The operative truth
Terms
| Administering body | Cooperazione Finanza Impresa |
|---|---|
| Instrument type | Equity and Patient Capital |
| Tier | National Instruments |
| Ceiling | €1,000,000 typical |
| Coverage | Equity participation plus subsidised lending |
| Cost of money | From approximately 0.80% |
| Term | Up to 10 years |
| Earliest reachable | Year 1 |
| Application to cash | 90–240 days |
Who qualifies
Worker cooperatives and social cooperatives, including those formed by employees taking over a business in crisis.
What it funds
Capitalisation, acquisition of the business, and investment in its relaunch.
What disqualifies an applicant
What it stacks with
These instruments combine with this one. Grants generally cannot double-fund the same cost, but different components of the same project may each carry their own support, and tax credits stack more freely with grants than grants do with each other.
Community Cooperative Support
Cooperatives constituted by residents to provide services to their own community, recognised under the relevant regional law.
SME Guarantee Fund
Small and medium enterprises including sole traders and agricultural undertakings. New enterprises qualify; the guarantee exists precisely to…
Confiscated Assets Reassignment
Social cooperatives, associations and community enterprises, generally through a municipal call for expressions of interest.
Ventures this funds
2 venture types in the atlas list this instrument in their capital stack.
Community Cooperative
A resident-owned enterprise providing whichever services a village has lost, from shop to transport to energy.
8–18 months
Type B Social Cooperative
A trading business whose purpose is work integration for disadvantaged people, with reserved public contracting access.
8–16 months
Note on sources. This page is generated from the VentureItalica research registry. Figures and legal references reflect the corpus as verified at the last review and are indicative rather than advice. Instruments change; always confirm the current call text with the administering body before acting.
