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Bpifrance

Provides French businesses and researchers with grants, loans, and guarantees across innovation, commercialization, and industrial scaling.

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Key stats
Annual funding—
Programs32
Active grants19
Total grants26
About

Bpifrance (Banque Publique d'Investissement) is France's public investment bank, funding startups, SMEs, and mid-caps across grants, loans, guarantees, and equity. Its signature mission — 'Servir l'avenir' — underpins a full continuum of financing from seed-stage deeptech grants (Bourse French Tech Emergence, 90 k€) through large collaborative R&D projects (i-Démo, no cap stated) and industrial-sc…

Programs & grants under this funder
BPI France i-Nov Concours d'Innovation

Supports French innovation projects in health, climate, and industry through Bpifrance routes.

Deep Tech Development Aid (Aide au Développement Deeptech, ADD)

Funds French deeptech projects in early industrialization through a blended model combining grant support and repayable financing.

1 grant
Deep Tech Development Aid (Aide au Développement Deeptech, ADD)
Open
— pool·Rolling submission
Classic Innovation Advance

Funds French companies pursuing high-uncertainty innovation through recoverable advances.

1 grant
Classic Innovation Advance
Open
— pool·Rolling submission
Call — Innovations in Biotherapies & Bioproduction (Appel à projets)

Funds French biotherapy and bioproduction innovation with blended grants and recoverable advances.

1 grant
Innovations in Biotherapies & Bioproduction — September Round (relève septembre)
Open
— pool·16 days
French Tech Grant (Bourse French Tech)

Supports small businesses innovation grant for maturation feasibility phase Bourse French Tech.

2 grants
French Tech Grant (Bourse French Tech)
Open
— pool·Rolling submission
French Tech Lab Grant
Open
€30M pool·Rolling submission
French Tech Emergence Grant (Bourse French Tech Emergence)

Offers France-based early deeptech startup support for first-time ventures with evidence-rich development plans.

1 grant
French Tech Emergence Grant (Bourse French Tech Emergence)
Open
€50M pool·Rolling submission
Eureka Biotech Call for Projects (Appel à Projets)

Supports Multilateral biotech innovation development call for France partner countries Prêt Innovation innovation development.

1 grant
Eureka Biotech Call for Projects (Appel à Projets)
Open
— pool·33 days
Eureka France-Germany Call for Projects (Bpifrance / ZIM)

Supports Bilateral innovation development call for France Germany consortia Prêt Innovation innovation development or Avance Innovation,.

1 grant
Eureka France-Germany Call for Projects (Bpifrance / ZIM)
Open
— pool
Eureka France–South Korea Call (Appel à Projets France-Corée du Sud)

Supports Bilateral innovation development call for France South Korea consortia Prêt Innovation innovation development.

1 grant
Eureka France-Corée du Sud
Closed
— pool
Appel à Projets Eurostars Call 11

Funds French SMEs leading international R&D collaborations through Eurostars innovation aid.

1 grant
Appel à Projets Eurostars Call 11
Open
— pool·18 days
Regional France 2030 Innovation Projects

Funds company research and development projects through regional France 2030 support.

1 grant
Regional France 2030 Innovation Projects
Open
— pool·Rolling submission
France-Taiwan Innovation Partnerships

Funds joint R&D between French and Taiwanese companies through coordinated national support.

1 grant
France-Taiwan Innovation Partnerships Call
Open
— pool·68 days
Grand Challenges — Implantable Medical Devices and Surgical Robotics (Grands Défis — DM implantable et robotique chirurgicale)

Funds companies developing implantable medical devices and surgical robotics through France 2030 aid.

1 grant
Grand Challenges — Implantable Medical Devices and Surgical Robotics (Grands Défis — DM implantable et robotique chirurgicale)
Open
— pool·44 days
i-Démo Call — Support for Structuring R&D&I Projects (Appel à projets i-Démo)

Supports Large collaborative innovation development projects for French industrial competitiveness grant recoverable advance.

1 grant
i-Démo Generic Call No. 5 — September Round (AAP Générique, relève septembre)
Open
— pool·17 days
i-Lab Innovation Competition (Concours d'innovation i-Lab)

Supports State innovation competition for technology startup creation grant Concours Lab.

1 grant
i-Lab Innovation Competition (Concours d'innovation i-Lab)
Closed
— pool
Innovation Competition i (Concours d'innovation i)

Supports Innovation competition for startups and small businesses grant recoverable advance, costs.

1 grant
Innovation Competition i (Concours d'innovation i)
Closed
— pool
Concours d'innovation i-PhD

Supports State innovation competition for deeptech researcher entrepreneurs coaching visibility prize.

1 grant
Concours d'innovation i-PhD — 7e édition
Closed
— pool
Innov’Up Leader — France Île-de-France

Funds Île-de-France SMEs and ETIs developing innovations through France 2030 regional aid.

1 grant
Innov’Up Leader — France Île-de-France
Closed
— pool
Medical Device Medico-Economic Evaluation

Funds post-market clinical and economic evaluation of digital and equipment medical devices.

1 grant
Medical Device Medico-Economic Evaluation Call
Closed
— pool
IPCEI Advanced Semiconductor Technologies

Funds French semiconductor projects that contribute to a shared European technology programme.

1 grant
IPCEI Advanced Semiconductor Technologies Call
Open
— pool·9 days
IPCEI Industrial Artificial Intelligence

Funds French industrial AI projects that contribute to a shared European programme.

1 grant
IPCEI Industrial Artificial Intelligence Call
Open
— pool·17 days
Appel à projets Pionniers de l'Intelligence Artificielle

Supports France AI innovation development grant three phase gated programme, grant in Phase.

1 grant
Pionniers de l'Intelligence Artificielle — relève juin
Closed
— pool
First Factory Call (Appel à projets Première Usine)

Invests in first-factory and pilot-site projects helping innovative companies scale to industrial production.

1 grant
First Factory — December Round (Première Usine, relève décembre)
Open
— pool·130 days
Innovation Grant

Funds SMEs testing and maturing technology projects through Bpifrance grants.

1 grant
Innovation Grant
Open
— pool·Rolling submission
Overseas Territories Innovation Grant

Funds overseas French SMEs industrialising or commercialising completed innovation projects.

1 grant
Overseas Territories Innovation Grant
Open
— pool·Rolling submission
Road Vehicles of Tomorrow and Components — Production in France (Véhicules routiers de demain et composants — production en France)

Funds companies industrializing future road vehicles and components in France through blended aid.

1 grant
Road Vehicles of Tomorrow and Components — Production in France (Véhicules routiers de demain et composants — production en France)
Open
— pool·58 days
France — Skills & Future Trades (Compétences et Métiers d'Avenir, CMA)

Funds French workforce training projects for emerging technical professions and future industry skills.

France ECONUM — Circular Digital Economy (Économie Numérique Circulaire)

Supports French circular digital economy projects improving cleaner data processing and cloud efficiency.

French Tech Acceleration Program

Invests in French deeptech startups and scale-ups reaching larger commercial or industrial milestones.

France Deeptech Calls

Runs France plan topical calls in quantum semiconductors green industry for research through the France Deeptech Calls.

France i-Démo

Supports French industrial and service firms with demonstrator-backed national innovation funding pathways.

France Pioneers of Artificial Intelligence (France Pionniers de l'Intelligence Artificielle)

Funds French artificial intelligence projects building sovereign technology infrastructure and core model capabilities.

Last verified: 29 May 2026Source: www.bpifrance.fr