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Invest2030: Funding innovation and growth for Portuguese SMEs

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23 May 2025

Invest2030: Funding innovation and growth for Portuguese SMEs

Adventure tourism

Coastal, maritime and inland water tourism

Cultural tourism

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Invest2030, under Portugal2030, offers non-refundable funding to support SME innovation and expansion in mainland Portugal’s services, industry, and tourism sectors.

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Portugal2030

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Portugal

Organisation Type

SMEs (a company with less than 250 employees)

  • Specific types of tourism

    • Adventure tourism

    • Coastal, maritime and inland water tourism

    • Cultural tourism

    • Ecotourism

    • Education tourism

    • Festival tourism

    • Gastronomy tourism

    • Health and medical tourism

    • MICE tourism

    • Mountain tourism

    • Religious tourism

    • Rural tourism

    • Sports tourism

    • Urban/city tourism

    • Wellness tourism

  • Transition Pathway Strategic Areas

    • Funding and support measures

    • Innovative tourism services

  • Business activities

    • Activities of amusement parks and theme parks

    • Activities of associations and other organisations supporting tourism

    • Air passenger transport

    • Camping grounds, recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks

    • Events catering and other food services

    • Festivals, cultural and entertainment activities

    • Gardens and nature reserves activities

    • Holiday Housing / Apartments and other short stay accommodation

    • Hotel and similar accommodation

    • Mobile beverage services

    • Mobile food services

    • Museums

    • Operation of historical sites

    • Other

    • Other accommodation

    • Other amusement and recreation activities

    • Other food and beverage services

    • Other holiday reservation services

    • Other tourism transportation activities

    • Rail Passenger transport

    • Recreational and sport activities

    • Restaurants, cafes and bars (Food and Beverage serving activities)

    • Road passenger transport

    • Tour operator activities

    • Travel agency activities

    • Water (sea, coastal and inland) passenger transport

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Invest2030, a programme promoted under Portugal2030, supports private SMEs in mainland Portugal across the services, industry, and tourism sectors. Its main aim is to foster the production of new goods and services or significantly improve existing ones through innovation, knowledge transfer, and modernisation of business processes. Eligible applicants include micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises undertaking projects such as establishing new facilities, expanding capacity, diversifying production, or transforming production processes. The minimum investment is EUR 300,000, and the maximum is EUR 25 million, with eligible costs covering equipment, construction, software, patents, and consultancy. The project duration is 24 months, and applicants must meet financial autonomy criteria if operating for over a year (The original piece available only in Portuguese). 

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