Use Open Data? Don’t miss out on this opportunity to accelerate your business idea with ODINE!

  • Send your application today to apply for an equity free grant of up to €100K.
  • Gain access to a number of incubator services which include mentoring, training, networking and industry access.

Exciting times in the Open Data ecosystem as the Open Data Incubator for Europe (ODINE), sets to establish a network of Open Data small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the EU! This Horizon 2020 project, which opened for applications in May 2015 has a budget of €5.5M to fund great Open Data business ideas!

Do not miss out on this opportunity and apply today! You could receive a number of incubation services for six months which include an equity free grant of up to €100K, mentorship from industry professionals, chances to network, exclusive discounts and promotional credit deals, opportunities to pitch in front of investors, dissemination through The Guardian´s partner hub, and more. The last chance you will have to apply to ODINE is August 2016 but why wait? ODINE applications are evaluated in eight rounds and you will never be more than three months away from incubation start date. For the current round deadline please visit our ODINE website.

The European Data Portal enables you to access data across Europe. Looking for data about the transport infrastructure of Vienna? The impact of digitization in Poland? Housing prices in Romania? Or Marriages with at least one resident in Milan? Visit for some inspiration. The European Data Portal is happy to support the ODINE, submit your application and tell us your story!

So what is ODINE looking for in applications? The application form is broken down into three sections; idea, impact and team & budget. The idea must be strong, highlighting how it differs from competitors and how Open Data is central to it. For impact, the project must show its value proposition & potential scale, its market opportunity & timing, as well as the impact on economic, environmental and/or social factors. The project must also include the knowledge & skills of the team, capacity to realize the idea, as well as a six-month budget forecast.

The ODINE initiative is run by seven consortium partners which bring an extensive range of expertise. The consortium partners are; the University of Southampton, internationally regarded for its Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) research; Telefónica Open Future, with over 600 startups accelerated worldwide; Telefónica I+D, the innovation company of Telefonica Group; the Open Data Institute (ODI), highly successful in the incubation of Open Data startups; The Guardian, third largest newspaper site in the world; Fraunhofer IAIS, one of the most renowned research institution in the data science area; and Open Knowledge Foundation Germany, dedicated to promoting Open Data and open content in all of their forms.

In an interview conducted by The Guardian, Daniel Kofler, CEO of Bike Citizens, an ODINE funded SME said “the ODINE network, its mentorship programme and its expertise are valuable assets to realize our idea of a sustainable business on a foundation of Open Data. Obtaining the ODINE funding was a key component for a young company like us to be able to pursue and develop our web and app technology-based bike sharing idea without being limited in resources.”

Moeen Khawaja, COO of Thingful, another ODINE funded SME said “ODINE partners and mentor relationships have been very helpful to us. We got an opportunity to leverage program partners resources as well as the ODINE mentor experience in evaluating our product and go-to-market strategy. Active and frequent engagement from ODINE partners with startups is considerable value add on top of the grant funding from ODINE program."

For additional information please access the ODINE website: opendataincubator.eu/

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