Open Innovation Challenges 2026

Participants in the Open Innovation 2025 program's demo day

Call for Applications

Learn about the challenges posed by the leading companies in the Open Innovation program and submit your solution.

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Participants in the Open Innovation 2025 program's demo day

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You're leading a startup and want to tackle the challenges faced by a large company.

Open Innovation is part of the Tech FabLab program, under the RETECH call for proposals titled “Digital Entrepreneurship Networks,” funded by the Next Generation EU program.

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Dates

June–December 2026

Registration

Until May 25 (for startups)

Funding

100% financed

Learn about the development companies

This Year's Challenges

Challenge 1. “Intelligent use of construction data to anticipate deviations and improve decision-making”

Challenge 1. “Intelligent use of construction data to anticipate deviations and improve decision-making”

Challenge 2. “Improve the user and service experience for touchscreen coffee machines by moving toward a more modular, intuitive, and scalable architecture”

Challenge 2. “Improve the user and service experience for touchscreen coffee machines by moving toward a more modular, intuitive, and scalable architecture”

Challenge 3. “Zero Hardware Testing: Automate firmware and software testing and validation through simulation and emulation, reducing reliance on hardware and accelerating development cycles”

Challenge 3. “Zero Hardware Testing: Automate firmware and software testing and validation through simulation and emulation, reducing reliance on hardware and accelerating development cycles”

Challenge 4. “Home Barista Copilot: Development of a smart assistant for a mobile app that generates personalized recommendations to improve the user experience and coffee quality in home coffee machines”

Challenge 4. “Home Barista Copilot: Development of a smart assistant for a mobile app that generates personalized recommendations to improve the user experience and coffee quality in home coffee machines”

Challenge 5. “Create a fat that melts and resembles animal fat”

Challenge 5. “Create a fat that melts and resembles animal fat”

Challenge 6. “Enhance the texture and fibrousness of chicken products using MDM as a base”

Challenge 6. “Enhance the texture and fibrousness of chicken products using MDM as a base”

Challenge 7. “Separate the meat from the fat so that both can be used as raw materials”

Challenge 7. “Separate the meat from the fat so that both can be used as raw materials”

Challenge 8. “Improving drying efficiency”

Challenge 8. “Improving drying efficiency”

Challenge 9. “Improving the nutritional parameters and palatability of products”

Challenge 9. “Improving the nutritional parameters and palatability of products”

Challenge 10. “Automated system for online particle size analysis of ground products”

Challenge 10. “Automated system for online particle size analysis of ground products”

Challenge 11. “Anomaly Detection and Predictive Maintenance Model Based on Process Data”

Challenge 11. “Anomaly Detection and Predictive Maintenance Model Based on Process Data”

Challenge 12. “Energy Management of Multi-Group Furniture”

Challenge 12. “Energy Management of Multi-Group Furniture”

Challenge 13. “Automation of incident analysis and intelligent warranty management”

Challenge 13. “Automation of incident analysis and intelligent warranty management”

Challenge 14. “Smart Automation of Document Management in Purchasing and Accounting”

Challenge 14. “Smart Automation of Document Management in Purchasing and Accounting”

Challenge 15. “Intelligent Software for the Formulation and Development of New Materials”

Challenge 15. “Intelligent Software for the Formulation and Development of New Materials”

Challenge 16. “Smart measurement and monitoring of plantations for precise crop management”

Challenge 16. “Smart measurement and monitoring of plantations for precise crop management”

Challenge 17. “Development of proprietary organic fertilizers and materials for internal use and commercialization”

Challenge 17. “Development of proprietary organic fertilizers and materials for internal use and commercialization”

Challenge 18: "Sustainable Preservation and Packaging for Fresh-Cut Produce"

Challenge 18: "Sustainable Preservation and Packaging for Fresh-Cut Produce"

Challenge 19. “TORRES ACADEMY: Smart platform for creating and managing internal training”

Challenge 19. “TORRES ACADEMY: Smart platform for creating and managing internal training”

Challenge 20. “Smart Assistant for the Management and Utilization of Internal Knowledge”

Challenge 20. “Smart Assistant for the Management and Utilization of Internal Knowledge”

Challenge 21. “Streamlining Sales Back-Office Processes”

Challenge 21. “Streamlining Sales Back-Office Processes”

Challenge 22. “Additive for producing recyclable paper with wet strength”

Challenge 22. “Additive for producing recyclable paper with wet strength”

Challenge 23. “Streamlining the process of preparing and monitoring the sales budget”

Challenge 23. “Streamlining the process of preparing and monitoring the sales budget”

Challenge 24. "Automating agricultural tasks to optimize fieldwork."

Challenge 24. "Automating agricultural tasks to optimize fieldwork."

Challenge 25. "Technologies to Improve Crop Productivity and Efficiency"

Challenge 25. "Technologies to Improve Crop Productivity and Efficiency"

Key Dates

Issuing challenges

April 30

Deadline for startup submissions

May 25

Shortlisting of solutions

Week of May 25

Business-Startup Matchmaking Event

June 10

Submission of proposals by startups

June–July

Developing partnerships between companies and startups

July–October

Benefits for Your Startup

You can submit solutions to more than one challenge
You will test your solution in a real-world environment
Partnerships with leading companies in Navarre
Identifying funding sources for partnerships
Possibility of covering costs when submitting the proposal
A €6,000 award from Caja Rural de Navarra for the most outstanding collaboration between a company and a startup

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