REDIT

One-liner: the network of 11 private, non-profit technology institutes covering the Comunitat Valenciana's industrial base — Spain's #1 SME innovation-support network; for deeptech/hardware startups these are rentable labs, pilot plants, certification bodies and R&D co-applicants, running ~1,000 R&D projects a year.

The 11 institutes

• Wood/metal/furniture: AIDIMME · Toys/childhood/leisure: AIJU · Plastics: AIMPLAS · Agrifood/packaging/biotech: AINIA · Textiles: AITEX · Biomechanics/health/ergonomics: IBV · Footwear: INESCOP · Ceramics: ITC · Energy: ITE · Packaging/transport/logistics: ITENE · ICT/AI/software: ITI.
• Newly launched REDIT Defensa (2026) — security, defense, aerospace, aligned with the VIC Defense Tech Accelerator and Espai Aero cluster; REDIT is a founding partner (with 6 other Spanish tech centers) of GUARDIANES (Red de Excelencia en Tecnologías de Inteligencia Artificial para la Seguridad y la Defensa), launched July 2026 — Spain's first AI-for-defense excellence network.

What a founder gets

• Institutional representation — REDIT acts as an accredited interlocutor with public/private bodies to advance R&D&I policy, and helps institutes achieve international reach through partner collaborations.
• Think Tank output — sector/industry studies and reports made public (via Publicaciones, InfoREDIT, a Blog and Podcast) — free competitive/market intelligence.
• Cross-institute collaboration — REDIT actively fosters synergy and joint capability between the 11 institutes so a founder's project can draw on multiple disciplines (e.g. materials + energy + ICT) through one network.
• Direct R&D services from institutes: lab testing, advanced services, and specialized training — this is the core, fee-based offer (institutes are self-funded through project/service revenue, not free).
• Funding capture support — helps SMEs access national and EU funds and internationalize; REDIT explicitly states "companies that work with us grow" and that it helps secure financing, not just perform R&D.
• Banco de Patentes — a public patent bank surfacing IP available for licensing from the institutes' own R&D.
• Mapa de Conocimiento (mapadeconocimiento.redit.es) — public tool listing every institute's knowledge areas, technology lines, application sectors, flagship projects and infrastructure — the fastest way to find the right institute for a specific technical problem.
• International benchmarking — REDIT has visited and analyzed innovation systems in 10+ countries (Germany, South Korea, USA, UK, Finland, France, Netherlands, Japan, Portugal, Singapore, Sweden, Denmark, Israel, Norway) via its "Sistemas Internacionales de Innovación" program, translating best practice to the CV region.
• Participates in the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN SEIMED) and a broader "Red de redes" — extra internationalization/partnering channels.

Who it's for

• Deeptech, hardware, and industrial-sector startups/SMEs needing lab testing, prototyping, certification, or applied R&D partnership — match the institute to your vertical (e.g. ITI for software/AI, AINIA for foodtech, ITE for energy/batteries).
• Companies at early-through-scale stage that need physical R&D infrastructure they can't build in-house.

How to engage

1. Identify your relevant institute via the sector table above or the Mapa de Conocimiento (mapadeconocimiento.redit.es).
2. Contact that institute directly for lab/testing/service engagement (paid — fee-for-service model), or co-apply for a grant together.
3. General inquiries: info@redit.es · +34 96 136 66 88 · fax 96 131 83 23.
4. Address: Avda. Leonardo da Vinci nº 48, Parque Tecnológico, Paterna (Valencia).
5. REDIT's own governance/leadership team (per the site's contact page): Gonzalo Belenguer (Dirección General), Elena Cortés (Área Técnica), María Torres (Controller), Sara Chaparro (Área Comunicación), Andreu Iranzo (Área Análisis y Estudios).

Key facts

• Legal form: private, non-profit association ("asociación privada sin ánimo de lucro") — not a government body itself, though IVACE (Instituto Valenciano de Competitividad Empresarial) sits on the governing board ("consejos rectores") of each of the 11 institutes, which is why the wiki tags REDIT ownership: hybrid.
• ~1,000 R&D&I projects per year across the network; two decades of driving business growth (network active since roughly the early 2000s per site copy "desde hace dos décadas").
• Publishes an annual Memoria (2024 edition covers key REDIT/institute activities and project highlights) and an SROI (Social Return on Investment) impact-study platform quantifying the network's social/environmental/economic value.
• Recent institute-level R&D headlines (June–July 2026, illustrating active project pace): ITE developed new electrodes/digital tools to cut green-hydrogen production costs (HEDERA project); REWIND project demonstrated reuse potential of decommissioned wind-turbine blades as industrial feedstock; AIJU-coordinated CircSyst (EU circular-economy project) reached market in Europe; ITENE built rapid Salmonella/Listeria biosensor detection (AGROSENS project); a materials project for lighter, energy-storing aircraft components.
• Funded/supported in part via the IVACE+i Cluster Program (run by IVACE+i/AVI) — 2026 budget €1.85M (with a further ~€950k tranche after a +5.5% increase), disbursing 50–100% subsidies up to €150,000/action across four cluster tiers (advanced, consolidated, emerging, strategic).

Relations

• Funded by: AVI
• See also: Deeptech (niche)
• Runs: REDIT Technology Institutes
• See also: IVACE
• See also: VIC Defense Tech Accelerator