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Innovation loans

Explore innovation loans. This directory lists repayable public funding, including low-interest loans, soft loans and repayable advances from development banks, innovation agencies and public investment funds, with the terms, amount and eligibility on every listing.

Showing 1-24 of 206 grants

Bpifrance logo
Open

Eureka Biotech Call for Projects (Appel à Projets)

🇫🇷Bpifrance · France

Supports multinational biotech cooperation for cross-country biomedical and agricultural innovation.

BiotechSynthetic Biology+2
€50K – €3MSep'26
DOE Office of Energy Dominance Financing (Loan Programs Office) logo
Open

Energy Dominance Financing Program

🇺🇸DOE LPO / EDF · United States

Supports national energy infrastructure through federally backed loan instruments in the United States.

Energy TechClimate Tech+1
Sep'26
Dutch Research Council (NWO) logo
Open

Take-off Phase 2 — Early-Stage Loan (Vroegefasetraject)

🇳🇱NWO · Netherlands

Invests Netherlands firms in knowledge startups building commercialization-ready products through structured financing and growth-oriented milestones.

AgritechAI+14
€50K – €450KSep'26
Bpifrance logo
Open

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

🇫🇷Bpifrance · France

Funds companies developing implantable medical devices and surgical robotics through France 2030 aid.

MedtechRobotics+1
Oct'26
Bpifrance logo
Open

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

🇫🇷Bpifrance · France

Funds companies industrializing future road vehicles and components in France through blended aid.

MobilityAdvanced Manufacturing+1
Oct'26
Wyoming Business Council logo
Open

Building Resilient Communities Grant

🇺🇸WBC · United States

Backs Wyoming municipalities and tribal governments with infrastructure support for publicly owned water, transportation, and airport projects.

Built EnvironmentEnergy Tech+2
$100K – $5MNov'26
Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) logo
Open

FFG General Programme

🇦🇹FFG · Austria

Offers Austrian companies broad, cross-sector innovation support through flexible grants and loans.

€3MDec'26
Bpifrance logo
Open

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

🇫🇷Bpifrance · France

Funds first-factory scale-up for innovative manufacturers moving toward production readiness.

Advanced ManufacturingEnergy Tech+4
Dec'26
Netherlands Enterprise Agency logo
Open

VFF Early Stage Financing

🇳🇱RVO · Netherlands

Supports early-stage venture financing that helps start-ups turn prototypes into scalable, innovation-driven products.

AIBiotech+6
€450KDec'26
DOE Office of Energy Dominance Financing (Loan Programs Office) logo
Open

ATVM Loan Program

🇺🇸DOE LPO / EDF · United States

Supports advanced vehicle manufacturing in the United States through direct and loan-based financing.

MobilityAdvanced Manufacturing+1
Sep'28
UAB ILTE — Investments for the Lithuanian Economy (formerly INVEGA) logo
Open

Loans CHANGE Grant Component

🇱🇹ILTE / INVEGA · Lithuania

Funds Lithuanian industrial companies adding digitised production equipment, sustainable production technology, or technology-audit support through an ILTE loan-linked grant.

Advanced ManufacturingHardware+5
Jun'29
UAB ILTE — Investments for the Lithuanian Economy (formerly INVEGA) logo
Open

Loans Perspective (Perspektyva)

🇱🇹ILTE / INVEGA · Lithuania

Provides innovation-focused loans for Lithuanian firms pursuing research development and pilot commercialization with supportive repayment terms.

AIBiotech+6
€10MJun'29
Technology Development Board logo
Open

Research Development and Innovation Fund

🇮🇳TDB · India

Funds Indian companies and startups scaling RDI-intensive technologies through concessional loans and equity.

AIEnergy Tech+10
Feb'31
KfW Bankengruppe logo
Open

ERP Digitalization Loan and Grant (511/512)

🇩🇪KfW · Germany

Funds companies and freelancers in Germany delivering digitalization projects with subsidized loans and grants up to €200,000.

AICybersecurity+3
€200K
Bpifrance logo
Open

Regional France 2030 Innovation Projects

🇫🇷Bpifrance · France

Funds French companies carrying out high-growth R&D projects with regional grants or recoverable advances.

€75K – €500K
Ministero delle Imprese e del Made in Italy logo
Open

STEP / Critical and Emerging Technologies — 14 (Tecnologie Critiche ed Emergenti)

🇮🇹MIMIT · Italy

Funds Italian companies in southern regions to develop critical innovation in climate, health, and materials.

AIClimate Tech+6
€1M – €20M
Maryland Department of Commerce logo
Open

Advantage Maryland (MEDAAF)

🇺🇸MD Commerce · United States

Invests Maryland firms in targeted economic development finance in Maryland through structured financing and growth-oriented milestones.

AerospaceAgritech+6
UAE Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology logo
Open

AI Innovation Program — Industry Challenge Matching

🇦🇪MoIAT · United Arab Emirates

Connects United Arab Emirates manufacturers and developers through challenge matching and support from a shared innovation financing pool.

AIAdvanced Manufacturing+3
Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft mbH logo
Open

aws erp-Loan

🇦🇹aws · Austria

Funds Austrian enterprises with concessionary investment financing for transformative sectors.

Advanced ManufacturingEnergy Tech+5
€10K – €37.5M
Ben Franklin Technology Partners logo
Open

BFTP CNP Early Stage Investment

🇺🇸Ben Franklin Tech Partners · United States

Funds early-stage Pennsylvania technology startups with equity-like investment support to strengthen real-world implementation.

AIBiotech+6
$500K
Ben Franklin Technology Partners logo
Open

BFTP CNP Existing Manufacturers Investment

🇺🇸Ben Franklin Tech Partners · United States

Backs established manufacturers in Central and Northern Pennsylvania with recoverable investment for growth and capacity upgrades.

Advanced Manufacturing
$250K
Ben Franklin Technology Partners logo
Open

BFTP SEP Investment

🇺🇸Ben Franklin Tech Partners · United States

Supports healthcare and technology companies in Southeastern Pennsylvania with recoverable capital for building and scaling.

AIBiotech+1
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada logo
Open

Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund

🇨🇦ISED · Canada

Funds loan participation for Black Canadian entrepreneurs through mission-aligned lenders to expand growth-capable businesses.

CAD 250K
BNDES (Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social) logo
Open

BNDES Mais Inovação (More Innovation)

🇧🇷BNDES · Brazil

Funds Brazilian enterprises with concessional credit for manufacturing and connected technologies.

AIAdvanced Manufacturing+4
R$10M – R$300M

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