{"id":25653,"date":"2020-11-05T14:24:55","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T12:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/?p=25653"},"modified":"2020-11-05T14:24:55","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T12:24:55","slug":"funding-opportunities-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/en\/funding-opportunities-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"modal-ready\"><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-9513 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shutterstock_93910327.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shutterstock_93910327.jpg 500w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shutterstock_93910327-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shutterstock_93910327-221x146.jpg 221w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shutterstock_93910327-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/investsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/shutterstock_93910327-113x75.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/>Soft loans with guarantees from the Fund of Funds will also be offered by First Investment Bank, BACB, and Tokuda Bank. The portfolio guarantee agreement supports small and medium-sized enterprises&#8217; liquidity in response to the economic crisis related to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fund directs to Bulgaria&#8217;s small- and medium-sized business, an additional anti-crisis resource of BGN 42 million. The funds are for liquid support of S\u041c\u0415s affected by the COVID crisis and will reach the companies through the equity investment managers Innovation Capital, Morningside Hill, and Vitosha Venture Partners. After the upcoming signing of the agreement with the fourth financial intermediary &#8211; New Vision 3, the total amount of the anti-crisis resource will reach BGN 56.3 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u0422he enterprises can contact the banks mentioned above and four financial intermediaries directly for more information and discussions on potential cooperation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Young (with up to 3 years of experience) or future entrepreneurs (with a business idea) can apply for the Erasmus program for young entrepreneurs. The program offers on-the-job training in a small or medium-sized enterprise abroad with a funded stay of 1 to 6 months. Among the advantages for the participants are improving the business plan, acquiring know-how, accessing new markets and partners abroad, looking at different cultural and organizational attitudes, and doing business in another EU country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The application is made entirely electronically on the Erasmus website for young entrepreneurs <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmus-entrepreneurs.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bloomberg TV Bulgaria accepts applications for its &#8220;Inspirational 5&#8221; campaign. The initiative is aimed at start-up companies and strives to support innovative business solutions and promote successful business practices in Bulgaria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every start-up based in Bulgaria, having a developed innovative project and activity on the Bulgarian market of no more than three years, can apply for the &#8220;Inspirational 5&#8221; on the <a href=\"https:\/\/inspiring5.bloombergtv.bg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">initiative&#8217;s website <\/a><\/span><b>until 15 November<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The five start-ups that receive the most votes among consumers will be announced in the first week of December and will receive advice and know-how from a special mentoring team of specialists invited in the initiative by Bloomberg TV Bulgaria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In connection with the preliminary evaluation of financial instruments for the next programming period 2021-2027, the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry conducted an anonymous survey among potential final recipients (companies) that would apply for future financial instruments under the &#8220;Human Resources Development&#8221; Operational Program. The aim is to study the attitude among potential beneficiaries who would apply for funding under the program in the coming years. Find a link to the survey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infobusiness.bcci.bg\/bcci1-27-10-20.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Soft loans with guarantees from the Fund of Funds will also be offered by First Investment Bank, BACB, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":9513,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[169],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.14 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Funding opportunities | Sofia Investment Agency<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&nbsp; Soft loans with guarantees from the Fund of Funds will also be offered by First Investment Bank, BACB, and Tokuda Bank. 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