Innovation Services (Portugal)

INOVA+ (registered as Innovation Services (Portugal)) is a Portuguese company based in Matosinhos that works in the field of innovation support and financing. Its core activity is helping organisations — companies, research bodies and other entities — design, promote and secure funding for Research & Innovation (R&I) projects, thereby contributing to their growth and competitiveness. The firm positions itself as a bridge between project ideas and the funding programmes that can pay for them, covering both national incentives and European-level programmes. On its official website, INOVA+ describes its mission as supporting innovation, the promotion of Research & Innovation projects and access to financing. It presents itself through results-oriented messaging, highlighting approvals of national and European incentives and a business volume figure for 2025. The site also promotes an "INOVA AI Lab" focused on artificial intelligence, signalling an expansion of its service offering into AI-related innovation support. The company operates in the Portuguese and wider European innovation ecosystem. Its published content references concrete funding instruments such as the EIC STEP Scale Up for European scale-ups in strategic technologies, and Portuguese programmes including SIID – I&D Empresarial (business R&D) in individual, co-promotion and demonstrator project formats, as well as STEP notices under PT2030. It also publishes insights on sectors such as Defence and Security, and publicises client successes, for example supporting COFICAB in the approval of a STEP project worth €24.6 million. Because INOVA+ works with public and European funding programmes, its business is closely tied to the availability and rules of those programmes. Its services typically include identifying funding opportunities, preparing and submitting applications, and managing approved projects. The company is active and continues to market its expertise in innovation, financing and artificial intelligence through its website and published opportunities. Ownership, founding year and executive details are not established by the available evidence and are therefore left unspecified in this dossier.

INOVA+ operates as a Portuguese innovation and financing consultancy based in Matosinhos. The available evidence does not establish a founding date or a detailed corporate chronology. What is documented is its current activity: supporting innovation, promoting Research & Innovation projects and facilitating access to financing so that organisations can grow and become more competitive. Over time, the company has built its public profile around concrete funding results. Its website highlights approvals of national and European incentives and reports a business volume figure for 2025, presenting itself as a results-driven partner in the innovation ecosystem. It publishes insights on emerging opportunity areas — for example Defence and Security — and tracks specific funding instruments such as the EIC STEP Scale Up for European scale-ups in strategic technologies, and Portuguese programmes including SIID – I&D Empresarial in individual, co-promotion and demonstrator formats, as well as STEP notices under PT2030. A notable client outcome publicised by the company is its support for COFICAB in securing approval of a STEP project valued at €24.6 million. The firm has also extended its offering into artificial intelligence through the INOVA AI Lab, reflecting the growing relevance of AI in innovation funding and strategy. Because its work depends on public and European funding programmes, INOVA+'s trajectory is closely linked to the cycles, budgets and rules of those instruments. The company remains active and continues to communicate opportunities and expertise through its official website.

• INOVA+ supports COFICAB in the approval of a €24.6M STEP project

• INOVA AI Lab promoted as part of the company's service offering

An innovation and financing consultancy that turns ideas into funded impact, serving organisations seeking national and European R&I incentives.

• National incentive approval support

  Assistance in obtaining approval for Portuguese national incentive programmes.

• European incentive approval support

  Assistance in obtaining approval for European funding programmes.

• INOVA AI Lab

  An artificial intelligence-focused lab offering within the company's innovation services.

1. 1INOVA+: Inovação e Financiamentoinova.business
2. 2Innovation Services (Portugal) - Wikidatawikidata.org