Public investment in R&D will fall to a new historical minimum in Argentina with just 0.15% of GDP for science and technology function. Folinating pushes research groups to seek capital and validate prototypes outside the university laboratories and, in contrast, mobilizes the entry of the venture capital through incubators and specialized accelerators.
PUBLIC BUDGET SALS, ENTERS RISK CAPITAL
The science and technology function will fall to 0.15 % in 2025, the new floor since 2002 according to the EPC-CIICTI group. Pruning left thousands of doctoral fellows outside the system and cut 30 % of the purchasing power of scientists. This configures the conditions for the entry of risk capital in the local R&D sector. KPMG consultancy detects that pre -semilla rounds Deep -Tech premises still grew with the Venture Capital Global in low.
Local pioneers
The map of incubators and accelerators of scientific-technological projects is gradually maturing. In Córdoba, FIDE – the longest incubator in the country – was relaunched with a focus on applied design and advanced manufacturing, while the coastal accelerator channels seed capital towards scientific -technological companies of Santa Fe; CITES, from the Sancor Seguros group, invests up to US $ 500,000 per startup from its campus in Sunchales. SF500, the investment fund born of the seedbed Bioceres in 2022, has incorporated new investors today as the second insurance. On the other hand, non -national public entities also activate: the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires opened the 2025 Edition of Incubate, a selection of financing projects in the categories of biotechnology and circular economy.
It is an sector with international projection: start-ups Argentine Technological Base already generate, on average, 38% of their sales outside the country, and the knowledge economy sector projects exports for more than USD 10,000 million.
In this ecosystem, new actors find opportunities offering networking spaces, mentoring and training programs for research groups that seek to undertake. This is the case of Innova circular and its program Lab2marketdeveloped in Partnership with EMIC+ Consultant. The combines program Flipped ClassroomExpert Speakers and mentoring specialized in linking and technological transfer. The teams apply the Lean Startup methodology to their projects, receive a market validation study prepared by EMIC+ and culminate with a Pitch Deck in front of investors. By offering early project validation, the Lab2Market program allows to shorten the distance between the laboratory and the complexity that implies turning to the market ignoring its rules. In this sense, experts in linking and transfer are the bridge that makes possible the dialogue between actors that speak different languages, but need to be able to build the necessary confidence to generate a long -term project.
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By CEDOC
