French Tech Emergence Grant
Bourse French Tech Emergence
Open continuously
No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.
"Aide sous forme de subvention d'un montant maximum de 90 000 € sous condition." Funded by the State from PIA4 or the Fonds pour l'Innovation et l'Industrie.
You must co-fund 50%.
Bpifrance
public · national
Deadline: rolling — No published fixed call window; applications handled continuously by the Bpifrance regional network.
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.
Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.
You fund 50% yourself.
Who can apply
- Under 1 years old
- Up to 50 employees
- small enterprises
- Sectors: deeptech
- Stage: idea, pre_seed
- R&D activity required
- Locally registered entity required
"Petites entreprises immatriculées en France depuis moins d'un an". Awarded under the "Régime cadre exempté de notification relatif aux aides à la recherche, au développement et à l'innovation (RDI)", not de minimis. Programme max 12 months, extendable to 18 months under conditions.
How to apply
- Have the project qualified as deeptech under the Bpifrance deeptech référentiel in force.
- File the aid application before incurring any project expense. — link
- Sign the aid contract; first tranche on signature after lifting of any conditions precedent.
- Submit end-of-programme report and statement of paid expenses to receive the balance.
What you will need
- Deeptech project dossier qualified against the Bpifrance deeptech référentiel
- Budget of internal and external project expenses
- End-of-programme report and recapitulative statement of paid expenses
Source. https://www.bpifrance.fr/catalogue-offres/bourse-french-tech-emergence — checked 2026-08-14
"Aide sous forme de subvention d'un montant maximum de 90 000 € sous condition. […] Petites entreprises immatriculées en France depuis moins d'un an"