Financing your company
Finance is one of the biggest hurdles to overcome when trying to turn your business idea into reality.
Not every type of finance is suitable for every start-up. In order to give you some initial guidance, Gründerland Bayern has produced an overview of the most essential types of finance. Change the filter parameters to see how your settings affect the sources of finance available!
The federal and state governments run various start-up funding programmes on particularly favourable terms to help you start your own business. Depending on the programme, it may be possible to apply for funding up to eight years after the business was founded. Grants are the most attractive form of finance, because they are a kind of public funding that you generally do not have to repay.
Worth knowing:
- Always submit applications prior to commencing your project (as regulated by the Vorbeginnklausel, a clause which states that an investment can only be funded if no significant contracts have been signed beforehand)
- Apply directly to the relevant funding agencies for finance
- The loan application should always be submitted via your house bank
Besides the public funding programmes, there are a number of other finance options, such as private or institutional investors.
INTERESTING LINKS
www.foerderdatenbank.de provides information about all of the funding programmes run by the federal government, the German states and the European Union.
The funding guide (Förderwegweiser) for start-ups in Bavaria provides you with an overview of the Bavarian funding programme.
You can get extensive information on technology and innovation funding programmes that are not solely aimed at start-ups from the Bayerische Forschungs- und Innovationsagentur (‘Bavarian Research and Innovation Agency). This also has a free service hotline: 0800 0268724.