Ljubljana, 30 August (STA) - The Slovenian Enterprise Fund has issued a public call for applications in which EUR 20 million of liquidity loans is available for companies that were impacted by the energy crisis.
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises affected by the energy crisis will be able to apply for loans from EUR 15,000 to EUR 100,000.
To apply, the companies must have been founded before 2023, have at least one employee, a credit rating of at least SB8 and annual energy costs of at least 3% net sales revenue.
They will be able to use the money to finance new equipment, patented rights, material costs and other operative costs.
This is the second such call by the fund this year. In the first one, published in February, it approved EUR 21.7 million of loans. The companies that benefited from the loans in the previous call are not eligible for this one.
Last year SPS offered EUR 10 million of loans to 189 companies affected by the energy crisis.
