Eligibility Criteria
Applications must be submitted in the name of a registered company. Personal applications will not be accepted. Your company must be formally registered for at least one year from the deadline of the present call in the country where it operates.
The applying company must commit to the STARTUP10 call by indicating the names of the team members who will participate in the program and their respective roles within the company.
To be considered for selection, your company must demonstrate an innovative and feasible project in the field of green or blue economy, focusing on topics like sustainable agriculture, smart farming, renewable energy, etc.
Companies already trading in their markets and demonstrating active sales of their project are encouraged to apply. If your company has not yet entered the market, you must prove that you have validated your project and markets by showing concrete steps undertaken and their results.
Companies engaging in any illegal activity under the laws of the host country or international regulations, conventions, and agreements are not eligible to participate.
This includes but is not limited to:
- Production or trade of illegal products
- Involvement in forced or child labor
- Trade in animals, plants, or natural products not complying with legal provisions
- Operations involving destruction of critical habitat without sustainable management plans
- Production, use, or trade of hazardous products subject to international prohibition
- Production and distribution of racist, anti-democratic, or discriminatory media
