Start-up Grant
Starting a company
STARTING A BUSINESS
Start-up Grant
Starting entrepreneurs can apply for a start-up grant from their own employment area if they need financial help starting their own business. This discretionary grant is intended for the entrepreneur for personal use and there are no restrictions on the form of enterprise or branch of industry.
A start-up grant is given to a person who operates a full-time, continuous business enterprise that has been deemed profitable.
The start-up grant is applied from the local employment area, in Espoo and Kauniainen from the Espoo-Kauniainen employment area. Our business advisors are glad to help you with preparing the application and its attachments. Before you apply for the grant, book a meeting with our business consultant, who will look through your business plan. You need to send a copy of the business plan with your start-up grant application.
The grant application must be submitted before the full time operations have started. The financing of the enterprise and a place of business must also be arranged before the grant application is submitted. The grant is for a period of 6 months and is awarded for one or two periods.
If you have questions concerning the conditions of awarding the grant, please contact your local employment area / start up unit, in Espoo-Kauniainen employment area: starttiraha@espoo.fi.
Read more about the grant on Business Espoo website.
