About StarTech

ABOUT STARTECH

StarTech is a three-year project for supporting innovation and digital transformation within Serbian economy, implemented by NALED in cooperation with the Government of Serbia and financed by Philip Morris in Serbia. The project aims to accelerate the growth of Serbian businesses and foster transformation from a traditional to a digital economy by providing support in terms of grants and expertise, improving the conditions for innovative entrepreneurship and promoting Serbian innovative businesses.

Serbian SMEs and start-up teams can apply for grants ranging from 15.000$ to 100.000$ to invest in digital transformation of their business, and R&D of innovative products and services. The three annual open calls will support around 100 beneficiaries, awarding grants in total value of nearly 3,000,000$.

Grantees - Facts & Figures

The first two open calls generated more than 400 innovative project ideas.
The Grants Committee selected awarded grants to 57 best projects, worth nearly 2.000.000$ in total.
Three awarded projects referred exclusively to digital transformation, while 54 brought concrete innovation.
29 projects are developing physical products, while 26 innovations focus on software only. Even 33 projects use AI and machine learning, and most common topics are machine engineering and electronics (12), food and agriculture (10), MedTech (10), environment protection (7), BioTech (4).

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