The new Cybersecurity Funding Portal will be available from 1 October. This portal brings together all information about Dutch and European subsidies for cybersecurity innovation in one place. The new tool helps entrepreneurs and knowledge and research institutions to quickly and easily find the right subsidies for their innovation projects.
The Cybersecurity Funding Portal was developed by dcypher and NEXIS NCC-NL and can be found on the website of the Netherlands Enterprise Agency. Dcypher is the collaboration platform for cybersecurity knowledge and innovation and NEXIS NCC-NL is the National Coordination Centre for Cybersecurity.
More time for innovation and entrepreneurship
Eddy Boot, director of dcypher:
In practice, we see that many entrepreneurs get stuck in the large number of cybersecurity innovation subsidies at regional, national and European level. Finding suitable subsidies takes a lot of time and can be complicated. The new portal offers a clear solution for this, so that entrepreneurs have more time for what is really important: innovation and entrepreneurship.
Handy filters
The handy filters in the portal make searching through the large number of subsidies a lot easier. Entrepreneurs can immediately see which subsidies fit their project and what the subsidy budgets, deadlines and conditions are. These can be specific subsidies for cybersecurity and digitalisation (such as calls from the Digital Europe Programme, Horizon Europe and CS4NL), but also general innovation subsidies (such as the WBSO, MIT and Innovatiekrediet).
Korstiaan Stam, Founder Invictus Incident Response:
Finding funding is an art, especially if you have never done it before. That is why insight into the conditions is important, so that you know immediately whether it is worth it.
Customized support
In addition to information about subsidies, entrepreneurs can also count on personal help from specialized advisors. These experts help entrepreneurs in their search for the right financing, explain the subsidy conditions and provide insight into the application process. Users can submit their request for assistance via a contact form on the website.
Dennis Schouten, Founder Chunk Works:
Finding suitable financing can be quite challenging. There are so many different subsidies. An advisor can properly assess whether we meet the conditions of a subsidy, it is nice to brainstorm about this.
