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Subsidies & Grants

This folder contains subsidy dossiers and strategic documents for securing public funding for Forma3D.Connect's innovation roadmap.

Contents

Document Description Status
pre-revenue-reality-check.md Honest assessment of current pre-revenue stage and mapping of available Flemish support instruments per maturity phase Active — guiding strategy
VLAIO_Haalbaarheidsstudie_AI_Orchestratie.md Full dossier for VLAIO feasibility study: AI-driven failure prediction and scheduling optimization for 3D print farms (€48k project, 60% subsidy) Ready for submission
VLAIO_OO_Project_idee.md Full dossier for VLAIO R&D project (O&O): large-scale AI orchestration platform with university collaboration (€375k project, 40-60% subsidy) Parked — submit when in production with revenue (target Q1 2027)
  1. Reality check first — pre-revenue-reality-check.md explains the current situation and why the feasibility study comes before the full R&D project
  2. Feasibility study — VLAIO_Haalbaarheidsstudie_AI_Orchestratie.md is the actionable next step (low risk, €643/month own contribution)
  3. R&D project — VLAIO_OO_Project_idee.md is the long-term goal, to be filed once the feasibility study delivers results and revenue is established

Funding Roadmap

Q2 2026    Feasibility Study (VLAIO)        €28.844 subsidy
Q2 2026    kmo-groeisubsidie (VLAIO)        up to €10.000 subsidy
Q2-Q3 2026 Startlening+ (PMV)              up to €100.000 loan
Q1 2027    R&D Project (VLAIO O&O)          €195.936 subsidy
2027+      Innovation Mandate (VLAIO)       €40.000/year subsidy
Document Description
Business Vision Product vision, objectives, and success criteria
Market Analysis SaaS market positioning and pricing strategy
Architecture Technical architecture and ADRs