There is money for climate action.

Find grants, tax relief, business loans, property loans, venture capital and more in France. We list who can apply, how much, and when.

Funding opportunities

Climate-tech investment

AENU1–5m EUR

Equity investment of €1–5 million for European climate-tech startups, mainly at seed stage, working in energy, industrial decarbonisation or systemic resilience.

Business Fellowship

Breakthrough Energy

A full-time paid fellowship for experienced climate-business professionals to help early-stage climate-technology teams reach market, with an industry-competitive living stipend.

Explorer Grants

Breakthrough Energy

Grants for scientists and researchers worldwide to test high-risk, early-stage climate technologies while remaining in their current university, laboratory or research role.

Innovator Fellowship

Breakthrough Energyup to 500k USD

Up to $500,000 through a SAFE investment agreement, with technical and commercial support, for early-stage climate-technology innovators worldwide who will work full time on their startup.

Venture Accelerator

Carbon13150–250k EURcloses 30 Sept 2026

An eight-week remote accelerator for UK- or EU-registered climate startups, with a chance to pitch for €150,000–€250,000 of pre-seed investment.

Climate-tech startup investment

Climate Tech Partners

Climate Tech Partners typically invests A$1 million to A$5 million in climate-tech companies that sell to businesses and are ready to scale with corporate partners; the investor takes an ownership interest in return.

Project Track

Elemental Impact

Investment and coaching for climate companies building the first project of its kind or another early commercial facility or set of installations.

Strategy Track

Elemental Impact

Investment and coaching for companies typically at Pre-Seed or Seed stage that already have a working prototype and at least three full-time employees, to win early customers, launch products or enter new markets.

Coup de pouce Chauffage

French State

Financial help for owners and tenants in France to replace fossil-fuel heating, paid by participating energy sellers and other charter signatories.

Social electric-car leasing

French Stateup to 9.5k EUR

Lease an electric car for up to €200 a month before insurance and extras, with subsidised upfront costs, if you live in France and meet income and work-travel conditions.

Climate Seed Program

G-Force, Founders Factory250k EUR

A €250,000 minority-equity investment and six months of hands-on support for pre-seed and seed climate or deep-tech startups worldwide with a product in or near the market and some traction.

Investment in early-stage climate technology

Inclimoup to 2.5m EUR

Equity investment for pre-Series A and Series A climate-technology companies in Spain and the European Union, with initial investments of €500,000–€1 million and up to €2.5 million in total per company.

Loans for Nordic green companies

Nefco

Loans of typically €2 million to €5 million for established Nordic small and medium-sized businesses investing to take proven environmental solutions into international markets.

Investment in green technology

Planet A500k–4m EUR

An initial €500,000–€4 million investment for mainly European green-technology startups raising an early venture round, formally from pre-seed through Series A.

Climate technology investment

Toyota Ventures

Investment for founders worldwide whose early-stage companies are bringing renewable-energy, carbon-management, electric-vehicle, battery or other climate technologies to market; Toyota Ventures provides money in return for a share of the company.