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Invitalia - between €100.000 and 1,5 milion

SMART&START ITALIA

Smart & Start Italia is the incentive that supports the startup and growth of innovative startups. The application is presented only online on the Invitalia platform.

Innovative startups established for no more than 60 months and registered in the special section of the business register can apply for funding.

Smart & Start Italia finances business plans with expenses between € 100,000 and € 1.5 million, to purchase investment goods, services, personnel expenses and company operating costs.

The business project must have at least one of the following characteristics:

  • have a significant technological and innovative content
  • be oriented towards the development of products, services or solutions in the field of digital economy, artificial intelligence, blockchain and the internet of things
  • be aimed at the economic exploitation of the results of public and private research

Smart & Start Italia offers a zero-interest loan, without any guarantee, to cover 80% of eligible expenses.

This percentage can rise to 90% if the startup is made up entirely of women and / or young people under 36, or if among the partners there is an expert with the title of Italian PhD (or equivalent) who works abroad and wants to return to Italy.

Startups based in Abruzzo, Basilicata, Calabria, Campania, Molise, Puglia, Sardinia and Sicily can enjoy a non-repayable grant equal to 30% of the loan and thus return only 70% of the loan received.

The loan must be repaid in 10 years starting from the 12th month following the last loan received.

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