Funding advice that starts with your objective

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Public funding is not a lucky hit. It is a plannable part of your capital structure, working towards the strategic objectives that decide your future: resilience, innovation and financing strength that holds up under audit. Many applications start with the question of which scheme is open right now. We ask the more important question first: what do you want to achieve? From your objectives we build the funding strategy, not the other way round.

Why the objective comes before the programme

Funding is not an end in itself. It is one of several financing instruments for reaching a concrete objective: more stability, faster development, a better financing structure, or a project that still holds after the audit. Starting from the programme means bending the project to fit the funding. Starting from the objective means finding the funding that fits the project. The second route produces stronger applications and projects that still make sense without funding.

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There are over 1,000 funding programmes in Germany. We have compiled the most important ones.

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Wegener Härtetechnik

Wegener Härtetechnik is a specialist heat treatment service provider and is developing an innovative hardening process for applications in the automotive industry.

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Diese 10 Förderprogramme lassen KMU häufig liegen

Zehn Fördermöglichkeiten, die kleine und mittlere Unternehmen häufig übersehen — von der steuerlichen Forschungszulage über ZIM und IGP bis zum EIC Accelerator.

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Case Study IT consulting · Forschungszulage · SME

SaJo Consulting

SaJo Consulting GmbH develops tailor-made software solutions for demanding business requirements. To enable companies to use artificial intelligence securely, the company planned to develop an AI platform of its own.

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FAQs about funding advisory

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A funding consultancy finds suitable programmes, assesses funding opportunities, prepares applications and supports the compliance documentation. At Ignite Group it starts with your goal, not with the programme. We check which funding instruments fit your project, structure the application to meet the funding rules and support the entire process through to approval and documentation.

That depends on the project and the funding amount, not on the form of collaboration.

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Any company, municipality, university or research institution that wants its funding project delivered as efficiently and as well structured as possible: minimal effort on your side, maximum result, maximum audit security.

Fastest in a first conversation. There we map your project to your goal – resilience, innovation, funding mix or compliance – and give a first well-founded assessment. A funding check beforehand provides an initial indication.

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We start with the goal instead of the programme and combine the targeted use of AI-supported technology with the professional judgement of experienced consultants. We support the entire journey, from the first assessment to audit-proof settlement.

Above all four: build strategic resilience, accelerate research and innovation, optimise your funding mix and stay audit-ready. Funding is the tool we use to reach these goals, not the goal itself. Which funding gets you there depends on your project and your phase.