Funding Opportunities and Upcoming B2B Meetings
The Ministry of Innovation and Growth announced that nearly BGN 600 million under the 2014-2020 program period are still available for companies willing to apply by the end of 2023. BGN 200 million are available for equity investments in startups through the fund managers of the Fund of Funds, another BGN 200 million are for debt financing through seven banks, BGN 150 million are the remaining funds for municipal projects, and BGN 75 million BGN can be invested in agro projects. Startups, SMEs and projects from the public sector can apply for funding through the Fund of Fund’s partner network. You will find all available financial instruments and direct links to funding institutions that manage the resources available on the website here.
Under the Ministry of Innovation and Growth, seven procedures for a total of BGN 1.2 billion are expected to be open for applications by this summer. Small and medium-sized enterprises and family businesses will be able to apply for funding under three different axes: The Recovery and Resilience Plan, the new Competitiveness Programme and the new Research, Innovation and Digitalisation for Smart Transformation Operational Programme. You can view the table with the upcoming procedures on the ministry’s website here.
The Center for Foreign Economic Relations at the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) invites companies in the creative sector to the international B2B event CIMIx. The forum is suitable for projects in audio and visual production and technologies and aims to meet companies in the field with representatives from businesses in other sectors. The event provides an opportunity to pre-schedule individual online meetings – an easy way to meet future partners. The sessions will be held on January 17. For more information, please visit the webpage here.
BCCI organizes business meetings with companies from the city of Bursa. The event is scheduled for February 15 and will be attended by Turkish companies in chemical industry, construction mechanization, construction machinery, facade systems, fire alarm and protection systems, kitchen and bathroom furniture, doors and windows, metal structures, ceramics, paints, electrical materials, etc. If interested, Bulgarian companies can register for participation by February 1. Translation from and into Turkish will be provided by the organizers. For more details, please visit the website here.
We remind you that the Chamber maintains a database of over 200 offers for business cooperation with international partners. Companies can filter the published proposals for partnerships by sector of activity and by country.
