If you are looking for funding and support for your business, below is a range of grants, venture capitalists and lenders that may be applicable to your business.
If you’re an organisation and would like to add your funding programs to this list, please email innovation@nt.gov.au
For socially-conscious projects.
CPE Capital (CPEC) is Australasia's most experienced private capital manager. CPEC is a sector agnostic investor that seeks to partner with established companies with an enterprise value between A$100 million to A$750 million.
The program offers eligible businesses access to dollar-matched funding of $10,000 to $50,000 to undertake the following research activities with CSIRO:
Funding will enable Defence Cooperative Research Centres to partner with industry, particularly small to medium enterprises, and researchers to develop next generation technologies to improve Australia’s defence and national security capabilities.
Funding will be targeted at projects that stimulate local community spending, use local resources, businesses and suppliers, and / or provide a long-lasting benefit to communities and the agricultural industries on which they depend.
Drought Loans provide farm businesses with loans to help them prepare for, manage through and recover from drought.
The Duty Drawback Scheme allows exporters to get a refund on customs duty paid on imported goods, where those goods are to be treated, processed, or incorporated in other goods for export, or are exported unused since importation.
Provides fund managers and investors with tax benefits, including a tax exemption on an investor’s share of a fund’s income and gains.
The Employee Assistance Fund (EAF) gives financial help to eligible people with disability and mental health conditions and employers to buy work related modifications, equipment, Auslan services and workplace assistance and support services. The EAF is available to eligible people with disability who are about to start a job, are self-employed or who are currently working. It is also available to people with disability who need Auslan assistance or special work equipment to look for and prepare for a job.
We loan money that is entrusted to us to make loans up to $4,000 to individuals who cannot access finance elsewhere at reasonable rates.
The Enterprise Solution Centre Programme connects companies to expertise, technical and / or research advice so that they can find a solution to a technical challenge.
Support before, during and after the offer for companies and investors.
Provides financial expertise and solutions to drive sustainable growth that benefits Australia and partners. Through loans, guarantees, bonds and insurance options Export Finance Australia:
A guarantee from Export Finance Australia to enable your bank to approve further finance that can be drawn down for export-related transactions or expanding your business overseas.
Provides farm businesses with loans of up to $2 million to help them build and maintain strong, resilient and profitable businesses.
Four Hats partners with management of growing businesses to fund expansion, acquisitions, restructures and buy-outs / buy-ins.
The General Practice Rural Incentives Program aims to encourage medical practitioners to practise in regional and remote communities and to promote careers in rural medicine through the provision of financial incentives. The programme aims to retain these medical practitioners in regional and remote locations by providing incentives to continue to work in these areas.
Giant Leap Fund is Australia’s first venture capital fund that is 100% dedicated to investing in impact startups - rapidly scalable businesses that blend financial returns with real and measurable social and environmental benefits.
Provides business incubators with grants to access top quality research, managerial and technical talent through incoming and outgoing secondments of national or international experts. This expertise aims to increase the capabilities of incubators and improve the chance of commercial success for start-ups in international markets.
Provides new and existing business incubators with grants to assist Australian start-ups develop the capabilities required to succeed in international markets.
