Financing your company

Not every type of finance is suitable for every start-up. In order to give you some initial guidance, Gründerland Bayern has produced an overview of the most essential types of finance. Change the filter parameters to see how your settings affect the sources of finance available! The Gründerlotse Bayern (External link) (The Founder's Guide Bavaria) provides you with in-depth advice. It informs you about financing options that are relevant to you through the state, federal government and the EU and directs you to the correct contact person.

In the following explanatory film, we present the most important forms of financing for your start-up:

The federal and state governments run various start-up funding programmes on particularly favourable terms to help you start your own business. Depending on the programme, it may be possible to apply for funding up to eight years after the business was founded. Grants are the most attractive form of finance, because they are a kind of public funding that you generally do not have to repay.

Worth knowing:

• Always submit applications prior to commencing your project (as regulated by the Vorbeginnklausel, a clause which states that an investment can only be funded if no significant contracts have been signed beforehand)
• Apply directly to the relevant funding agencies for finance
• The loan application should always be submitted via your house bank

 

Various funding programs are available in Bavaria, especially for innovative start-ups. You can learn more about this in the following explanatory film:

Besides the public funding programmes, there are a number of other finance options, such as private or institutional investors.

 

In the following explanatory film, you can learn more about institutional investors, private investors and financing via debt capital: