Business Finland Deep Tech Accelerator (DTA)
Business Finland · Deep-tech growth funding
$1.3MThree phases of €400,000 each (first two grants, third a loan), covering 75% of approved costs
Multi-phase funding to accelerate international growth of Finnish deep-tech startups commercialising recent research results.
Key terms
- Finnish limited company in prepayment and employer registers, <5 years old at first decision (costs accepted until age 8)
- <50 employees, turnover/balance ≤€10M; ≥10% of costs on R&D in a past year; ≥1 full financial year
- Total project funding and self-financing must be secured in advance; full-time founding team
- Call-based: one call in 2026; funds growth measures, not product development
Eligibility
- Where
- Finland
- Stages
- seed, series-a
- Max company age
- 5 years
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- No
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- Yes
- AI focus required
- No
- Students / researchers
- Not eligible
- Nonprofits
- Not eligible
Also required
- Not listed, no profit distribution, not created through a merger
How to apply
Discuss suitability with Business Finland, then apply when the DTA call opens via the Funding e-service.
- Benefit
- mixed
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- —
- Credit validity
- —
- Deadline
- 2026 call closed 2026-08-16; next call TBA (one call per year)
- Status
- Paused — next round TBA
Verified 2026-10-23 · source