Start-up and Investment Grants

INVESTITIONSZUSCHUSS GRW – GEMEINSCHAFTSAUFGABE “VERBESSERUNG DER REGIONALEN WIRTSCHAFTSSTRUKTUR” [GRW INVESTMENT GRANT – JOINT TASK “IMPROVING REGIONAL ECONOMIC STRUCTURES”]

The Joint Task “Improving Regional Economic Structures” (GRW) is the key instrument of the German federal states for supporting investments in structurally weak regions.

Germany’s Federal Government and the federal states jointly support projects of commercial enterprises (including tourism) which contribute towards a well balanced infrastructure. The subsidies are designed as incentives for investments into the creation of permanent jobs and the support of innovations – to the benefit of the income of the people in these regions.

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GRÜNDUNGSZUSCHUSS [START-UP Grant] (EMPLOYMENT AGENCY)

Unemployed persons who want to be self-employed are eligible to receive the so-called Gründungszuschuss [Start-up Grant] which promotes and supports their start into self-employment and independent work. The sustainability of such start-up must be proven and verified to the Employment Agency.

   

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EINSTIEGSGELD [STARTING CAPITAL] (JOB CENTER)

You are eligible to apply for the so-called Einstiegsgeld [Starting Capital] if you receive long-term unemployment benefits of the category II and if you are about to enter into self-employment as your main occupation and have previously been unemployed. When it comes to business founders, the anticipated economic sustainability of the enterprise and the prospective founder’s personal aptitude and suitability for the aspired self-employment are also examined prior to any positive decision on funding.

   

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Andreas Lippert
Investor Services
Phone: +49 (351) 2138-211 Fax: +49 (351) 2138-219

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