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Start-Up Nation second session: what has been announced and how to prepare

MEDAT has confirmed the second session of the Start-Up Nation programme but has not published the dates. Here is what is known with certainty and what you can do before launch.

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Rumours swirl around the Start-Up Nation programme, so this page separates fact from speculation. What is certain: MEDAT has officially announced that a second session will be organised, funding goes up to RON 250,000, and the related expenditure may be carried out until 8 December 2027. Equally certain is what is NOT known: submission dates have not been published, so any website selling you a precise calendar is inventing it. What does this mean for a founder just starting out? That the current period is a gift: you can build the business plan without pressure, and the digital chapter — online store, web application, management system — can be defined with real specifications and real costs, not hearsay figures. Northdan Soft handles exactly that component: the technical description for the plan, the cost breakdown, and, should funding be granted, the actual development. We promise nobody scores or money; we promise a digital chapter the evaluator can understand and verify.

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A credible digital chapter in the business plan

We describe the software solution with functionality, stages and justified costs — not generic wording that erodes the evaluator's confidence.

Real, verifiable prices

The budget reflects market rates for development, so you do not risk corrections for unrealistic costs when purchasing the digital component.

A fast start after admission

With specifications ready from the planning phase, development begins as soon as you sign the financing contract, with the full horizon to December 2027.

The confirmed facts about the second session

The announcement belongs to MEDAT and concerns the organisation of a new session of the programme, with support of up to RON 250,000 per beneficiary. The expenditure window runs until 8 December 2027, which gives projects a decent execution horizon.

The enrolment calendar, the final scoring grid and the session procedure had not been published as of 30 July 2026. Until they appear officially, treat any guaranteed launch date you read online as what it is: a guess.

How to use the waiting period wisely

Historically, sessions of this programme have crowded consultants and suppliers in the first days after launch. Whoever arrives with homework done — a shaped business plan, a specified digital component, offers in hand — submits calmly, not against the clock.

Concretely, you can decide now what your company sells online, which processes you want automated and what budget you allocate to digital. The output of that work is three documents that go straight into the business plan: the functional specification, the supplier technical offer and the cost breakdown by category.

Frequently asked questions

When does the second Start-Up Nation session actually start?

There is no published date. MEDAT announced the organisation of the session, but as of 30 July 2026 neither the implementation procedure nor the order approving it had appeared. The real date will be the one inside that procedure; any precise calendar shown before it is published is a guess.

What amount is available and over what period can costs be incurred?

The official announcement mentions funding of up to RON 250,000, with expenditure possible until 8 December 2027. The remaining conditions — scoring grid, co-financing, eligible categories — will be known from the session guide at publication.

Can Northdan write my Start-Up Nation business plan?

You build the business plan with a specialised consultant; we deliver only the technology chapter: which digital solution the company uses, with what functionality, in what stages and at what cost. It is the part of the plan a serious software vendor documents best.