IBB Growth Program – Cooperation Loan for SMEs
Affordable loan for medium-sized enterprises in Berlin to finance investments, refinancing and follow-up financing, as well as working capital. Applications can be submitted at any time through the primary bank.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
Financing of growth and order pre-financing, restructuring and follow-up financing, as well as working capital for commercial enterprises in Berlin in cooperation with a commercial bank.
Eligible expenses
- Co-financing of fixed asset investments
- Refinancing and follow-up financing
- Basic financing for operating resources
- Pre-financing of orders, receivables, and inventories
Non-eligible expenses
- Refinancing of renovations
Eligible to apply
- Companies
Funding requirements
- Headquarters or place of business in Berlin
- Company generally operating in the market for at least 3 years
- Majority privately owned
- Submitted viable business concept
- House bank provides at least 50% of the total financing
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Documents required for application
- Informal application
- Commercial register excerpt
- Articles of association
- List of shareholders
- Annual financial statements of the last 3 years
- Business management evaluation with trial balance
- Profit forecast
- Information on order backlog
- Loan and leasing contracts
- Land register excerpt (in case of land register collateral)
- Self-disclosures of the shareholders
- Credit report (Schufa report)
- Collateral valuations/mortgage value appraisals
- Decision template from the house bank
Evaluation criteria
- Viability of the business concept
- Consolidation or improvement of competitiveness
- Sustainability aspects in the project
Description
The IBB Growth Program – Cooperation Loan for SMEs offers medium-sized companies with headquarters or operations in Berlin an affordable financing option to realize growth and investment projects. In cooperation with a commercial bank, the loan enables co-financing of fixed assets, refinancing and follow-up financing as well as base financing for working capital. Furthermore, pre-financing of orders, receivables, and inventories can be covered. The maximum IBB share amounts to 50% of the total financing, with a financing range between €500,000 and €15 million (up to €5 million for pure refinancing, follow-up, and working capital financing), with a term of up to 120 months.
Eligible are commercial companies predominantly privately owned, which have been established in the market for at least three years and can demonstrate a viable business concept. The house bank must assume at least 50% of the total financing; restructuring financing is excluded. Evaluation criteria include the feasibility of repayment and interest, strengthening competitiveness, and sustainability aspects of the project. Applications can be submitted at any time through the house bank; required documents include, among others, an extract from the commercial register, financial statements of the last three years, business analyses, profit forecasts, information on order backlog, and collateral valuations. Through continuous support, the program contributes to sustainably strengthening Berlin’s economic development and effectively supporting companies in their growth phase.