Deeptech Development Aid
Aide au Développement Deeptech (ADD)
Open continuously
No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.
"Aide sous forme mixte de subvention et d'avance récupérable d'un montant maximum de 2 000 000 €." Mixed grant + repayable advance; the split between the two is not published on the offer page.
Bpifrance
public · national
Deadline: rolling — Continuous; no published call deadline.
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.
Moderate — a form and supporting documents.
Who can apply
- Up to 2000 employees
- Sectors: deeptech
- Stage: seed, series_a, growth
- R&D activity required
- Locally registered entity required
"PME au sens de la définition européenne. ETI dans la limite de 2000 ETP. Immatriculée en France." Programme duration max 36 months. No file fees.
How to apply
- Contact Bpifrance and present the breakthrough-innovation R&D project (industrial research and experimental development). — link
- File the request before any project expense is incurred.
- Aid paid in 2 or 3 tranches; repayable advance repaid in quarterly instalments in arrears.
What you will need
- R&D project dossier covering industrial research and experimental development
- Detailed expense budget
Source. https://www.bpifrance.fr/catalogue-offres/aide-au-developpement-deeptech — checked 2026-08-14
"Aide sous forme mixte de subvention et d'avance récupérable d'un montant maximum de 2 000 000 €. […] PME au sens de la définition européenne. ETI dans la limite de 2000 ETP."