News! Inclusive business loan - A better loan for small businesses

We believe that small companies deserve a better deal. So, we have developed a business loan with an up to 50% lower interest rate and a 12-month grace period, guaranteed by the EU. Our goals are to increase accessibility for small businesses from all types of industries and to support entrepreneurs, regardless of background, gender, or age.

How much do you need to borrow?

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With guarantee from EU

Maximum 250,000 kr loan amount per application

With guarantee from EU!

Registered with the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority

12 month grace period

Allows you to catch up before you have to start repaying the loan.

Up to 50% lower cost

Pay less expensive interest rates so you can focus on creating more growth.

80% guaranteed by the EIF

A security of no more than 20% is required, as the loan is covered by our EIF guarantee.

More benefits of our business loan for you

No hidden costs

Pay back the loan free-of-charge anytime.

Money in your bank on the day you e-sign

Guaranteed by the European Investment Fund

Discounted start fee (ordinary fee: 1000 kr)

Third-person guarantor is accepted

Open for all types of company types including sole traders

Transparent fixed monthly payments plan

Loan Application Criteria for a Business Loan

250 000 kr

The maximum loan amount offered and covered by the guarantee

20 million kr

The maximum accepted annual income and total asset of your company

Annual financial report submitted are required for eligibility

Maximum full-time employees you may have in order to be eligible

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If your company falls outside these criteria, you can apply and compare loans from over 20 banks and lenders using the link below.

Click here to compare business loans (in Swedish)

Our goal with this business loan

For whom is the loan intended?

An EU-subsidised loan is a loan developed for micro- and small businesses in Sweden that would otherwise find it difficult to access finance or that could not afford to pay the high interest rates charged by banks.

Ponture’s EIF guarantee allows Ponture to give loans which have more flexible terms, at a lower interest rate, and are specially designed for companies with up to 9 employees.

Covid-19

This Inclusvie Business Loan is provided in direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its negative impact on Sweden’s small businesses.

One of the most affected groups are entrepreneurs with a foreign background are overrepresented among the companies negatively impacted by the pandemic as they continue to struggle more to secure capital comparing with other entrepreneur groups.

Increasing accessibility

One of our goals is to increase access to business loans for companies that have otherwise had low access to corporate finance.

A great many of small businesses are run by people with a foreign background, women, or young entrepreneurs.

With our favorable terms we can make it possible for more companies to achieve greater growth that otherwise fall outside the financing norms in Sweden.

The importance of acting now

Sweden’s small companies account for 96% of all companies, creating 23% of all Swedish jobs. The COVID-19 pandemic, with its devastating consequences, is now presenting a threat to an entire generation of entrepreneurs and a large segment of the total labor market.

However, the governmental and financial support and subsidies offered have been sub-standard. We want to help change that!

"We firmly believe in equal access to finance for all. We convinced that you can build a good business based on helping entrepreneurs by offering cheaper, faster, more flexible, and more accessible business loans."

Hamed Ordibehesht
Co-founder, Ponture AB

Partnership with the European Investment Fund

The EU subsidy applies to Ponture's own loans of up to SEK 250,000 with more favourable terms, such as lower interest rates and a limited guarantee of only 10-20% of the principal loan amount. This can be done because the loan is covered by an EU guarantee under the Employment and Social Innovation Programme (EaSI).

The loan is made possible through EaSI, with the EIF and the EIB participating among other stakeholders to increase the lending capacity of finance companies operating in micro-finance and financial social impact..

The loan is aligned with the targets we have set to increase access to finance for small enterprises and self-employed people to create more jobs and contribute to social integration.

För mer information se:

http://ec.europa.eu/social/easi

http://ec.europa.eu/social/microfinance

http://ec.europa.eu/social/socialentrepreneurship

http://www.eif.org/what_we_do/microfinance/easi/

This financing benefits from a guarantee funded by the European Union under the Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (“EaSI”).

FAQs

Ponture is a lender and a loan intermediary in one. Ponture offers competitive business loans to eligible companies. If we cannot approve any of our own loans for you, we help you compare other lenders and get loan offers using our loan comparison platform.

Our goal is to increase the accessibility of finance for small companies. We have more than 30 years’ continuous experience in the financial sector.

The effective monthly interest rate on loans provided by Ponture is between 0.8% and 1.25%, and we also offer a comfortable grace period of 12 months.

Our easy to use loan calculator can help you calculate your monthly loan cost. Check it out.

If you opt for a loan from one of our third-party lenders based using our loan comparison platform, your interest rate will be determined by the third-party from which you received a loan offer and is set on a case-by-case basis.

Yes, to get an Inclusive business loan from Ponture you are required to stand as personal guarantor (surty). We also accept a third person to act as a guarantor for your company if you don't qualify yourself.

For third-party loans that you receive through our loan comparison platform it is the lender that may require one or several personal guarantors.

Knowledge: "To stand as personal guarantor(surty)" is an agreement whereby one (or more) individuals undertake to repay a business loan, for instance, if the company which has the loan is unable to pay it.

For an Inclusive business loan, we offer a 12-month grace period. After the first 12 months, you start repaying monthly instalments throughout the the full duration of the loan.

Of course you will be able to repay our loan in full or part earlier. You may repay the loan without extra fees at anytime.

Our easy to use loan calculator can help you calculate your monthly loan cost. Check it out..

Here’s how you apply for an Inclusive loan:

1. Fill in our online application form.
2. Your application will be processed and assessed by us.
3. See your preliminary loan offer on “My pages” within 24 hours.
4. Your will e-sign the loan contract. The loan will be paid out to your bank account same day.

If necessary, we will contact you for more information.

If, against all odds, you won't be approved for an Inclusive business loan from us, we will happily collect loan offers from 20 different banks and lenders using our loan comparison platform to help you select from them instead.

Please contact us directly by email or the chat on this page if you need more help.