Innov'up (Île-de-France innovation aid)
Innov'up
Open continuously
No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.
Maximum subvention €500,000; maximum repayable advance / loan €3,000,000. Intervention rates from 25% to 70% depending on company size and project type. Covers feasibility, development and experimentation phases.
You must co-fund 30%. Work out the cash you need
Région Île-de-France (operated with Bpifrance)
public · regional
Deadline: Open all year — Applications reviewed continuously throughout the year; quarterly webinars explain priorities and eligibility.
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 30% yourself.
Who can apply
- Sectors: deeptech, health, climate, ai, agri, any
- Stage: pre-seed, seed, Series A and growth
- R&D activity required
- Locally registered entity required
Open to TPE/PME and ETI regardless of legal form, including associations with an economic activity. Priority sectors include health, aerospace, sustainable urbanism, green energy, smart mobility, agri-food, luxury/cosmetics, deeptech, AI, quantum and social innovation.
How to apply
- Check the project matches a regional priority sector and is not an excluded activity (marketing, standard HR software, non-edtech training). — link
- Submit the request on mesdemarches.iledefrance.fr BEFORE the project starts — "toute dépense antérieure ne peut être prise en compte". — link
- Instruction by Bpifrance on behalf of the Région; decision and contracting.
What you will need
- Innovation project dossier and budget
- Evidence of an establishment in Île-de-France or intent to relocate there
Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · SIREN and SIRET numbers, explained
Source. https://www.iledefrance.fr/aides-et-appels-a-projets/innovup
"TPE/PME and ETI, regardless of legal form, including associations with economic activity […] toute dépense antérieure ne peut être prise en compte"
Verified on 14 August 2026
Source: www.iledefrance.fr
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