Funding programmes for founders and young businesses
Founding new businesses or taking over existing ones requires more than just a good initial business concept. It is also important to meticulously plan the implementation of all the necessary steps if a business is to flourish. Many aspects become easier with sound advice from a management consultant. For this reason, it may make sense to involve a freelance management consultant in the company’s set-up. By applying for a consultation subsidy, the costs of this support can be considerably reduced.
Business Consulting Program NRW
Would you like to start your own business? The Business Consulting Program NRW offers the option of partial cost coverage for consulting services. Contact us during the pre-start-up phase. We will prepare the application together with you.
Funding for Management Consulting for SMEs
Already self-employed?
Then the “Funding Program for Management Consulting for SMEs” offers the option of partial cost coverage for consulting services. Eligible are small and medium-sized young enterprises, established businesses, and companies in difficulty.
Get in touch with us. We will explain the program, the application process, and the procedure. Before submitting an application, young enterprises and companies in difficulty must attend a free information session with a regional contact regarding the funding requirements. Established businesses may choose to make use of an information session. As a recognized regional partner, we will conduct this session with you.
NRW Start-up Grant Available
The “Neue Gründerzeit NRW” initiative to promote start-up activity includes a new component: the NRW Start-up Grant (Gründungsstipendium.NRW). Founders can receive €1,200 per month for up to one year. The state aims to give them breathing room so they can focus on their innovative business idea. The grant is awarded in a decentralized and streamlined manner through the start-up networks in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Minister for Economic Affairs and Digitalisation Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart:
“With the Gründungsstipendium.NRW, we are launching another key measure to make North Rhine-Westphalia a state of innovative start-ups and a vibrant start-up scene. The Gründungsstipendium.NRW addresses what, according to numerous studies, is the main pain point: income insecurity in the initial phase. With this new funding, we are giving a kick-start to brilliant business ideas in our state.”
Eligibility and Pathways to the Gründungsstipendium.NRW
- The target group comprises prospective founders and teams of up to three people who, at the time of application, have not been founded for more than one year.
- The decisive factor is the innovative business idea. It must include a product or process improved compared to the state of the art, or a new service with clear customer benefits and unique selling points.
- Selection and coaching of scholarship recipients are carried out by statewide start-up networks such as the STARTERCENTER NRW, the Digital Hubs, and other incubators and accelerators.
- Information, forms, and contacts for applicants and network partners are available on the website.
Apply now. Simply fill out the idea paper and send it by email to: hoffmann@wfl-leverkusen.de
Contacts
Knut Hübner
Legal and Business Administration, Funding Advisory
Tel.: +49 214 8331-66
E-Mail: huebner@wfl-leverkusen.de
