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Grants, VC funds, accelerators, and competitions for African entrepreneurs.
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$300K-$10M
Finnvera provides financing solutions for Finnish companies and entrepreneurs through guarantees, loans, and export financing. Its products cover startup financing, investments, business acquisitions and succession, trade financing, growth working capital, export and internationalization, and loans for green transition and digitalization. A microenterprise growth loan application window runs from 1.2.2026 to 31.7.2026. Financing for large agricultural investments and ownership changes becomes available from 1.5.2026, with a minimum size of EUR 700,000.
Guarantees
Finnvera improves and diversifies companies' financing opportunities with guarantees.
Loans
Finnvera offers loans for business turning points including startup, growth, investments, and microenterprise growth.
Export financing solutions
Finnvera provides export financing solutions, including export credit that allows a Finnish exporter to offer long-term financing to a foreign buyer based on OECD terms.
Green transition and digitalization loans
Finnvera offers loans for the green transition and digitalization.
Startup financing
Financing for startup companies is listed among Finnvera's core offerings.
Investments
Finnvera provides financing for investments.
Business acquisition or generational transfer
Financing is available for business acquisitions and succession arrangements.
Trade financing and growth working capital
Finnvera supports trade financing and working capital for growth.
Export and internationalization
Finnvera supports SME export transactions, overseas business, buyer financing, export credit risks, working capital for export products, and guarantees.
Green transition and digitalization
Dedicated loan solutions are available for green transition and digitalization.
Agriculture
Finnvera provides financing for primary agricultural production and large agricultural investments and ownership changes.
Finnish export credit
Mentorship, network, sector expertise
Check current fund status and deployment activity
Applicants should match their request to a specific Finnvera product, such as startup financing, microenterprise growth, export financing, or agricultural investment support. Finnish exporters should highlight the foreign buyer financing element for export credit, and agricultural applicants should note the EUR 700,000 minimum for large investment and ownership-change financing from 1.5.2026. For the microenterprise growth loan, apply within the 1.2.2026-31.7.2026 window.
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