Financing for innovation
AER BFC supports industrial, service, artisanal or freshly incubated SMEs in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté that commit to an innovation project with financing termed Presta’INNO.
Beneficiaries
- Businesses < 250 employees
- Based in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- That have not received innovation aid in the last 2 years
The service provided
- It must be part of an innovation approach (technological, organizational, commercial, social, etc.) requiring the provision of external skills to validate a stage in the project
- Length of service provision: 1 year maximum
Financial accompaniment
- The aid granted (Fonds Bpifrance and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté regional council) may cover as much as 70% of the cost (exc. VAT) of the service provided, up to a limit of €8000
- The aid is paid to the firm once the service has been completed and the service provider paid
Nature of eligible services
- Formalization of an innovation approach
- Search for precedents – Technology intelligence– Search for partners
- Legal assistance (pre-contractual) – Filing of first French or European patent
- Product design, feasibility study – Product testing/characterization
- Development of new or improved processes
- Market research/marketing approach
- Development of new business models
- Organizational study – Setting up new forms of management
- Drawing up business plans prior to financial rounds
The brief
- Simple brief examined within a month
- Administrative monitoring until notification of aid
- Financial monitoring of brief by Bpifrance
- Accompaniment with the further stages of the project: contacts, financial proposals, etc.