FINEP Direct Credit (Crédito Direto) — Credit Lines
Provides direct reimbursable innovation financing to medium and large Brazilian private legal entities.
FINEP Crédito Direto is the rolling reimbursable-loan (crédito reembolsável) window operated directly by FINEP — Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos — without intermediary financial institutions. All instruments under this umbrella are loans, not grants: applicants must repay principal plus interest. Four lines are currently available on a rolling-submission basis. Finep Mais Inovação targets compa…
All sectors; specific priority in NIB strategic areas for Mais Inovação line. Telecom sector covered by Finep Direto Telecom (Funttel-funded).
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