€145,000 to support smart city solutions
NEW! The competition opens up opportunities for both exporting to foreign markets and testing in Heidelberg, Germany!
Participate in the Tallinnovation Smart Tallinn innovation competition
The City of Tallinn, together with the Science and Business Park Tehnopol, is once again launching the “Tallinnovation” innovation competition to discover and implement smart city solutions in Tallinn.
New this year – you also have the opportunity to receive support for exporting your solution and, if you wish, to test it in Heidelberg, Germany.
The competition fund is 145,000€!
The amount of support per company is up to €30,000!
Applications are due by May 25th!
The goal of Tallinnovation competition is
- to increase the development, implementation, and export of innovative and low-footprint technologies.
- to support cooperation between the City of Tallinn and technology companies by enabling the use of innovative software or hardware products in the City of Tallinn;
- to support the City of Tallinn’s ambition to make the city environment more modern, sustainable and citizen-friendly;
- to support companies’ growth ambitions, product development and entry into foreign markets.
- to support the international competitiveness and export capacity of companies in Tallinn.
Companies that do not need financial support but want to cooperate with the city of Tallinn, have the opportunity to submit an application on an ongoing basis through the website of the Test in Tallinn program.
Companies have the opportunity to get non-financial assistance such as suitable contacts, open data and support for launching pilot projects in the city of Tallinn.
If you have an exciting idea for creating smart city solutions or improving on existing ones, then this competition is for you. Submit your idea to the Tallinnovation Smart Tallinn competition.
Tallinnovation helps you go global!
Additionally, up to 2 companies will get the chance to test their solution in Heidelberg, Germany.
For the first time in the history of the Tallinnovation competition, you have the opportunity to use the support to export your product or service and to test it in a target foreign market.
With support from the City of Tallinn, you can:
adapt your product or service for testing in foreign markets;
build essential partnerships for export and testing with the support of the City of Tallinn and Tehnopol;
cover transport and storage costs incurred during testing in foreign markets;
tailor your value proposition to suit your target market (including translation services);
ensure your product or service complies with the required certifications, safety standards, or trademarks in the destination market.
If you choose to test your product/service abroad, the related costs can make up to 30% of the total eligible expenses.
In addition, the City of Heidelberg in Germany is offering up to two companies participating in the Tallinnovation competition the opportunity to test their product or service in Heidelberg. For this, a separate grant of up to €15,000 is available.
Heidelberg is primarily interested in solutions that help improve the following areas:
- Mobility and traffic management
- Energy (e.g. district heating expansion, decentralised energy systems)
- Sustainability and circular economy
- City management and public service administration
- Social impact and citizen engagement
Interested?
By submitting an idea, you can
- implement your products/services in Tallinn (or in the capital region in the case of a cross-border service or product);
- get real time feedback to your product or service;
- get valuable contacts, advice and resources (including access to infrastructure and other necessary resources for completing your project);
- get financial resources from the city of Tallinn to carry out the pilot project;
- get financial support from the City of Tallinn for exporting and testing your product/service abroad;
- have an opportunity to test your product/service in Heidelberg, Germany, if desired.
You can apply if your company
- is registered in Tallinn;
- has been operating for at least the past 6 months (from the time of application)
- has at least one full-time employee;
- has a turnover of at least €10,000 in the last 6 months (from the time of application);
- the implementation of the product/service in the city of Tallinn supports the goals stated in the city development plan of Tallinn (environmentally friendly, sustainable, innovative);
- has no debts to the state or the city of Tallinn;
- is not in the stages of liquidation, restructuring or bankruptcy proceedings.
What solutions are we looking for?
All types of smart city solutions are welcome to apply, but special attention will be given to scalable products or services that can be implemented in foreign markets, add value to resources, enhance sustainability, and offer solutions for mobility.
- the product/service has been developed by the company (the prototyping phase has already been completed);
- the product/service is innovative;
- the product/service has not been implemented in the city of Tallinn before or if has been implemented, but the new solution is more economical, more environmentally friendly, more innovative, communal or otherwise creates better opportunities;
- meets the conditions of the competition, which you can find in full here.
- corresponds to the goals of the Tallinn development strategy “Tallinn 2035”;
- at the end of the project, the applicant will move the installed product, unless otherwise agreed.
- If the company is using the grant for export purposes, it is required to include a preliminary market study of the intended export market(s) with the application.
Application process
Assessing conformity
Tehnopol will check the applicant and the application and the description of the project for eligibility. Tehnopol will ask the applicant for more information.
Pre-selection
Tehnopol, in cooperation with a representative of the City of Tallinn, will select the best ideas or solutions and will inform the applicants about their participation in the presentation round.
Presentations to the Commission
After completing their presentation, applicants will make a 10-minute presentation to the Commission. The committee consists of experts from the City of Tallinn and the Smart City of Tehnopol, as well as investors.
Winner selection
The Commission will select the best applicants, who will receive either a grant and/or an opportunity to cooperate with the City of Tallinn.
Contract signing
Tehnopol will conclude contracts with companies selected by the Commission, the third party of which is the City of Tallinn.
Surveillance
Tehnopol will monitor project implementation and disbursements.