Deep Tech Accelerator (DTA)
Funds young Finnish deep-tech companies commercialising research results through a phased grant-and-loan package.
Business Finland, Finland's public innovation-funding and trade agency, runs the Deep Tech Accelerator (DTA) as a funding package for young companies commercialising recent research results into deep-tech products. The package pays out in three phases of EUR 400,000 each: the first two phases are grants, and the third phase is a loan, with an advance of 30% of the loan available. Business Finland …
Any deep-tech startup commercialising recent research results into an internationally scalable business. The program does not restrict eligibility to one industry, technology area, or sector.
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