Innovation Credit (Innovatiekrediet)
Funds high-risk Dutch innovation projects through a repayable government credit instrument.
The Innovatiekrediet (Innovation Credit) is a repayable government loan instrument operated by RVO on behalf of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate (EZK), designed to bridge the financing gap for high-risk innovation projects that commercial banks will not fund. It targets companies in the Netherlands — predominantly SMEs and scale-ups — that are developing technically novel product…
Repayable government loans for Dutch companies developing high-risk, commercially novel products or production processes at advanced development stages that cannot secure conventional bank financing.
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