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Concours d’innovation i-Lab

Concours d’innovation i-Lab

Funding Amount

Up to €600K

Deadline

02/02/2022

Eligible Organization Types

Private Business, Other

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What is the Concours d’innovation i-Lab Call?

Grant Description
Competition to identify and support the best innovative technology start-up creation projects with an established proof of concept, aiming to foster company creation within two years and generate direct economic and technological benefits through new products, services, and technologies.
Required Results for Successful Funding

Expected Outcomes

Funded projects are expected to generate direct economic and technological returns in the form of commercially viable new products, services, or technologies, and to accelerate the creation and successful market entry of innovative technology companies.
Funded areas

Scope Requirements

• Project must be a technology-based innovation with an established proof of concept and clear potential for short-term company creation.

• Eligible entities:

• Projects led by founders setting up a company (pre-incorporation stage).

• Start-ups incorporated for less than 2 years.

• Start-ups incorporated for less than 3 years if previously supported by a French Tech scholarship or a Pépite prize.
Additional Conditions for Applicants

Special Conditions

• Funding delivered as an EU-compliant State aid subsidy under Union regulations on State aid.

• Maximum grant amount: €600,000 per project, capped at 60% of eligible costs.

• Applicants must present a balanced provisional financing plan; no minimum own‐funds (equity) requirement.

• Application deadline: 2 February 2022 at 12:00 (midday).

• Submission requires review of complementary documents (e.g., 24th edition laureates booklet, 2018 competition summary).
Important dates

Deadline:02/02/2022

Application period has ended

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