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Invest EU Seed Investment Loan

Prêt d'amorçage investissement Invest EU

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
€1,000,000

"Montant : de 100 000 à 1 000 000 € (jusqu'à 2 000 000 € si dérogation), dans la limite de la moitié de la levée de fonds réalisée et de la nouvelle situation nette de l'emprunteur après levée de fonds".

Funder

Bpifrance

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — Continuous; granted concurrently with a completed seed round.

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

PME innovantes de moins de 8 ans ayant réussi leur levée de fonds d'amorçage pour au moins 200 000 euros. Term 8 years with 3 years' capital grace. Same exclusions as the Prêt d'amorçage.

How to apply

  1. Close a seed round of at least €200,000 with professional 'avisés' investors (VC funds, professional business angels, AMF/ORIAS-registered CIP/IFP/PSI crowdfunding platforms).
  2. Apply to Bpifrance for the loan, granted without security over company assets or founder's estate. — link
  3. On disbursement a 5% retention is deducted; file fees of 0.40% of the loan amount apply.

What you will need

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

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://bpifrance-creation.fr/encyclopedie/financements/lemprunt/pret-damorcage-bpifrance

"Le prêt d'amorçage investissement Invest EU s'adresse aux petites et moyennes entreprises au sens de la définition européenne […] innovantes de moins de 8 ans, et ayant réussi leur levée de fonds d'amorçage pour au moins 200 000 euros."

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: bpifrance-creation.fr

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