The Vouchers for Startups program, funded by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR), is under scrutiny after suspected extortion cases were hailed by Startup Portugal. IAPMEI has sent these doubts to the Open Prosecutor's Office. The program, propelled in November 2022, apportioned 90 million euros to back new companies. Startup Portugal has affirmed that IAPMEI detailed potential criminal offenses to the Open Prosecutor's Office taking after a complaint.
The program, which gotten over 5,000 applications, has as of now endorsed 16.6 million euros in subsidizing. A add up to of 31.5 million euros in applications were endorsed, with progressing surveys of clashing affirmations. Furthermore, the program for hatcheries has distributed 20 million euros, with 30% of applications approved thus far.
A new tranche of 30 million euros is currently available for new businesses to apply for until April 14, 2025. This most recent take note evacuates the obligatory green component that was a boundary to numerous candidates in past rounds. In spite of these alterations, there's no clear sign of the affect of continuous reprogramming efforts on the Vouchers for Startups program.
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