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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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Annual funding-

Programs35

Active grants11

Total grants29

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.

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

- pool·Rolling submission

Classic Innovation Advance

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

Classic Innovation Advance

Call — Innovations in Biotherapies & Bioproduction (Appel à projets)

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

Innovations in Biotherapies & Bioproduction — September Round (relève septembre)

French Tech Grant (Bourse French Tech)

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

French Tech Grant (Bourse French Tech)

- pool·Rolling submission

French Tech Lab Grant

€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.

French Tech Emergence Grant (Bourse French Tech Emergence)

€50M pool·Rolling submission

Health-Economic Benefit Assessment of Digital and Equipment-Based Medical Devices

Funds clinical evaluations of innovative CE-marked digital and equipment medical devices.

Health-Economic Benefit Assessment of Digital and Equipment-Based Medical Devices

French Tech Tremplin

Funds project holders and young French Tech startups with up to €15,000 plus incubation.

French Tech Tremplin

Eureka Biotech Call for Projects (Appel à Projets)

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

Eureka Biotech Call for Projects (Appel à Projets)

Eureka France-Germany Call for Projects (Bpifrance / ZIM)

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

Eureka France-Germany Call for Projects (Bpifrance / ZIM)

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.

Eureka France-Corée du Sud

Appel à Projets Eurostars Call 11

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

Appel à Projets Eurostars Call 11

Regional France 2030 Innovation Projects

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

Regional France 2030 Innovation Projects

- pool·Rolling submission

France-Taiwan Innovation Partnerships

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

France-Taiwan Innovation Partnerships Call

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.

Grand Challenges — Implantable Medical Devices and Surgical Robotics (Grands Défis — DM implantable et robotique chirurgicale)

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.

i-Démo Generic Call No. 5 — September Round (AAP Générique, relève septembre)

i-Lab Innovation Competition (Concours d'innovation i-Lab)

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

i-Lab Innovation Competition (Concours d'innovation i-Lab)

Innovation Competition i (Concours d'innovation i)

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

Innovation Competition i (Concours d'innovation i)

Concours d'innovation i-PhD

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

Concours d'innovation i-PhD — 7e édition

Innov’Up Leader — France Île-de-France

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

Innov’Up Leader — France Île-de-France

Medical Device Medico-Economic Evaluation

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

Medical Device Medico-Economic Evaluation Call

IPCEI Advanced Semiconductor Technologies

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

IPCEI Advanced Semiconductor Technologies Call

IPCEI Industrial Artificial Intelligence

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

IPCEI Industrial Artificial Intelligence Call

Appel à projets Pionniers de l'Intelligence Artificielle

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

Pionniers de l'Intelligence Artificielle — relève juin

First Factory Call (Appel à projets Première Usine)

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

First Factory — December Round (Première Usine, relève décembre)

Backs large French AI-industry projects with state aid, paid as a grant or a repayable advance.

Innovation Grant

Funds SMEs testing and maturing technology projects through Bpifrance grants.

Innovation Grant

- pool·Rolling submission

Overseas Territories Innovation Grant

Funds overseas French SMEs industrialising or commercialising completed innovation projects.

Overseas Territories Innovation Grant

- 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.

Road Vehicles of Tomorrow and Components — Production in France (Véhicules routiers de demain et composants — production en France)

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.

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.

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