Personnel expenditure

• Company establishment and development
• Investment and working capital for the development and market launch of products, services and processes

Today's founders are tomorrow's employers. There is always room at the top. In order to support the creation of jobs and the development of human resources, ILB supports start-ups and young companies through a number of promotional programmes.

Our promotional programmes for personnel expenditure:

(If you are interested in more detailed information regarding the programmes and the application process, please click the respective links in the table.)Working students

Core programmes

Programme	Support subjects	Support types
Brandenburger Innovationsfachkräfte (Expires on July 31, 2024)	Employment of: Working students Innovation assistants (university graduates)	Grant - Working students: up to EUR 645 per month for up to 12 month - Innovation assistants: up to EUR 1,650 per month for up to 24 months
Weiterbildungsrichtlinie 2022	External vocational training, including examination fees, for employees of companies based in the federal state of Brandenburg	Grant -Funding rate up to 50 % of the total eligible expenses (minimum funding amount EUR 1.000 per participant and application). -Funding can be granted twice per grantee in a calendar year. The start of the measure is decisive.
Gründung innovativ 2022	Investment in tangible fixed assets Personnel costs for managing directors in an employment relationship Personnel costs costs for newly created positions Technical development services not provided by the company itself External consultancy services	Grant EUR 25,000 to 150,000 (support rate of up to 50%)
ProFIT Brandenburg 2023(	Individual and collaboration projects involving technologically new products, services and processes during the following phases: Industrial research (grant) Experimental development (loan) market preparation and market launch (loan), max. implementation period: 3 years Process and organizational innovations (grant), max. implementation period: 3 years feasibility studies (Grant), max. implementation period: 6 months	Loan/grant -Funding through grants is limited to a total of EUR 3 million per application. (Funding rate for total project up to 80%) -Funding through loans is limited to a total of EUR 3 million per application.
GRW-G Growth program for small enterprises	Investment in tangible fixed assets Wage costs for 2 years (new high-quality jobs) Intangible assets (limited)	Grant (Support rate of 20% to 45%)

Other suitable programmes

Programme	Support subjects	Support types
Early-phase financing	Company foundation Innovation as well as technology and product development Market and product tests Market launch	Equity financing Open equity and/or equity-like investment for technology-oriented small enterprises (SMEs) in Brandenburg in the seed and start-up phase (max. EUR 1.5 million)
Financing for growth	Market launch and further development of products innovation Company growth Strengthening competitiveness Opening up new markets	Equity financing Active investments and/or participation-like investments in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Brandenburg during the growth and expansion phase within the scope of co-investments with private investors (max. EUR 6 million)
Brandenburg-Kredit Gründung (based on ERP-Förderkredit KMU or KfW-Förderkredit großer Mittelstand)	within 5 years after foundation: Investments, working capital, stock of goods Start-up Company acquisition and participation	Loan - up to EUR 25 million per project - Application via the principal bank
Brandenburg-Kredit Mikro	Start-ups and young companies in the first ten years after foundation Company successors Start-ups in main and secondary occupation Business related capital goods and operating resources	Loan - at least EUR 2,000 - maximum EUR 25,000 per project