Financing and financial aid

General information about financing and financial aid, together with specific information about funding programmes can be found in the paragraphs below.

Equity capital for young technology-driven companies

The High-Tech Gründerfonds (high-tech start-up funds) finances young technology-driven companies, offering them attractive financing conditions, and actively supports the management team with a strong network of entrepreneurial talent. In association with our partners, we specialise on financing for companies in the seed phase.

High-tech Start-up Funds

Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy

Central Innovation Program for SMBs

The Central Innovation Program for SMBs (Zentrale Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand – ZIM) is a nationwide funding programme covering all sectors and technologies, which is targeted at medium-sized businesses and the commercially-oriented research centres with which these companies work.

ZIM

Mikrokreditfonds Deutschland (the German Micro-credit Funds)

Do you need a micro-credit for your start-up or small company? If so, why not get in touch with micro-financing institutions? They take care of your loan from A-Z –from the application to repayment of the loan – and are a good place to call if you have any queries.

(website only available in German)

Micro-credit Funds

The German Micro-mezzanine Fonds

Micro-mezzanine financing helps reinforce your own equity base, because, from a legal point of view, mezzanine capital is a mixture of your own equity and borrowed capital. The additional capital ensures a better rating, thereby creating improved borrowing opportunities. The investor has no voice and no decision-making power.

(website only available in German)

Micro-mezzanine funding

The Federal Ministry for Culture and the Media

Acting on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Culture and the Media (Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien – BKM), the Minister of State for Culture and the Media supports selected artists with funding, facilities, bursaries and other types of aid.

(website only available in German)