Sprint fund­ing call to boost small com­pa­nies’ ambi­tion for inter­na­tion­al growth

Busi­ness Fin­land will open a new Sprint fund­ing call in ear­ly 2026. The pilot call is tar­get­ed at small com­pa­nies that have a new inno­va­tion and the poten­tial for rapid inter­na­tion­al growth. The fund­ing aims to help promis­ing, inno­v­a­tive com­pa­nies devel­op solu­tions that meet the demands of glob­al com­pe­ti­tion and accel­er­ate their entry into inter­na­tion­al mar­kets.

Sprint fund­ing is suit­able as a first R&D fund­ing instru­ment for start­up com­pa­nies as well as for estab­lished com­pa­nies seek­ing a fun­da­men­tal strate­gic shift by devel­op­ing a new inno­va­tion. The goal is to help com­pa­nies gain growth momen­tum and strength­en their capa­bil­i­ties to devel­op the solu­tion, com­mer­cial­ize it, and apply for fol­low-on fund­ing. This grant-based fund­ing is intend­ed for projects that devel­op new, inno­v­a­tive solu­tions and assess their tech­ni­cal fea­si­bil­i­ty, cus­tomer need, and mar­ket poten­tial. The fund­ing helps com­pa­nies gen­er­ate stronger proof of busi­ness poten­tial and solu­tion via­bil­i­ty, improv­ing their prospects for con­tin­ued devel­op­ment and secur­ing sig­nif­i­cant pri­vate invest­ments.

The solu­tion devel­oped in a Sprint project must pro­vide an inno­va­tion-based com­pet­i­tive advan­tage and have sig­nif­i­cant mar­ket poten­tial inter­na­tion­al­ly. The com­pa­ny must have cred­i­ble capa­bil­i­ties and com­mit­ment to devel­op­ing the solu­tion and scal­ing the busi­ness rapid­ly. The max­i­mum Sprint grant is EUR 100,000, and the appli­cant com­pa­ny must have a min­i­mum of EUR 50,000 in equi­ty invest­ments.

More detailed infor­ma­tion and final cri­te­ria will be pub­lished when the Sprint fund­ing call opens.

Source: Busi­ness Fin­land