Business Finland Sprint Grant
Business Finland · Innovation grant
$108KDe minimis grant of €75,000–€100,000 covering 75% of a €100,000–€133,334 project; 70% paid in advance for companies <5 years
Grant for small Finnish startups to verify technical functionality and competitive advantage of a new, internationally scalable solution before major R&D.
Key terms
- Finnish limited company, <50 employees and turnover/balance sheet ≤€10M
- At least €50,000 equity investment and a team of ≥2 committed people (one full-time)
- At least 2/3 of project must be R&D; new solution, not further development of current product
- Not for companies <5 years that already received Sprint, Tempo, R&D funding, YIC or DTA
Eligibility
- Where
- Finland
- Stages
- pre-seed, seed
- Max company age
- 5 years
- Min funding raised
- $54K
- 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
- De minimis limits apply
How to apply
Check the ongoing Sprint call and apply in Business Finland's Funding e-service.
- Benefit
- cash
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- —
- Credit validity
- —
- Deadline
- Rolling (ongoing 2026 call)
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-23 · source