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Innovation Guarantee

Garantie Innovation

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

Bpifrance guarantees bank loans financing innovation projects (intangible or low-collateral investment, working-capital need of the project, pre-financing of CIR and competitiveness-cluster subsidies); standard coverage 60%, minimum term 2 years.

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

TPE and PME under the EU definition, registered in France, all sectors except financial intermediation and certain real-estate activities.

How to apply

  1. Ask your bank to request the Bpifrance Innovation Guarantee for the 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-innovation

"Garantir le financement de projets d'innovation. ... Quotité Cas général : 60%"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.bpifrance.fr

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