Financing seed funding or project feasibility
In brief
A company at seed stage can finance its launch through grants/bursaries (French Tech), honour loans (prêts d'honneur — interest-free personal loans to the company's director), equity investments, repayable advances or Bpifrance assessments. This page lists the schemes currently validated for this need, with their funder and maximum amount where available.
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Grants linked to this need
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Direct Fund: IRDInov 3
Bordeaux Métropole, Bpifrance, Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole, Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Région Occitanie, Toulouse Métropole
Up to €6,000,000
Île-de-France Reindustrialisation Fund
Région Ile-de-France, Union européenne
Up to €6,000,000
Start-Up Acceleration
Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Up to €3,000,000
Start-up Seed Funding
Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Up to €3,000,000
Direct Fund: IRDI
Bpifrance, Financeurs privés, Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Région Occitanie
Up to €1,500,000
ERDF — Avenir Industrie Regional Fund
Région Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Union Européenne-FEDER
Up to €1,000,000
InvESS Île-de-France — Seed Stage
Financeurs privés, Région Ile-de-France
Up to €500,000
Breizh Up — Regional Co-investment Fund
Région Bretagne, Union Européenne-FEDER
Up to €400,000
FRG (Regional Guarantee Fund) — Occitanie — Seed Loan Component
Région Occitanie
Up to €300,000
Seed Loan — Grand Est
Bpifrance, Région Grand Est
Up to €300,000
prêt d'honneur — Créalia
Bpifrance, Financeurs privés, Région Occitanie, Union européenne
Up to €100,000
prêt d'honneur for Regional Seed Funding (PHAR) — Bretagne
Région Bretagne
Up to €90,000
French Tech Emergence Grant
Bpifrance
Up to €90,000
French Tech Grant
Bpifrance
Up to €50,000
Seed aid (CNM)
Centre national de la musique (CNM)
Up to €30,000
Industrial Seed Diagnostic
Bpifrance
Up to €8,000
Capital Support for SCOPs and SCICs (Tremplin SCOP-SCIC)
Région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Up to €6,000
Aid for the emergence of a social and solidarity economy activity in the Boulonnais
CA du Boulonnais
Up to €5,000
Entrepren@ Innovation - Feasibility study aid for start-ups: checking the conditions and the procedure
CA Tarbes Lourdes Pyrénées
Up to €5,000
Start-up aid for very small industrial businesses and services to industry
Métropole Européenne de Lille - MEL
Funders keep their French names; each grant page gives the official French title.
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