Deep Tech Development Aid (Aide au Développement Deeptech, ADD)
Supports French deep-tech teams with practical innovation toward deployable outcomes.
The Aide au Développement Deeptech (ADD) is a blended aid instrument operated by Bpifrance combining a non-repayable grant and a recoverable advance, designed to finance breakthrough R&D projects by French-registered PMEs (EU definition) and ETIs up to 2,000 employees (FTE). The programme funds activities classified as Industrial Research (RI) and Experimental Development (DE) strictly before any …
Breakthrough industrial research and experimental development (R&D) for deeptech innovation projects, funded as a mixed grant and recoverable advance up to 2,000,000 €, strictly before industrial or commercial launch.
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