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Bavarian Programme for Technology-Oriented Start-ups

Bayerisches Programm zur Förderung technologieorientierter Unternehmensgründungen (BayTOU)

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

Non-repayable grant covering R&D personnel costs, instruments and equipment, contract research and patent costs. Funding rate up to 45% of eligible development costs; pure software projects capped at EUR 150,000 grant. Applicants must finance the remaining share themselves.

You must co-fund 55%. Work out the cash you need

Funder

Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft, Landesentwicklung und Energie, operated by Bayern Innovativ GmbH

public · regional

Deadline: Open all year — No published fixed deadlines; applications handled by the Projektträger Bayern Innovativ.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

You fund 55% yourself.

Who can apply

Young technology-oriented companies not older than six years with fewer than ten employees, developing technically new products, processes or technical services; not at risk of insolvency; must show funding for the co-financing share. Applications go to Projektträger Bayern Innovativ. Federal funding database lists the directive as running to 31 Dec 2025; confirm the current directive with Bayern Innovativ.

How to apply

  1. Contact Bayern Innovativ / the Gründerlotse Bayern to discuss the project before applying. — link
  2. Submit the application to the Projektträger against the current BayTOU guideline.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361)

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.bayern-innovativ.de/en/geschaeftsfelder/projekttraeger/project-sponsor-bavaria/baytou/

"Funding rate up to 45% of development costs; pure software projects capped at EUR 150,000"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.bayern-innovativ.de

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