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Growth Guarantee (Innovasjon Norge)

Vekstgaranti

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
8,000,000 NOK

Innovasjon Norge guarantees 75% of the bank's loss on bank loans of up to NOK 8 million per company (term loans up to 10 years, operating credit 1-4 years); applied for through participating banks. Establishment fee 1% of maximum guarantee in year one plus 0.75% annual guarantee commission.

Funder

Innovasjon Norge

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — Løpende; the application goes through a participating bank (Danske Bank, DNB, Nordea and several savings 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

Innovative and/or fast-growing businesses with up to 250 employees (including group), registered and located in Norway, assessed by their bank as able to service debt but lacking sufficient collateral.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.innovasjonnorge.no/tjeneste/vekstgaranti

"Vekstgaranti skal styrke tilgangen til bankfinansiering for innovative og/eller raskt voksende små og mellomstore bedrifter."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.innovasjonnorge.no

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