Based on the statute of INIF, this fund will analyze the technical, financial, managerial and marketing aspects of the applicants and also the projects of the knowledge-based companies prior to providing them with the following facilities.

• Interest-free loans for patents, acquisition of technology (a patent) and modeling

• Interest-free loans to support companies with technology commercialization 

• Long-term loans for operational manufacturing activities

• Working capital loan

• Facilities for development activities of industrial production

• Leasing sales facilities

• Facilities to purchase the shares of knowledge-based companies

• Credit Guarantee Facilities

• Contributing to pay percentage of interest

• Partnering in Venture capital (with no financial limits)

• Capacity Building services for knowledge-based companies

• Financing work offices of knowledge-based companies in the condition of "Rent to own contract"

 

Range of Supports:

According to its mission, INIF is responsible to support non-governmental knowledge-based institutions and companies. Therefore the following items are excluded from the supports of INIF:

• Governmental corporations, institutions and public non-governmental companies with more than fifty percent (50%) of their ownership belonging to the government or public non-governmental institutions.

• The representatives of foreign companies and companies that import knowledge-based products without any transfer of knowledge and know-how.

• Universities and educational and research institutes.

• Common software activities without any innovations.

• Organizing and participating in scientific conferences, library services, education and training.

• Practices that are not aimed at developing new products or services or improving existing products or services.

• Activities and products that are not considered to be within high technologies (High-Tech).

• Activities without any economic value added outcome.