nationwide what they are demanding are solutions that allow a more competitive, resilient and sustainable Europe. And then Policies, for example, new forms of energy, circular economy or elimination of pollutants, are being the main demands of all markets. “
Internationally, The developed projects have a great reception. Trigo confirms that “it is being seen that Spain has very good technology and is positioned as one of the most powerful countries in Deep Science production worldwide.” This context shows the importance of investment in companies with a scientific approach, which are being able to compete with large companies worldwide and that can make Spain a commercial partner of the great economies. Spanish initiatives are offering solutions that are not unique only for Spain, but also are internationally. “The markets of all these companies are international markets, so the reception is being very interesting within the companies,” confirms the president of Beable Capital to Eleconomista.es.
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