The people behind your application
RensKnoop
Senior Consultant
Use the whole funding mix, not just the scheme(s) you know
Many companies apply for the scheme they know and miss other instruments that would fit better or could apply alongside it. That is rarely a matter of carelessness. The funding landscape is spread across regional, national and European level, follows different logics, and is seldom looked at as one coherent financing mix.
The problem: unused potential, not missing schemes
Potential is rarely left unused because no suitable scheme exists. More often the full overview is missing: which instruments fit the project, which rule each other out, and which can be cleanly separated by cost, project phase or site? Timing comes on top of that. Many instruments have to be applied for before a project starts, before orders are placed or investments are made. Anyone who only checks the mix once the project is already running loses possibilities, even when the project would qualify on substance.
What determines your funding mix
Which instruments come into question for you depends less on the type of funding than on three determining factors. Together they decide which schemes are open to you at all, and in what order they make sense.
01
Company size
Size determines access. Many schemes are open only to SMEs, others are size-independent, and some carry a higher funding rate for smaller companies.
Start-ups and young companies. Often without meaningful tax liability or a long track record. Instruments that work independently of profit or creditworthiness are the most relevant here.
SMEs. The widest choice of schemes, often at higher rates. At the same time the group where internal capacity is tightest.
Larger companies. Fewer schemes, larger volumes. The question is rarely whether funding is available, but through which instrument and with what delimitation.
Which instruments apply per size class differs by market.
02
Sector
The sector mainly determines the emphasis. In manufacturing, investment and sustainability dominate; in digital and IT, development funding; in energy and environment, operating cost and investment support.
03
Project phase
The same idea is financed through different instruments depending on the phase. An early feasibility question, an ongoing development and an investment in production are three different situations, even for the same product.
That is where the mix arises: not from stacking onto one project, but from the right allocation over time.
A manufacturer developing a new production process
How we work
Take stock.
We map completed, running and planned projects with cost types and timelines.
Allocate.
We match each project to the instruments that fit. Different projects can carry different schemes.
Set the sequence.
We define what is applied for when, so that no option is forfeited by an earlier choice.
Deliver and account.
We support applications and reporting across all instruments involved.
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