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EIF supports LfA Förderbank Bayern in expanding a guarantee program for SMEs

The LfA Förderbank Bayern (LfA) will extend its guarantee support to regional financial institutions that provide financing for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)…

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LfA's start-up and growth financing revised

A new start-up and growth loan replaces the previous loan program offered by LfA Förderbank Bayern. The new program is designed to improve eligibility…

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Bavaria plans energy liquidity loan

At the initiative of Economics Minister Hubert Aiwanger, the Bavarian Council of Ministers has decided to introduce an "Energy Liquidity Loan" from the LfA Förderbank Bayern (Bavarian Development Bank). Bavarian companies,…

Roman Huber, Managing Director of Bayern Kapital, Ambroise Fayolle, Vice President of the EIB, Otto Beierl, Chairman of the Board of LfA Förderbank and Bavaria's State Secretary for Economic Affairs Roland Weigert (from left)

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EIB contributes EUR 50 million to the Bayern 2 growth fund

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is supporting the Bayern 2 growth fund with €50 million. This brings the fund's volume to…

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Demand for start-up support increased despite crisis

At LfA Förderbank Bayern, the volume of commitments for start-up support continued to rise last year despite the pandemic. Particularly against…

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LfA Förderbank facilitates growth financing

LfA Förderbank Bayern is revising its loan terms and application procedures. For projects in the areas of start-ups, business succession, and growth financing...

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Startups find it difficult to obtain bank loans

No loans despite low interest rates: Banks are risk-averse when lending to startups. 36 percent of young IT companies are having difficulty...

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Venture Capital in Bavaria: In conversation with Roman Huber from Bayern Kapital

Roman Huber has been Managing Director of Landshut-based Bayern Kapital GmbH, the venture capital company of the Free State of Bavaria, since 2006. In conversation…

Press conference 20 years of MBPW

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Ilse Aigner takes stock after 20 years of the Munich Business Plan Competition

"Bavaria should become the number one startup region." On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Munich Business Plan Competition, Ils Aigner presented the…

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Free State expands start-up support

Since mid-May, young companies and start-ups have been able to benefit from significantly improved conditions for public start-up support. The SME loan program (start-up and…