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Grants

Business Start-up Capital Payment

Aide a la reprise ou a la creation d'entreprise (ARCE)

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

Payment of a share of remaining unemployment benefit as capital to the founder, in two instalments. The share has been 60% historically; confirm the current rate.

Funder

France Travail (ex-Pole emploi)

public · national

Deadline: Open all year

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
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Reserved for founders entitled to unemployment benefit who choose capital instead of monthly maintenance.

How to apply

  1. Obtain ACRE and register the company
  2. Request ARCE from France Travail — link

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · SIREN and SIRET numbers, explained

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.francetravail.fr/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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