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Standard Start-up Guarantee

Garantie Création Standard

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

Bpifrance guarantees bank financing for company creation (ex nihilo or first installation by takeover): notified-guarantee coverage (quotité) of 60% for creation, loan terms of 2 to 15 years, no minimum or maximum amount (subject to risk ceiling).

Funder

Bpifrance

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — Continuous; offered through partner banks.

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
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Entities of any legal form registered in mainland France, DROM, COM or New Caledonia meeting the EU SME definition; excludes companies in difficulty. Covers loans for companies under 3 years old.

How to apply

  1. Ask your partner bank to request the Bpifrance guarantee for your creation loan.
  2. Or contact Bpifrance. — link

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

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.bpifrance.fr/catalogue-offres/garantie-creation-standard

"Quotité Création : 60%. ... Pas de montant minimum / maximum. ... Garantir les financements liés à la création de l'entreprise"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.bpifrance.fr

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