By purpose · Finance and investment
Business finance and investment grants in Australia
Australian grant programs for concessional loans, co-investment and financial support programs, from the Commonwealth, every state and territory and local councils, with the closing month on the front of every entry.
- 38programs on record
- 36open now
- 1closing inside 60 days
- 6jurisdictions
Counted from the catalogue on 24 Oct 2026
Only 3 finance and investment programs carry a published closing date inside the next year, in December 2026.
Who writes the cheque for finance and investment projects
A netball club and an exporter are both after funding and they should be looking in completely different places. Here is where this one is.
This is state and territory money.
53% of finance and investment programs here are run by a state or territory agency rather than by a council or the Commonwealth, so the department in your own jurisdiction is the place to start.
- 20State and territory53%
- 18Commonwealth47%
Who signs the cheques
- Australian Government18
- Queensland Government8
- New South Wales Government5
- Government of South Australia3
- Tasmanian Government3
- ACT Government1
Every finance and investment program in this catalogue comes from one of these 6.
Closing soonest
The soonest deadlines in this lane. 1 finance and investment program closes inside the next 60 days.
- Open nowTASBusiness Growth Loan Scheme TASTasmanian Government$100k to $5mCloses December 2026
- Open nowQLDDisaster Assistance Loans – Western QLD Surface Trough, Rainfall and Flooding (Primary Producers)Queensland GovernmentUp to $5mCloses December 2026
- Open nowSASA Drought Loan SchemeGovernment of South AustraliaUp to $250kCloses December 2026
- Open nowQLDDisaster Assistance Loans – QLD Monsoon Trough (Primary Producers)Queensland GovernmentUp to $2mCloses December 2027
- Ongoing intakeACTACT Microcredit Loan ProgramACT Government$3k to $10k
- Ongoing intakeAUAgBiz Drought LoansAustralian GovernmentUp to $500k
Also open
Open programs and ongoing intakes, in the same order: soonest deadline first. Colour down the left margin is how long is left.
| Grant | Funder | Where | Amount | Closes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AgriGrowth Loan Scheme TAS | Tasmanian Government | TAS | $100k to $3m | Ongoing intake |
| Agristarter Loans | Australian Government | AU | Up to $2m | Ongoing intake |
| Australian Venture Capital Fund of Funds (AFOF) | Australian Government | AU | Not stated | Ongoing intake |
| Biomedical Translation Fund (BTF) | Australian Government | AU | Not stated | Ongoing intake |
| Business Loan Package | Australian Government | AU | $10k to $5m | Ongoing intake |
| Disaster Assistance (Essential Working Capital) Loans - Primary Producer QLD | Queensland Government | QLD | Up to $100k | Open now |
| Disaster Assistance (Essential Working Capital) Loans - Small Business QLD | Queensland Government | QLD | Up to $100k | Open now |
| Disaster Assistance Loans - Primary Producer QLD | Queensland Government | QLD | Up to $250k | Open now |
| Disaster Assistance Loans - Small Business QLD | Queensland Government | QLD | Up to $250k | Open now |
| Drought Hardship Loan | Australian Government | AU | Up to $250k | Ongoing intake |
| Drought Loans | Australian Government | AU | Up to $2m | Ongoing intake |
| Drought Ready and Resilient Fund NSW | New South Wales Government | NSW | Up to $500k | Open now |
| Early Stage Venture Capital Limited Partnerships (ESVCLP) | Australian Government | AU | Not stated | Ongoing intake |
| Economic Resilience Program | Australian Government | AU | Not stated | Ongoing intake |
| Export Finance Australia Loans | Australian Government | AU | From $350k | Ongoing intake |
| Farm Investment Loans | Australian Government | AU | Up to $2m | Ongoing intake |
| First Start Loans QLD | Queensland Government | QLD | Up to $2m | Ongoing intake |
| Loans to Cooperatives Scheme SA | Government of South Australia | SA | Not stated | Ongoing intake |
| Marine Recovery Loan | Australian Government | AU | Up to $250k | Ongoing intake |
| Natural Disaster Loan Small Business NSW | New South Wales Government | NSW | Up to $130k | Open now |
| Natural Disaster Relief Loan Primary Producers NSW | New South Wales Government | NSW | Up to $130k | Open now |
| Net Zero Fund | Australian Government | AU | Not stated | Ongoing intake |
| No Interest Micro Business Loan TAS | Tasmanian Government | TAS | Up to $3k | Ongoing intake |
| Producer Offset Loan Solution | Australian Government | AU | $100k to $3m | Open now |
| Seafood Innovation Fund NSW | New South Wales Government | NSW | Up to $500k | Ongoing intake |
| Small Business Export Loan | Australian Government | AU | $20k to $350k | Ongoing intake |
| South Australia Venture Capital Fund | Government of South Australia | SA | Not stated | Ongoing intake |
| Start-Up Finance Package | Australian Government | AU | Up to $150k | Ongoing intake |
| Sustainability Loan QLD | Queensland Government | QLD | Up to $1.3m | Ongoing intake |
| Venture Capital Limited Partnerships (VCLP) | Australian Government | AU | Not stated | Ongoing intake |
Earlier rounds
Closed, and kept on the list. Most Australian grant programs run again, and the alert list tells you the night one reopens.
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3 finance and investment programs close in December 2026. Every square is a day you cannot read yet.
Crossings
Your project is rarely only one of these.
13 of the 38 finance and investment programs in this catalogue are also filed under agriculture, because that is how the funder describes them. Each of these is the same programs seen from a different door.
- Agriculture13
- Disaster recovery8
- Business growth3
- Indigenous3
- Regional and rural2
- Innovation2
- Export2
- Capital works2
Counted as programs carrying both categories. The catalogue never adds these up, because a hall upgrade filed under three purposes is one program and not three.
About Australian finance and investment grants
Australian grant programs for concessional loans, co-investment and financial support programs, pulled together from the Commonwealth, all 8 states and territories and local councils across the country. 38 programs are categorised under finance and investment in this catalogue and 36 of them are open right now. Open programs closing soonest come first; closed rounds stay on the list, because most Australian grant programs run again and the alert list tells you the night one reopens.
This is state and territory money. 53% of finance and investment programs here are run by a state or territory agency rather than by a council or the Commonwealth, so the department in your own jurisdiction is the place to start. The largest single funder of finance and investment projects in this catalogue is Australian Government at 18 programs, and 6 separate funders run at least one.
4 of these 38 programs carry a closing date the funder published, and this page shows the month for every one of them. 3 of them close inside the next year, with December 2026 the busiest month at 3. "Not stated" against an amount means the funder published no figure, and a program with no closing date means the funder published no deadline: neither is filled in with a guess. Where an amount is published, most finance and investment grants in this catalogue sit between $100k to $5m.
A category earns a page of its own at 25 programs, and the categories overlap on purpose. A council program upgrading a netball court is capital works and sport and community at the same time, because that is how the funder describes it and how three different people will look for it, so this page's count and the other categories' counts do not add up to the 4,049 programs in the catalogue, and this site never adds them up.
Confirm every detail on the funder's own page before you apply. Every program here has a page of its own showing the funder, the amount, who can apply and the date it was last checked. Everything closing in the next 60 days, the directory by state and territory, or every category we track.