Answers to common questions.
FAQs about our approach
We start with an eligibility check, develop a funding strategy from it, and support the application, approval and reporting. You have fixed points of contact throughout.
Programme matching, deadline tracking and compliance documentation run with technology support. The technology does not replace advice – it makes it faster and more precise.
The documentation grows with every application instead of being assembled only when an audit is due. That way your funding stands up to any regulatory audit.
Yes, as long as the programmes do not exclude each other. We check cumulability and plan the sequence so that you exhaust the maximum funding volume.
Yes. In trainings and workshops we give your team the tools to spot funding opportunities early and prepare applications properly, so that this knowledge stays in your company.
From individual projects through ongoing partnerships to portfolio support for several sites. We recommend the right model in the first conversation.
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.
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.
Usually not. A subsidy is non-repayable capital as long as you meet the conditions and document your activities properly. If your compliance falls short, however, a clawback is possible. We build the safeguards in from the start so it never comes to that.
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.
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.
A subsidy is public capital that you receive for innovation, research or investment and, as a rule, do not repay. Companies, municipalities, universities and research institutions are eligible. Which subsidy fits you depends on your industry, project and phase.
That depends on your industry. We cover eight industries: Digital & IT, Advanced Manufacturing & Engineering, Chemicals & Materials, Public Sector, Education & Research, Energy, Environment & Sustainability, Life Sciences & Health, Food, Agriculture & Bioeconomy, and Mobility & Logistics. Each industry has its own subsidies and its own programmes. The fastest way to clarify your options is a Funding Scan.
Yes. The Forschungszulage under the FZulG is a tax-free subsidy for research and development. Any company in Germany with R&D activity can apply for it, regardless of industry, size and profit. It applies retroactively for up to four years.
Yes. Many companies are eligible for several subsidies at once, and the biggest opportunities often sit at portfolio level. We coordinate across industries so that your applications reinforce each other instead of colliding.
After approval, the work that protects the capital begins: documentation, reporting and audit readiness. This is where typically 30 to 40 per cent of a subsidy’s value is lost. Compliance OS keeps that value on your balance sheet.
We combine a fixed, six-stage process with technology that keeps track of programme matching, deadlines and evidence. Together they explain our 95% success rate.
Depending on the programme and phase, between a few weeks and several months. The eligibility check usually delivers a first reliable picture within a few days.
No. The technology handles matching, tracking and documentation — the strategy and the contact with programme bodies stay with your consultant.
That depends on the scope: a single project, an ongoing partnership or support for a whole portfolio of sites. We recommend the right model in the first conversation.
We analyse every rejection systematically before we submit the next application — hence the low rejection share in our portfolio. Rejection Intelligence is part of the same methodology.
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