Interest-free financing of €100K-€1.5M covering 80-90% of costs for innovative Italian startups.
- Potential value:
- EUR 1.5M in credits
- Provider:
- Invitalia / MIMIT, Italy
- Referral needed:
- No
Why this could be a strong fit
Useful for teams standardizing on Invitalia / MIMIT, Italy who want to offset general costs during the early build-out phase.
What you need to qualify
- Innovative startup of micro or small size, incorporated no more than 60 months ago
- Registered in the special section of the Italian Business Register (Registro delle imprese)
- Teams intending to incorporate a startup may also apply, including non-Italian citizens holding a startup visa
- Foreign companies undertaking to establish operations in Italy are eligible
- Eligible project spend of at least 100,000 euro and no more than 1,500,000 euro
- The plan must be carried out within 24 months of signing the contract
- Costs incurred before the application is submitted are not eligible
Eligibility
- Eligible stages
- Pre-seed, Seed
- Countries
- Italy
How to apply
- 1
Register in the Invitalia personal area
The application is submitted through the Invitalia area personale, so the account has to exist first. Invitalia publishes a step by step guide to the personal area as a PDF from the programme page.
- 2
Download the forms and prepare the business plan
The application documents are downloadable from the dedicated section of the programme page. Content required covers company and applicant details, the technical profiles of the team, a description of the business, market analysis, technical specification and financial projections.
- 3
Prepare a pitch presentation of at most 15 slides
The pitch is capped at 15 slides ("max. 15 diapositive"), so it is a hard limit rather than guidance.
- 4
Sign digitally and submit through the personal area
A digital signature is mandatory on the application. Submission is online through the personal area, with no paper route.
- 5
Wait for the assessment
Applications are examined within 60 days of submission, in order of arrival, with no ranking or comparative scoring against other applicants.