Specific incentives for videogames industry
Grants for Audiovisual and Video Game R&D Projects
Beneficiaries: Small and medium sized companies.
Entity: Centre for Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI)
Grants for digital creativity business incubators
Beneficiaries: Companies.
Entity: General Directorate of Innovation and Digital Culture. Ministry of Culture of the Government of Catalonia
Refundable incentives for videogames development
Beneficiaries: Private companies whose corporate activity is the development,
production, editing, distribution or marketing of videogames. Companies or
the team involved in the project must have been working in this sector a
minimum of two years.
Entity: Catalan Institute of Cultural Enterprises. Ministry of Culture of the Government of Catalonia.
Grants for videogames and immersive content development – CREA MEDIA
Beneficiaries: European videogame production companies, XR studios and
audiovisual production companies that can demonstrate recent experience in producing commercially distributed eligible works.
Entity: European Commission
Grants for internasionalitasion projects of video games companies and entities
Beneficiaries: Entities and companies
Entity: Institute of Cultural Enterprises of Catalonia. Ministry of Culture of the Government of Catalonia
Grants for the incorporation of catalan in video games
Beneficiaries: Entities and companies
Entity: Ministry of Culture of the Government of Catalonia
Startup incentives
Grants for technology-based startups
Beneficiaries: startups that fulfill the following requirements: owning a
technology; being registered between the 19/03/2024 and 18 months before
applying to this program; founded and owned (51%) by entrepreneurs; not
having received more than €250,000 in grants/loans/capital from others than
the founders; not being listed; profits not distributed yet.
Entity: ACCIÓ. Ministry of Business and. Labour of the Government of Catalonia
Grants for technology-based startups CDTI – NEOTEC
Beneficiaries: small innovative companies that fulfill the following
requirements; develop innovative products, processes or services or R&D costs
account for over 10% of operating costs; at the date of application, the
company must have been registered at most for three years and at least for six
months; not being listed; profits not distributed yet; minimum capital €20,000.
Entity: Centre for Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI)
Participatory loans for digital cultural companies
Participatory loans are a line of support particularly geared towards cultural startups
with a digital business model who are looking for a leg-up during the initial
phases of their business projects.
Entity: Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies. Ministry of Culture of the Government of Catalonia
R&D&I Incentives – R&D projects
Grants for R&D Projects (Nuclis)
Beneficiaries: companies established in Catalonia for at least 2 years.
Entity: ACCIÓ. Ministry of Business and Labour the Government of Catalonia
Partially refundable loans for R&D Projects
Beneficiaries: companies.
Entity: Centre for Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI)
R&D&I Incentives – Tax Incentives
Corporate tax deductions related to R&D&I
Beneficiaries: Entities resident in Spanish territory that are subject to the corporate
tax and carry out research and development activities and
technological innovations.
Entity: Spanish Ministry of Treasury
Reduction to Social Security Contributions related to R+D+I
Bonuses of 40% of employer’s social security (SS) contribution
(common contingencies) for staff exclusively dedicated to R+
Entity: Spanish Ministry of Treasury
Patent Box
Companies developing certain technological IP (patents, utility models,
complementary certificates for the protection of medicines and
phytosanitary products, registered advanced software).
Entity: Spanish Ministry of Treasury
R&D&I Incentives – Hiring Researchers
Grants for hiring a PhD (Torres Quevedo)
Beneficiaries: Companies, Technological Centers, business’ associations and
Scientific and Technological Parks
Entity: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness
Grans for hiring researchers (Programa Investigo)
Beneficiaries: : companies and research.
Entity: Universities and Research Aid Management Agency
CREA FEINA INVESTIGA - Grants for hiring researchers in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona
Beneficiaries: companies established in a municipality within the Metropolitan
Area of Barcelona.
Entity: Barcelona City Council
General Hiring Incentives
CREA FEINA JOVES -Grants for hiring employees in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona
Beneficiaries: Companies established in a municipality within the Metropolitan
Area of Barcelona that have been in business for at least six months.
Entity: Barcelona City Council
Training contracts
Companies hiring people under 30 on a part time basis enrolled in a training
program. Duration of the contract: minimum 3 months and maximum 2 years.
Entity: Spanish Ministry of Labor and Social Economy
Personal income tax for non-residents
Individuals under the non resident special regime in Spain for a maximum of 6
years. Beneficiaries must not have been legal residents in Spain for the previous five years.
Entity: Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness
