Planning to found a startup – or already have one?
Here’s your guide through the funding and finance landscape
The funding landscape is hard to navigate: the state, the federal government and the EU all offer numerous programmes, and which one fits depends on your stage, sector, location and project. Instead of working your way through funding guidelines, simply describe your project. The Funding Assistant searches the programmes on file and suggests the ones that match, including the key facts and how to apply.
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State funding and capital: five programmes at a glance
From first idea to growth financing.
Lower Saxony offers support at every stage. The Founders’ Stipend covers your living expenses before you found your company, MikroSTARTer provides smaller loans, the HTI programme offers attractive funding for young tech startups from the high-tech incubators, the Innovation Funding Programme supports you as you build and develop, and NSeed provides equity capital for the early and growth phases.