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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 121-144 of 205 grants

South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority logo
Open

Industrial Revenue Bond Program

🇺🇸SC JEDA · United States

Provides tax exempt conduit financing through JEDA for manufacturing, nonprofit, and solid waste facilities in South Carolina.

Advanced Manufacturing
Innovate UK logo
Open

Innovate UK EDGE Growth Loans

🇬🇧Innovate UK · United Kingdom

Funds United Kingdom small companies with EDGE growth loans for scalable innovation.

£100K – £1M
Invitalia (MIMIT) logo
Open

Italy Smart&Start Italia

🇮🇹Invitalia (MIMIT) · Italy

Funds Italian innovation teams with support and grants for early ventures in digital and industrial technology.

€100K – €1.5M
KfW Bankengruppe logo
Open

KfW Climate Protection Offensive for Businesses (Klimaschutzoffensive für Unternehmen)

🇩🇪KfW · Germany

Supports German firms through subsidised investment loans for technology and process upgrades that reduce or avoid greenhouse-gas emissions.

Climate TechEnergy Tech
€25M
KfW Bankengruppe logo
Open

KfW ERP Innovation Loan (ERP-Förderkredit Innovation, 513/514)

🇩🇪KfW · Germany

Supports German manufacturers with subsidised innovation financing for innovation modernization.

€25M
KfW Bankengruppe logo
Open

KfW Konsortialkredit Nachhaltige Transformation

🇩🇪KfW · Germany

Funds large-scale sustainable investment in Germany for companies and institutions pursuing climate, hydrogen, batteries, grid, wind, photovoltaic projects.

Energy TechClimate Tech+1
€7.5M – €100M
Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund logo
Open

MBRIF Mohammed Bin Rashid Innovation Fund

🇦🇪MBRIF · United Arab Emirates

Funds innovation ventures in the United Arab Emirates with capital and enterprise support for scalable ideas.

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (MSMEDA) logo
Open

MSMEDA Innovation and Enterprise Programs

🇪🇬MSMEDA · Egypt

Funds Egyptian micro, small, and medium enterprises through wholesale loans and partner financial institutions.

EGP 200K – EGP 500K
South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority logo
Open

State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI)

🇺🇸SC JEDA · United States

Administers federal small business support through JEDA by channelling funds into credit support for South Carolina enterprises.

South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority logo
Open

Taxable Bond Program

🇺🇸SC JEDA · United States

Provides taxable conduit bond financing through JEDA for additional South Carolina projects outside tax exempt categories.

ALTUM — Latvian Development Finance Institution logo
Scheduled

Energy Efficiency Loan with Capital Discount

🇱🇻ALTUM · Latvia

Funds enterprise energy-efficiency and renewable upgrades in Latvia through discounted financing.

Energy TechClimate Tech+3
€1.5M
Bpifrance logo
Between cycles

Classic Innovation Advance

🇫🇷Bpifrance · France

Funds French SMEs and mid-sized companies pursuing high-uncertainty innovation with a recoverable advance.

€3M
Ministero delle Imprese e del Made in Italy logo
Between cycles

Development Contracts (Contratti di Sviluppo)

🇮🇹MIMIT · Italy

Funds Italian strategic industrial investments in large manufacturing programs and development initiatives.

Advanced ManufacturingEnergy Tech+3
Ministero delle Imprese e del Made in Italy logo
Between cycles

Green New Deal

🇮🇹MIMIT · Italy

Invests Italy firms in ecological transition and circular innovation investments through structured financing and growth-oriented milestones.

Climate TechEnergy Tech+3
€3M – €40M
Iowa Economic Development Authority logo
Between cycles

Proof of Commercial Relevance Loan

🇺🇸IEDA · United States

Funds Iowa technology companies validating products and markets through low-interest loans up to $50,000.

AIBiotech+3
$50K
Ministero delle Imprese e del Made in Italy logo
Between cycles

Smart & Start Italia

🇮🇹MIMIT · Italy

Funds innovative Italian startups with early financing to develop new products in AI, biotech, and digital fields.

AIBlockchain+3
€80K – €1.4M
QDB — Qatar Development Bank logo
Between cycles

Al Dhameen — Credit Guarantee Program

🇶🇦QDB · Qatar

Provides Qatar-based businesses with QDB-backed credit guarantees that reduce collateral requirements for bank loans.

Energy TechIoT & Edge+1
Korea Technology Finance Corporation (KIBO / KOTEC) logo
Between cycles

Baby Unicorn — Market Development Funding

🇰🇷KIBO · South Korea

Funds Korean venture-stage companies with market-development support and loan guarantees to accelerate scaling.

₩300M
UK Defence Innovation (formerly DASA) logo
Between cycles

Defence Innovation Loans

🇬🇧UKDI / DASA · United Kingdom

Provides United Kingdom Defence Innovation Loans financing for mature defence solutions needing capital before full commercialization.

DefenseHardware+2
£100K – £1M
Defence and Security Accelerator logo
Between cycles

Defence Innovation Loans

🇬🇧DASA · United Kingdom

Invests through United Kingdom Defence Innovation Loans in mature defence innovations to support late-stage commercialization.

DefenseHardware+1
Ministry of Defence logo
Between cycles

Defence Innovation Loans/27 — Next

🇬🇧MoD · United Kingdom

Funds companies with strong defense applications through development loans and advisory support for advanced innovation.

DefenseHardware+5
£100K – £1M
Delaware Division of Small Business logo
Between cycles

Delaware Site Readiness Fund

🇺🇸DSB · United States

Invests research teams and institutions for Delaware Site Readiness Fund in built environment and manufacturing.

Built EnvironmentAdvanced Manufacturing
Bpifrance logo
Between cycles

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 – €3M
SENA — Servicio Nacional de Aprendizaje logo
Between cycles

Fondo Emprender — Línea Crecer (Reimbursable Seed Capital)

🇨🇴SENA · Colombia

Funds Colombian small businesses paired with SENA mentors through the Línea Crecer seed support for early growth.

AgritechFood Tech+1
COP 50M

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