Grants by instrument

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 206 grants

Banco de Inversión y Comercio Exterior (BICE) logo
Open

BICE Argentina Emprende (Entrepreneurship Program)

🇦🇷BICE · Argentina

Funds Argentine entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized companies through BICE with loans and leasing for productive growth.

ARS 7K – ARS 215K
FINEP — Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos logo
Open

Brazil FINEP Inovacred

🇧🇷FINEP · Brazil

Supports Brazilian startups and technology companies with credit-backed financing for innovation activities and product development.

R$200K – R$5M
Business Finland logo
Open

Business Finland R&D Grant

🇫🇮Business Finland · Finland

Funds Finnish startups and companies through competitive innovation grants for prototype and validation stages in technology development.

€100K – €10M
Business Finland logo
Open

Business Finland Young Innovative Companies (NIY)

🇫🇮Business Finland · Finland

Provides repayable innovation loans to Finnish technology companies advancing early-stage products.

€500K – €1.3M
CDTI — Centre for Technological Development & Innovation (Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación) logo
Open

CDTI Direct Innovation Line (Línea Directa de Innovación, LIC)

🇪🇸CDTI · Spain

Supports Spanish companies with direct interest-bearing loans for applied innovation work and later commercialization.

AIBiotech+5
€16K – €282K
CDTI — Centre for Technological Development & Innovation (Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico y la Innovación) logo
Open

CDTI Innovation Projects (PID)

🇪🇸CDTI · Spain

Funds Spanish innovation projects through technology development grants and enterprise support.

€250K – €15M
DOE Office of Energy Dominance Financing (Loan Programs Office) logo
Open

DOE Loan Programs Office (LPO) Section 1703

🇺🇸DOE LPO / EDF · United States

Offers energy innovators in the United States federal loan pathways through DOE for pilot and scaling initiatives.

Energy TechClimate Tech+1
$50M – $5B
KfW Bankengruppe logo
Open

Germany KfW ERP Digital Innovation Loans

🇩🇪KfW · Germany

Funds German enterprises through KfW structures for digital innovation and expansion financing.

€500K – €25M
Financial Inclusion Fund (Hustler Fund) logo
Open

Hustler Fund

🇰🇪Hustler Fund · Kenya

Supports Kenyan entrepreneurs, groups, and small businesses with mobile-delivered microcredit for working capital and growth.

KES 500 – KES 2.5M
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
€26.8M
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.

€26.8M
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
€8.0M – €107M
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.

AED 50K – AED 2M
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
€1.5MSep'26
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

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
€100K – €1.5M

Browse by Category