Guarantee without Bank (GwB)
Direct default guarantee from the Bürgschaftsbank Sachsen-Anhalt for start-ups, SMEs, and freelancers. Guarantee coverage up to 80%, loan amount up to €500,000, terms up to 15 years. Applications can be submitted at any time.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
The Guarantee Bank Saxony-Anhalt relieves entrepreneurial projects with a default guarantee to secure credit risks. Funding is provided for business start-ups, succession, active participations, investments, working capital, guarantees, inventory, commercial real estate, and contracting, when there is a lack of or insufficient bank collateral and professional as well as commercial qualifications are met.
Eligible expenses
- Start-ups
- Business succession
- Active participations
- Investments
- Operating resources
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Non-eligible expenses
- Refinancing of existing loans
- Rehabilitation loans
Eligible to apply
- Founders
- Companies
Funding requirements
- Location of investment in Saxony-Anhalt
- Start-ups, succession, and participations in the commercial sector
- SMEs and freelancers according to the EU definition
- lack of or insufficient bank collateral
- professional and commercial qualification
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Documents required for application
- Project description/business concept
- Investment and financing plan
- Statement from the house bank
- Copy of the KfW application or other funding application
- Overview of existing loans and securities
- Annual financial statements for the last three fiscal years
- Business management evaluations and trial balance lists
- Liquidity plan for 12 months
- Profitability forecast/income projection
- Curriculum vitae of management
- Copy of identity card
- Articles of association and commercial register excerpt
- Rental/lease and leasing contracts
- Takeover and purchase agreements
- Land register excerpt (for real estate)
- Self-disclosure
- Declaration on aid (de minimis)
- Consent to Schufa credit check
- SEPA direct debit mandate
Evaluation criteria
- Creditworthiness of the company
- Viability and sustainability of the project
- Technical and commercial qualifications
- Significance for the economic location of Saxony-Anhalt
Description
Guarantee Without Bank (BoB) supports professionally and commercially qualified start-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as well as freelancers with investment locations in Saxony-Anhalt who cannot provide sufficient customary bank securities. The Guarantee Bank Saxony-Anhalt grants a direct default guarantee of up to 80 percent of the loan amount, with a maximum credit volume of 500,000 euros and terms of up to 15 years. A wide range of financing projects are supported: start-ups, business successions, active participations, investments in operating resources, inventory, guarantees, commercial real estate, and contracting. The guaranteed loans serve to improve competitiveness and ensure the long-term safeguarding of jobs in the region. Once assessed, the Guarantee Bank assumes the default risk, allowing credit institutions to forgo an elaborate initial review. Applications can be submitted at any time to flexibly and efficiently secure entrepreneurial projects.
The guarantee simultaneously opens access to low-interest financing: by relieving the house bank of 80 percent of the credit risk, requirements for equity and collateral are reduced. This creates additional scope for strategic investments and growth steps in Saxony-Anhalt. The decisive criterion is the viability of the project, evaluated based on creditworthiness, sustainability, and regional significance. The combination of flexible terms, a high guarantee ratio, and immediate application capability makes “Guarantee Without Bank (BoB)” a central component in the financing mix. Additional information on application formalities, processing fees, and conditions is available in the price and conditions directory of the Guarantee Bank Saxony-Anhalt and can be reviewed upon request.
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