Start-up support in Saxony

Do you have an innovative business idea and would like to turn it into a start-up project? Perhaps you are already working on it as a sideline? The Free State of Saxony will support you with the InnoStartBonus for the realization of this business idea before and at the beginning of your business start-up

The ESF Plus start-up consultancy is geared towards the establishment of competitive small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with the aim of full existence. A good business idea is just the beginning. With the funding program, the Free State of Bavaria provides support in preparing the foundation or takeover of a competitive company.</p

The promotion of self-employment for women includes the funding of measures to expand skills, networking and self-organization for female founders.

The founder's bonus supports female founders in the Free State of Saxony with special start-up obstacles by partially financing their living expenses and social security costs. A child bonus is also possible. The aim of the start-up bonus is to strengthen the participation of women in self-employment.</p

Professional consulting services are promoted with the program "Mittelstandsrichtlinie - Betriebsberatung" by the Sächsische Aufbaubank - Förderbank, specifically to acquire the know-how necessary to establish and develop your own company.

In order to be able to take the first steps towards self-employment and implement your own business idea, the Sächsische Aufbaubank - Förderbank promotes a stable, financial basis with microloans.

With the Sachsenkredit "Gründen und Wachsen", start-ups, business takeovers and consolidation and growth projects have the opportunity to receive repayment subsidies for investment and working capital loans.

For the improvement of the regional economic structure, the Sächsische Aufbaubank - Förderbank supports investment projects in the commercial sector.

With the InnoPrämie, the SAB offers a grant for the use of research services in the development of your products. This can be used to support expenditure on external R&D services in connection with the development of new or the improvement of existing products, processes and services.</p

With the grant for support in the market exploitation of technical and non-technical innovations, the SAB is targeting SMEs and members of the liberal professions. The aim is to support the implementation of innovative ideas into marketable new products, processes or services or to adapt these ideas with the aim of making significant improvements.</p

Finance investments and working capital through dormant and open equity investments in your company. Funding is available for investments in the context of growth, succession, innovation and realignment.</p

The Digitalization funding guideline ERDF grant 2021 to 2027 supports commercially active small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with a grant for the introduction and transformation of digitalization topics in the company

The Technology Start-up Grant from the Sächsische Aufbaubank - Förderbank is an opportunity for start-ups with a scientific background to receive support when setting up a young, innovative company in a promising technology sector.

The funding of InnoTeams supports cooperation between Saxon companies, universities and research institutions in innovative and technology-oriented projects. The InnoTeams are jointly dedicated to the development or improvement of products or processes.</p

In particular for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the Sächsische Aufbaubank - Förderbank supports the acquisition of new technological knowledge with the Technology Transfer Funding program in order to meet technology needs and reduce the technical and financial risk of integrating new technologies.

The ESF Plus - MINT-Fachkräfteprogramm im Freistaat Sachsen (Innovationsassistent:in, InnoManager:in and Transferassistent:in) enables a personnel cost subsidy for the implementation of innovative and technology-oriented projects.