In order to ease access to finance for small start-ups, Malta Enterprise provides support linked to private equity: crowd funding and the procurement of machinery and equipment. Depending on the type of support provided, assistance may be up to Euro 100,000 if linked to crowd funding campaigns and up to Euro 200,000 when the support is linked to private equity or required to fund the procurement of machinery and equipment. If the applicant qualifies as a knowledge based start-up and is requesting support for the procurement of machinery and equipment the assistance may increase to Euro 500,000.
Malta Enterprise provides this support in the form of repayable assistance.