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You can now secure 16,500 euros in funding for your digital transformation - and we are an authorized go-digital agency ! We guide you through the jungle of funding applications and support you in driving the digital transformation in your company.

The go-digital funding program supports small and medium-sized companies that want to optimize their business processes with digital solutions in order to remain competitive in the long term. With us you can implement your projects in all important areas such as consulting, design, development and online marketing and accelerate your digital transformation.

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close2 is a go-digital agency in Germany.

go-digital is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and is supported by the service provider EURONORM GmbH. Our goal is to support you as a small or medium-sized company (SME) and to advance your digitization. With the funding you will receive a grant of up to 16,500 euros, which you do not have to pay back.

Sounds good? Then we are the right partner for your support.

With close2, you have an agency at your side that takes care of the paperwork for you - and ensures a smooth application process right through to reporting. We live digitization and have been supporting small and medium-sized companies on their way to digital transformation for years.

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Eligible Areas

The funding program is aimed at you as a small, medium-sized company. Our goal is to work with you to advance digitization. There are five subject areas for which you can apply for funding:

  • Digitization strategy
  • Data competence – go-data
  • IT security
  • Digitized business processes
  • Digital market development

Please note that you have to schedule two person days for IT security for the go-digital funding. In concrete terms, this means that you invest 2,200 euros from your budget in this module. Of these 2,200 euros, however, 1,100 euros will be provided to you by the federal government.

We at close2 are authorized for the modules "digitalization strategy" and "data competence - go-data" mentioned in the guideline . For the "IT security" module, we will take care of finding the right contact person for you. You notice - the subject areas are very broad and there are many opportunities for funding.

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Requirements to be met

To check whether your company is eligible, you can find the requirements here:

  • You are a small or medium-sized company.
  • Your company has a permanent establishment or a branch in Germany.
  • Your company employs fewer than 100 people.
  • Your annual turnover or your annual balance sheet total for the previous year is a maximum of 20 million euros.
  • You're not a club or anything like that
  • Within the last three tax years you have not received any aid of more than 200,000 euros (eligibility according to the de minimis regulation is given).

Your advantages with a go-digital agency

Why is close2 the right go-digital agency for you?

We are an authorized go-digital agency in Germany.

With us as a go-digital authorized agency, you save up to 16,500 euros in the digital transformation of your company.

  • Authorized: With close2 you have an experienced contact person - as an officially authorized go-digital agency and a large number of successful funded projects, you benefit from our expertise.

  • All in one: We are authorized for two modules "Digitalization Strategy" and "Data Competence - go-data". We will put you in touch with the right agency for the "IT security" module. 

  • Concentrated experience: You benefit from 15 years of development experience in individual web software. 

  • SEO power: We optimize your website for search engines (using GDPR-compliant traffic analyses) and evaluate the data and recommend measures to constantly improve your ranking. 

  • On the safe side: We advise you on data protection and legal compliance. 

  • Best practice solutions: We help you with industry-specific solutions on the subject of consent management (cookie and third-party management), hosting in Germany and secure e-mail marketing including an order data processing contract (AVV) and show you the fastest way to your goal.

Your advantages with a go-digital agency

As a consulting company, we take care of the application for funding for you – free of charge. This saves you an average of two days of work – that’s how long it takes to fill out the application.

  • Experience: You work together with an agency with decades of project experience.

  • Non-binding: We start with a non-binding and free consultation.

  • Solution finding: Together we look for the optimal solution for the implementation of your project.

  • To save time: You save two days of work because we fill out the application for you.

  • Save money: You get a grant of 50% that you don't have to pay back.

  • Cooperation: You take care of your customers - we take care of the implementation of your digitization projects.

How do we specifically help you as a go-digital agency?

All you have to do is provide us with a few documents that we need for the application - we will do the rest for you.

Why do you choose us?

  • Advice: Together we will look at your digitization project and see how we can best implement the project.

  • Application: Tiresome paperwork not your thing? No problem, we will fill out the application for you and check that everything is there.

  • Implementation: The plan is in place and now we are looking for the right experts from our team to implement your project.

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Application

You have already taken the most important step and contacted us. Now we will deal with your request or your implementation idea and advise you in detail on the possible approaches. Together we will put together an individual offer that meets your requirements . As an authorized consulting company, we not only take care of applying for funding, but also of billing and checking proof of use. According to the specifications for the realization of a go-digital project.

After the application has been sent, we have to wait 6-8 weeks before a grant is approved. As soon as this is done, we start with the implementation.

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The go-digital funding program includes five modules for which you can apply for funding in the form of a grant: "Digitization Strategy", "Data Competence - go-data", "IT Security", "Digital Business Processes" and "Digital Market Development".

In general , up to 50% of 30 consulting days at a maximum of 1,100 euros are eligible for funding in six months. Depending on the project, up to 33,000 euros are funded, which means a grant of up to 16,500 euros. You can submit a new application one year after the end of the project.

Special feature: The topic of IT security, keyword data protection, is of great importance for the BMWi in times of increasing cyber crime. For this reason, two IT consultant days must always be scheduled for this.

The following requirements should be met for eligibility: As an SME, you have fewer than 100 employees, had an annual turnover/annual balance sheet total of no more than 20 million euros in the previous year, have your permanent establishment/branch in Germany and meet the de minimis regulation .

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How does the go-digital funding work?

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Project application

You show us where your challenges lie and we look for a solution together. We will then create a project and consulting plan for you, including time and money.

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Funding notice

We take care of the application. You don't have to worry about anything - we only ask for the information that we really need. We will keep you up to date on the current application status.

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Project start

After the application has been submitted, we have to wait 6-8 weeks before a grant is approved. As soon as this is done, we start with the implementation. As soon as the funding decision is available, we get started and the project can begin!

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Funding

After the project has been completed, we will work with you to create a project report , which we will submit to the BMWi. The funding is paid directly to our consulting company and you only have to pay your own contribution and the VAT of the total volume.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about go-digital funding

How does close2 support you as a go-digital agency?
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What data do we need from you?
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What does the "Digitization strategy" module include?
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What does the "Data Literacy" module include?
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What does the "IT security" module include?
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What does the "Digital Business Processes" module include?
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What does the "Digital Market Development" module include?
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What does the go-digital consultation that we do at the beginning offer?
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We're not just an agency.
We are your partner.

David Vielhuber
Managing Director
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