Small businesses

Tekes offers companies funding and expert services for challenging development projects that help companies to

• promote international growth;
• rejuvenate their business;
• boost growth and success on the Finnish market; and
• increase networking and international competitiveness.

Who can get funding?

Your company is a specifically growth-orientated and development-orientated small or medium-sized enterprise with potential for market expansion and sufficient resources and expertise.

Tekes can provide you with funding and expertise for carrying out challenging and innovative development projects that can help to boost the growth of your business.

Funding is not available for normal business operations or continuous development.

For what purposes is funding available?

Companies can build their own growth path from an idea to a growing business concept by including the following areas of development in their projects:

• Customers and markets
  Know your customers' needs and the international markets
• Business model and strategy
  Plan a strategy for internationalisation and growth
• Products, services and production
  Improve your products through research and development
• Management and personnel
  Grow a highly competent organisation