MRC La Jacques-Cartier — Local Investment Fund (FLI)
QC, Canada
Local Investment Fund supports business growth and entrepreneurship
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Loans and Capital investments
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- MRC La Jacques-Cartier
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The Fonds local d’investissement (FLI) offers support to businesses, including social economy enterprises, for start-up, expansion, consolidation, and entrepreneurial succession, with a maximum funding amount of $50,000. Eligible activities involve financing working capital, equipment purchases, and certain acquisition and expertise costs related to business succession.
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This grant offers interest-bearing term loans designed to facilitate business development and economic growth within the region. The financing modalities are structured to support various stages of business projects requiring capital investment.
- Loan amounts range from $5,000 to $50,000.
- The loan amortization period ranges from 3 to 7 years.
- Financing is provided as a term loan with interest.
- Loan funds can be used for working capital, equipment purchases, or fixed asset acquisition.
- For business succession projects, costs related to acquisition and expertise may be financed.
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The Local Investment Fund (FLI) grant is designed to support a variety of business-related activities that stimulate economic growth in the MRC La Jacques-Cartier region. These projects range from business formation to expansion and transfer of ownership.
- Launching new business ventures.
- Business expansion efforts.
- Enterprise improvement and transformation.
- Entrepreneurial succession planning and business acquisition.
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The eligibility for the Fonds local d’investissement (FLI) grant is determined by specific criteria related to the type of organization and the nature of the project.
- The applicant must be a private, for-profit business, a social economy enterprise, or a cooperative.
- The project must involve business start-up, expansion, or business succession (acquisition in whole or in part of an existing business).
- The applicant must provide a minimum equity of 15% of the total project cost.
- Funding requests must be at least $5,000 and not exceed $50,000.
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The Fonds local d’investissement (FLI) aims to support private for-profit businesses, social economy enterprises, and cooperatives that are either starting up, expanding, undergoing a business succession (acquisitions in whole or part of an existing business), or operating in different stages of business development.
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The grant supports specific costs to bolster entrepreneurial endeavors in the Jacques-Cartier region.
- Working capital necessary for operational needs.
- Purchase of equipment and capital expenditures vital for business operations.
- In cases of succession projects, certain acquisition and expertise fees.
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This grant is available to companies located in the MRC de La Jacques-Cartier region, as this area is supported by the Local Investment Fund (FLI) to foster economic development.
- Companies based in the MRC de La Jacques-Cartier region.
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Here are additional relevant details for this grant:
- The Fund must be used as a leverage instrument, and financial support must complement, not replace, private funding and other regular government programs.
- The financial aid is meant to stimulate the realization of the project.
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