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Extend your offering with funding expertise.

Many companies and organisations have eligible projects but fail to recognise them as such in time. As a tax adviser, auditor, association, chamber or network, you usually see this potential first. Ignite Group complements your work with specialised funding advisory, digital solutions and full-service support. Confidential, professional and without replacing your client relationship.

Who our partner programme is for

Tax advisers & auditors

Your clients invest, develop, grow or transform, and often leave funding opportunities unused. You put them in touch with Ignite Group; our experts assess the funding options, handle the application and, where needed, support them through to reporting. This lets you add funding expertise to your advisory work without building up capacity of your own.

Banks

Your corporate clients plan investments and transformation and finance them with loans, even though part of the capital would be non-repayable. You see these projects first and put them in touch with Ignite Group; we assess the eligible share and handle the application and reporting. Public funding is not a stroke of luck here but non-repayable capital that strengthens your clients’ capital structure. You finance the project, we secure the capital behind it.

Software providers & tech companies

Your customers develop software, do research and scale, yet often leave funding opportunities unused, such as the Forschungszulage or innovation programmes. You spot this potential early and put them in touch with Ignite Group; our experts assess the funding options, handle the application and support them through to reporting. If you wish, you can integrate our funding expertise directly into your offering. You build the product, we secure the capital behind it.

Associations, chambers & networks

Many of your members invest, do research and transform without seeing the right funding programmes in time, often because they don’t know the rules, not because they aren’t eligible. You know your members, we know the more than 1,000 funding programmes behind them. Together we make this potential visible: through funding checks, webinars, consultation hours and targeted pointers to current programmes. This makes you your members’ first port of call for funding questions.

How it works

How the partnership works

  1. We discuss which form of collaboration suits your organisation, from referrals to joint knowledge formats.

  2. You bring in clients, members or partners with potential funding projects.

  3. We assess funding options, support the application and reporting, and keep you transparently involved. Your clients remain your clients.

Your client relationship stays with you

We do not take the place of your advisory work. You remain the central contact for your customers, members or clients. Ignite Group delivers the funding expertise in the background, confidentially and in the role you define.

  • Introduction & orientation

    We give you the key funding logics, typical starting points and next steps. This lets you spot funding potential among clients or members early and hand it over to Ignite Group in qualified form.

  • Partner materials

    You receive clear documents for client meetings, member communication and joint formats: from short briefings and presentations to specific funding topics.

  • Dedicated contact

    You have a fixed contact at Ignite Group for questions, introductions, coordination and updates. This keeps the collaboration clear, straightforward and personal.

  • Fair partner model

    We work with transparent terms and clear agreements. For successful referrals you receive reliable remuneration, with no extra effort in the funding process.

European reach, local presence

We work across Europe, with a local presence and access to programmes at regional, national and EU level. Collaboration runs under clear confidentiality rules, with an NDA on request and in line with the GDPR.

  • Strawinskylaan 4117
    1077 ZX Amsterdam
    Netherlands

    Mon–Fri: 08:30–17:00

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  • Verlengde Poolseweg 28
    4818 CL Breda
    Netherlands

    Mon–Fri: 08:30–17:00

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  • Hanna-Kunath-Straße 31
    28199 Bremen
    Germany

    Mon–Fri: 08:30–17:00

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  • Delftechpark 37D
    2628 XJ Delft
    Netherlands

    Mon–Fri: 08:30–17:00

  • Leeuwenbrug 97
    7411 TH Deventer
    Netherlands

    Mon–Fri: 08:30–17:00

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  • Hengelosestraat 581
    7521 AG Enschede
    Netherlands

    Mon–Fri: 08:30–17:00

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  • Abe Lenstra Boulevard 52-4
    8448 JB Heerenveen
    Netherlands

    Mon–Fri: 08:30–17:00

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  • Silvertree Office
    33 St James's Square
    London SW1Y 4JS
    United Kingdom

  • Keizer Karelplein 32A
    6511 NH Nijmegen
    Netherlands

    Mon–Fri: 08:30–17:00

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  • Ernst-Heckel-Straße 6A
    66386 St. Ingbert
    Germany

    Mon–Fri: 08:30–17:00

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  • Noorderpoort 7
    5916 PJ Venlo
    Netherlands

    Mon–Fri: 08:30–17:00

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FAQs about the partnership

The partnership itself is free of charge for you. Successful referrals are remunerated. There are no upfront or fixed costs.

For projects that come about through your referral, you receive an agreed, transparent remuneration. We set out the terms and payment in writing beforehand.

Yes. We treat all information confidentially, with an NDA on request, and only appear externally in the role agreed with you.

After you get in touch, our experts review the options and promptly give a clear first assessment, with a comprehensible recommendation on whether pursuing an application is worthwhile.

Yes, but not automatically. Development projects from the network are applied for separately and assessed under the regular ZIM conditions. Depending on the project, they can be implemented as an individual or a cooperation project.

International networks receive higher funding rates for network management and have a longer phase 1. The prerequisite is a cross-border partner structure with at least four German SMEs, two foreign SMEs and one foreign partner institution.

A confidential conversation.

Together we work out which form of collaboration suits you, from targeted referrals to joint formats for clients, members or partners.