Public funding agencies in France (2026)
87 funders based in France. Filter by stage, sector or business model below. Contact details are part of Pro.
CNC (Fonds d'aide au jeu video)
The CNC is the French national centre for cinema and the moving image, offering financial aid for cinema, series and TV, video games and digital creation. Its video game section lists a video game aid scheme and aid f…
CREALIA Occitanie
CREALIA Occitanie provides zero-interest personal loans to reinforce equity for innovative startups and companies in the Occitanie region. The organization acts as a seed fund that helps leverage additional public and…
Initiative Haute-Saône
Local association of the Initiative France network in Haute-Saône. It helps entrepreneurs finance their projects with zero-rate, guarantee-free honour loans, whatever the status or sector of the company; 870,000 EUR o…
France Active Grand Est (Région)
French association that supports entrepreneurs and social and solidarity economy organisations with advice, access to bank credit and solidarity financing. The pages reviewed are the national site, including a page on…
Initiative Aisne
Local association of the Initiative France network in the Aisne department, created in the early 1980s, that provides honour loans, advice and financing plan support to business founders. Its network is co-financed by…
Initiative Alsace Centrale
Local association of the Initiative France network in central Alsace. It grants zero-rate honour loans through an approval committee and provides mentoring to business creators and takers-over.
Initiative Ardennes
Local association of the Initiative France network in the Ardennes. It grants zero-rate honour loans through an approval committee, lists other financial aid, and provides mentoring to business creators and takers-over.
Initiative Artois
Local Initiative association in Artois that grants interest-free honour loans without personal guarantee to business founders, after a business plan and an approval committee. It also offers follow-up, mentoring and s…
Initiative Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Initiative Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes represents the 32 local associations of the Initiative France network in the region, which offer zero-rate honour loans without guarantee, the Start-up & Go financing and bank loan guar…
Initiative Bellegarde - Pays de Gex
Local association of the Initiative France network covering Bellegarde and the Pays de Gex. It grants zero-rate honour loans through an approval committee and provides mentoring to business creators and takers-over.
Initiative Calaisis
Local association of the Initiative France network in the Calaisis area that provides honour loans and support to business founders. The network also helps entrepreneurs find a bank and finances entrepreneurs in prior…
Initiative Calvados
Local Initiative association in Calvados, a member of Initiative France, offering interest-free honour loans without guarantee to create, take over or develop a business.
Initiative Centre Ouest Bretagne
Local Initiative association in Centre Ouest Bretagne, a member of Initiative France, granting zero-rate honour loans to entrepreneurs after an approval committee.
Initiative Côte-d'Or
Local association of the Initiative France network in the Côte-d'Or. It grants zero-rate honour loans through an approval committee and offers other financial aid and mentoring to business creators and takers-over.
Initiative Essonne
Local association of the Initiative France network in Essonne that grants interest-free honour loans and support to founders, buyers and growing businesses. Honour loans are offered for creation, takeover, growth, inn…
Initiative Eure
Local Initiative association covering the Eure department, a member of Initiative France. It states that in 20 years 2000 entrepreneurs received a financing agreement and more than 11 million euros of honour loans wer…
Initiative Eure-et-Loir
Local Initiative association in Eure-et-Loir, a member of Initiative France, providing honour loans and support to business creators, buyers and developers.
Initiative France
Initiative France is a French association network of 207 local associations that grant zero-rate honour loans without guarantee to entrepreneurs creating, taking over or growing a business. It also provides mentoring …
Initiative Genevois
Association in the Genevois area (Haute-Savoie), a subsidiary of Initiative France. It finances and supports business creators and takers-over through honour loans and volunteer mentors; more than 150 entrepreneurs pe…
Initiative Haute-Loire
Local association of the Initiative France network in Haute-Loire. It grants zero-rate honour loans to business creators and takers-over and runs a platform that also handles bank guarantee and mentoring requests; abo…
Initiative Haute-Marne
Local association of the Initiative France network in Haute-Marne. It offers zero-rate honour loans for business creation and takeover, a growth honour loan for companies aged 2 to 6 years, and loans managed for Bpifr…
Initiative Hauts-de-France
Regional federation of 20 local Initiative associations in Hauts-de-France, a member of Initiative France. The network provides honour loans to entrepreneurs creating, taking over or developing a business, including a…
Initiative Jura
Local association of the Initiative France network in the Jura. It grants honour loans for business creation, takeover and growth and relays Bpifrance loans, with mentoring; its site states it lends 1,194,000 EUR.
Initiative Loire
Local association of the Initiative France network in the Loire department. Its pages list honour loans for business creation and takeover, a growth honour loan, an agricultural honour loan and a Start up and go progr…
Initiative Loiret
Local Initiative association in Loiret, a member of Initiative France, granting zero-rate honour loans to entrepreneurs, including a first-development honour loan.
Initiative Loir-et-Cher
Local Initiative association in Loir-et-Cher, a member of Initiative France, providing honour loans and support to business creators, buyers and developers.
Initiative Mayenne
Local Initiative association in Mayenne, a member of Initiative France, providing honour loans and support to entrepreneurs creating, taking over or developing a business.
Initiative Nantes
Local Initiative association in Nantes, a member of Initiative France, giving business creators, buyers and developers a personal interest-free honour loan, support and access to local business networks.
Initiative Nord Alsace
Local association of the Initiative France network in northern Alsace. It grants zero-rate, guarantee-free honour loans after review by an approval committee and offers mentoring to business creators and takers-over.
Initiative Normandie
Initiative association for Normandy, a member of Initiative France, granting zero-rate honour loans to entrepreneurs creating, taking over or developing a business, including an agricultural honour loan and Bpifrance …