Grenland næringsfond

Grenland næringsfond is a regional business fund covering the municipalities of Bamble, Kragerø, Porsgrunn, Siljan and Skien. On the administering company's page the fund is described as a grant scheme established under the Norwegian Local Government Act: "Grenland næringsfond er en tilskuddsordning, jfr. Kommunelovens § 19-1." The fund is owned by the five municipalities and administered by Proventia AS.

The fund states that it "skal anvendes til aksjeinvestering, lån eller tilskudd til næringsdrivende med aktivitet i en eller flere av kommunene" — it is to be used for equity investment, loans or grants to businesses with activity in one or more of the municipalities. Accordingly the support takes three forms (equity investment, loan and grant).

On who may apply, the page states: "Alle bedrifter kan gis lån forutsatt et særskilt godt potensiale for jobbskaping." — all businesses may be given a loan provided they have a particularly strong potential for job creation. It adds that "Fondet skal fortrinnsvis anvendes mot oppstartsselskaper eller prosjekter med innovasjonshøyde." — the fund is to be used preferentially toward start-up companies or projects with innovation value. The page also lists what the fund cannot finance: debt restructuring, ordinary operations, public-sector activities, guarantees, and costs that have already been incurred.

The page carries a "Søknad" (application) section but does not publish specific funding amounts, maximum loan or grant sizes, a total fund size, an application form URL, or any application deadline; nor does it state that applications are continuous (løpende). For that reason those fields are left unrecorded and the application mode is unknown.

Published contacts at Proventia are: Porsgrunn, +47 909 41 221, jrb@proventia.no; and Notodden, +47 472 35 952, thomas@proventia.no.

The Norwegian state-aid register additionally records the scheme under stoettetiltaksnummer 1000066736 with the grantor DET KOMMUNALE OPPGAVEFELLESSKAPET, GRENLANDSSAMARBEIDET (organisasjonsnummer 929581563), a registered validity period of 2026-01-01 to 2026-12-31, registered instrument types stoetteinstrumenttype.egenkapitalinvestering, stoetteinstrumenttype.laan and stoetteinstrumenttype.tilskudd, a 2026 annual budget of 1,000,000 NOK, and the de-minimis legal basis statsstoettekategori.bagatellmessigStoette under Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2831.