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Pro FIT Early-Stage Financing (Berlin)

Pro FIT Frühphasenfinanzierung

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
€500,000

Up to €500,000 in total. Frühphase 1 up to €200,000, split 50/50 between a non-repayable Zuschuss and a Darlehen; Frühphase 2 is loan only. Up to "100 % der förderfähigen Ausgaben" can be covered in both phases.

You must co-fund 0%.

Funder

Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB)

public · regional

Deadline: Open all year — Continuous; a funding committee decides monthly.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

Who can apply

Berlin-based small technology-oriented companies. Maximum 12 months old for Frühphase 1; maximum 24 months if applying only for Frühphase 2.

How to apply

  1. Submit the application digitally via the IBB Kundenportal. — link
  2. External technical experts assess the project.
  3. IBB carries out the commercial review.
  4. The funding committee decides — it meets monthly.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361)

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.ibb.de/de/foerderprogramme/pro-fit-fruehphasenfinanzierung.html

"100 % der förderfähigen Ausgaben"

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.ibb.de

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