{"id":5150,"date":"2024-03-14T16:10:45","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aiternalex.com\/?p=5150"},"modified":"2024-03-14T16:13:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:13:41","slug":"incentives-for-startups-in-southern-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aiternalex.com\/en\/public-funding-en\/incentives-for-startups-in-southern-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Incentives for startups in southern Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5150\" class=\"elementor elementor-5150 elementor-5149\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4817103f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4817103f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-447414cd\" data-id=\"447414cd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e3c21ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e3c21ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.9.2 - 21-12-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the last article, we talked about subsidised finance opportunities for innovative start-ups, opening a focus on Invitalia&#8217;s Smart&amp;Start &#8211; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/aiternalex.com\/en\/strategic-management-en\/public-funding-opportunities-for-innovative-start-ups\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">link<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the same article, we provided a definition of subsidised finance, which we invite you to read for the continuation of today&#8217;s article.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Resto al Sud<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The biggest incentive for supporting the start-up and growth of new businesses in the Mezzogiorno is Resto al Sud, a one-stop instrument managed by Invitalia.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The facilities are aimed at all under 56s resident in southern Italy, in the municipalities of the earthquake crater area in central Italy and in the minor, lagoon and lake islands in central and northern Italy. Those who transfer their residence within 60 days of the positive outcome of the preliminary investigation are also eligible for the benefits.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, to be eligible, one must not be the owner of other business activities, must not have benefited from other facilities for self-entrepreneurship in the last three years, must not have a permanent job, and must undertake not to have one for the entire duration of the financing.<\/span><\/p><p><b>What can be financed? And what are the facilities?<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eligible for financing are industrial production activities, handicrafts, processing of agricultural products, fishing and aquaculture, provision of services to businesses and individuals, tourism, commerce, and freelance activities. Agricultural activities are excluded.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coverage is up to 100 per cent of expenses, with a maximum financing of EUR 50,000 per applicant, and a maximum of EUR 200,000 for companies with at least four partners.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For sole proprietorships, the maximum financing is EUR 60,000.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Companies with partners who do not meet the residency requirement may also qualify for the financing, provided that more than half of the company structure meets it.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Importantly, it is not required that the registered office of the company be in the Mezzogiorno or in one of the above-mentioned areas.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The subsidies are composed of 50% soft loan and 50% non-repayable fund.<\/span><\/p><p><b>What are the eligible expenses?<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eligible expenses are those for the renovation or maintenance of real estate up to a maximum of 30% of total expenditure, the purchase of machinery, plant and new equipment, computer programmes and services for technology, information and telecommunications, and management expenses up to a maximum of 20% of total expenditure.<\/span><\/p><p><b>I want to apply, how do I proceed?<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The application is one of the most complex, and it is strongly recommended that it be handled with the support of a consultant.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other hand, as it is a one-stop procedure, there are no set deadlines to meet, and a possible rejection of the application does not exclude the possibility of resubmitting it after a project review.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the last article, we talked about subsidised finance opportunities for innovative start-ups, opening a focus on Invitalia&#8217;s Smart&#038;Start&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":5153,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[79],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/aiternalex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Incentives-for-startups-in-southern-Italy.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiternalex.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5150"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiternalex.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiternalex.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiternalex.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiternalex.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5150"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/aiternalex.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5175,"href":"https:\/\/aiternalex.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5150\/revisions\/5175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiternalex.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiternalex.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiternalex.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiternalex.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}