2.3.1 Government support: grants, tax relief, regulation…

Financing Innovation
http://www.cordis.lu/finance/home.html 
The Innovation/SMEs program is managed by the Innovation directorate of DG Enterprise to promote the exploitation of RTD results as well as the emergence of a favorable environment for financing the exploitation, adaptation and dissemination of technology. This includes the interlinking of financiers, investors and technology sources as well as initiatives to mobilise private capital for the financing of innovation.

Business Planning and Access to Finance
http://www.gate2growth.com 
The Gate2Growth portal is supported by the European Commission under its Innovation/SMEs programme, bringing together a community of entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, and several networks supported by the European Commission.

Ayudas a la Innovación. Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio.
http://www.min.es/ayudas/innovacion.htm 
Spanish Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade page devoted to promote innovation in Spain through financial aids and innovation policies.

Plan Nacional de I+D+I. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. Support to private investment.
http://wwwn.mec.es/ciencia/jsp/plantilla.jsp?area=plan_idi&id=21 
The program tries to improve on one side the technological and innovative capacity of the Spanish companies, and on the other promote the innovative companies and to increase the R+D+I investment.

FISUB
http://www10.gencat.net/pls/cid/fisub.html?p_pagina=2&p_menu=menu_serveis1 
Database produced by CIDEM, institution of the Industry and Labor Department of the Catalan Autonomous Government. It contains all the governmental programs, grants and financing from the Catalan Autonomous Government, Spain and the EU. More than 200 registers are updated daily. All financial aids is devoted to Catalan firms or entrepreneurs.

2.3.2 Venture capitalists

European Venture Capital Association
http://www.evca.com/ 
EVCA is the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association representing the European private equity and venture capital industry since 1983 and promoting private equity investment to Investors, Policy Makers, Entrepreneurs and Industry.

Asociación Española de Entidades de Capital Riesgo
http://www.ascri.org/ascri/ascriweb.nsf 
ASCII is devoted to develop the investment in capital of private companies. Its aim is stimulate the promotion, research and analysis of the Venture Capital sector in Spain by facilitating the communication between government organizations, investors, mediating, business schools and other outstanding institutions.

Web Capital Riesgo
http://www.webcapitalriesgo.com 
The venture capital and private equity web in Spain. It contains relevant data about this industry and its environment in Spain. Information useful for investors, investment advisors, entrepreneurs and prospective invested companies is available. It also offers access to other sources of information in other countries.