First Factory — December Round (Première Usine, relève décembre)
Funds first-factory scale-up for innovative manufacturers moving toward production readiness.
Première Usine is a France 2030 program operated by Bpifrance that supports first-time industrialization by innovative startups and PMEs or ETIs. The program targets projects consisting of the installation of pilot and/or industrial production sites designed to commercialize innovative products, or the creation of mutualized pre-industrial capacity for the benefit of startups. Unlike i-Démo, which…
Funds first-time industrialization by innovative startups and PMEs, covering pilot and industrial production site creation or mutualized pre-industrial capacity, with minimum eligible project spend of 5 M€.
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