How to find financing to create, take over or grow a business in Touraine?

Summary

CCI Touraine supports businesses and project leaders in creation, takeover, development, investment and transition. Its website publishes information on grants, notably for tourism, and also presents targeted financial instruments such as the Fonds mutualisé départemental de revitalisation (FMDR), a repayable advance linked to job creation. Capital OS also links CCI Touraine to the « Prêt d'honneur Initiative Touraine Val de Loire » (grant ID 2153). These instruments must not be confused: each has its own operator, criteria and terms.

The role of CCI Touraine

CCI Touraine offers support suited to several stages in a business's life: creation, takeover, establishment, growth, business development and ecological transition. It can help clarify a project, build a financing plan, search for grants and connect the business with partners. Not all services are free: some are covered or subsidized, while others are billed. The relevant service sheet should be checked, rather than applying a single rate to all forms of support.

Two instruments to distinguish

The reference database links the CCI to the « Prêt d'honneur Initiative Touraine Val de Loire » (grant ID 2153), which must be confirmed with the relevant Initiative association. CCI Touraine also documents the FMDR, Fonds mutualisé départemental de revitalisation: a zero-interest repayable advance linked to permanent (CDI) job creation, with amounts announced per position and sector- and job-creation-related conditions. The FMDR is a separate instrument, whose current opening and rules must be checked on its official page. One instrument must not be presented as the other, nor treated as a non-repayable grant.

Sector-based and regional grants

CCI Touraine publishes an overview of schemes for tourism professionals, with national, regional, departmental and local grants. This structure shows why a funder listing cannot be reduced to a list of grants awarded by the CCI: the consular body may provide information on schemes whose actual funders are the Region, the Department, the State or an intermunicipal body. Each scheme must retain its awarding funder and its own criteria, in particular the type of accommodation, the nature of the works, the eligible expenses and the location.

Preparing your application

Describe the business, its establishment in Touraine, the project stage, the amount sought and the planned expenses. For the FMDR, check in particular the number of jobs to be created, the types of businesses eligible, the hiring timeline and the payment schedule. For the Initiative loan, confirm the relevant association, the access conditions, the amount, any deferral and the requirements for additional financing. For any public grant, always check whether the application must precede orders or the start of works.

Frequently asked questions

Is CCI Touraine the lender for the Initiative loan? The listing does not demonstrate this: confirm the local operator.

Is the FMDR a grant? No, the official page describes it as a zero-interest repayable advance.

Are tourism grants funded by the CCI? Not necessarily; the funders may be regional, departmental or local.

Are all of the CCI's services free? No, the terms depend on the service.

Official sources

CCI Touraine — Home and services — https://www.touraine.cci.fr/ Official portal and support offerings. CCI Touraine — FMDR, Fonds mutualisé départemental de revitalisation — https://www.touraine.cci.fr/produit/fmdr-fonds-mutualise-departemental-de-revitalisation Official source on the repayable advance and job creation. CCI Touraine — Grants for tourism businesses — https://www.touraine.cci.fr/les-aides-pour-les-entreprises-du-secteur-du-tourisme Overview of national, regional, departmental and local schemes.

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