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Gründerland Bayern; information portal on consulting and financing options for business start-ups

In the Free State of Bavaria, the prospects of being successfully self-employed are particularly favorable. In order to make Bavaria the leader in business start-ups, the Bavarian state government has launched the initiative Gründerland Bayern.

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    The "Gründerland Bayern" portal offers tips for the path to self-employment and provides information on all important topics relating to start-ups. Here you will find information on business start-ups and successions, contacts and support services that help to ensure that the path to professional independence succeeds and remains successful.

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At the heart of the initiative is the website of the same name. The portal offers tips on how to become self-employed and provides information on all important topics relating to setting up a business. The website provides information on business start-ups and successions, contacts and support services to help ensure that the path to self-employment is and remains successful.

The path to setting up a business is explained in individual steps. Among other things, you will find information on the business idea, business plan, legal form, financial planning, start-up formalities, choice of location and personal and company insurance.

The most important networks and contact points for founders are also presented, such as the Chambers of Industry and Commerce, the Chambers of Crafts and BayStartUP. You can also find out more about the various business incubators in Bavaria. The initiative supports 19 digital start-up centers at 30 locations throughout Bavaria via the programme for the promotion of start-up centers, network activities and start-ups in the field of digitalization. You will also find contacts for technology-oriented and general business incubators.

Another focus of information includes the topics of consulting and coaching. In Bavaria, there are first points of contact for all types of start-ups where experts can help you get your start-up project off the ground. The services on offer range from information and advice to support in handling start-up formalities, such as business registration. They are generally available free of charge. In addition, the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs and the European Social Fund support those interested in founding a company and potential company successors with a coaching program, the pre-start-up coaching. The BayStartUP business plan competitions offer innovative founders the chance to receive qualified feedback, combined with cash prizes and public attention. In addition, foreign trade supports Bavarian companies in opening up new markets abroad.

You will also find useful information on financing options and subsidies. You will find information on the topics of loans, guarantees, liability exemptions as well as venture and equity capital. For example, the Free State of Bavaria grants start-ups particularly low-interest loans (start-up loans) via the LfA Förderbank Bayern. If there is insufficient bank collateral, a pro rata exemption from liability or guarantee can be applied for. Bayern Kapital, for example, uses venture capital to finance Bavarian start-up teams and young technology companies in the seed and start-up phase as well as in the later scale-up phase. Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft (BayBG) also offers venture capital to newly founded companies in the form of open and silent partnerships.

In addition, there are various grant funding options for founders. In addition to the "Start?Zuschuss!" programme, which supports innovative technology-oriented start-ups in the field of digitalization during the start-up phase, these include the funding programme to facilitate the transition to a start-up existence (FLÜGGE) for graduates of Bavarian universities and the Bavarian programme for the promotion of technology-oriented start-ups - BayTOU. It supports company founders and young companies in the development of new products, processes and technical services."

Success stories of existing companies, event information and exciting news from the start-up state round off the offer.

Status: 18.02.2025
Editorial responsibility Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Landesentwicklung und Energie
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