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Paris Innovation Seed Grant

Paris Innovation Amorcage (PIA)

Status

Closed for now

Replaced in 2023 by the Fonds Parisien pour l'Innovation (FPI), co-funded by Ville de Paris and Bpifrance: incubation aid up to EUR 30,000 (only for startups in an FPI-labelled incubator), experimentation aid up to EUR 30,000 and manufacturing aid up to EUR 30,000.

Closed
Amount
Not published

Grant for very early-stage innovative companies hosted in a Paris incubator; historically paid in two tranches with a published ceiling per tranche.

Funder

Ville de Paris et Bpifrance

public · city

Deadline: Closed — Ended: PIA was replaced in 2023 by the Fonds Parisien pour l'Innovation.

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
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Company must be hosted in an incubator approved by the City of Paris.

How to apply

  1. Be admitted to a Ville de Paris approved incubator
  2. Application filed jointly with the incubator to Bpifrance

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.paris.fr/pages/le-fonds-parisien-pour-l-innovation-25999

"En 2023, la refonte du Paris Innovation Amorçage (PIA) en un Fonds Parisien pour l’innovation acte la transformation de la politique de soutien direct aux jeunes acteurs innovants"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.paris.fr

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