The National Development Bank (NRB), in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), is launching a new guarantee programme to support investment and the reconstruction of Ukraine. The Ukraine Reconstruction Guarantee programme uses resources from the EU Ukraine Facility provided by the European Commission together with Ministry.

On Monday, February 2, 2026, the National Development Bank (NRB) will start accepting applications for interest-free loans under the renewed successful financial instrument Expansion Loans OPTAK. The tool was created in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and Trade. It is designed for sole traders and small and medium-sized enterprises to support their investments.

The National Development Bank, in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and Trade, is launching a proven financial instrument called Expansion of OPTAK Loans, which is intended for sole traders and small and medium-sized enterprises across industries. The program will offer interest-free investment loans.

The IPO Fund 2025+, a new fund of the National Development Investment Fund for equity financing of small and medium-sized companies, has today started cooperation with the Prague Stock Exchange. It will support companies that decide to look for money for their development through the issue of shares on the Start Market stock market.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MPO), in cooperation with the National Development Bank (NRB), is once again launching one of the most successful guarantee programs to support entrepreneurship. The new National Guarantee product under the GUARANTEE 2024–2030 programme builds on the previous M-Guarantee programme and is intended for sole traders and small and medium-sized enterprises that want to obtain bank loans to finance their operational and investment projects. The Ministry of Industry and Trade has allocated CZK 578 million for this support instrument.

The National Development Bank (NRB), in cooperation with the Ministry of the Environment (MoE), is launching a new guarantee product, the Transformation Guarantee, which is intended for small and medium-sized enterprises operating in the so-called coal regions of the Czech Republic – the Moravian-Silesian, Ústí nad Labem and Karlovy Vary regions. CZK 500 million has been allocated for the programme from the Just Transition Operational Programme.

The National Development Investment (NRI), a subsidiary of the National Development Bank, has announced a call for applications under the new IPO Fund 2025+ program. Its aim is to support the public offering of shares (IPO – Initial Public Offering) of small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies, and at the same time to strengthen the development of equity financing in the Czech Republic.  The program was created in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MPO) together with the National Development Investment (NRI) are preparing a new investment instrument aimed at supporting cutting-edge technologies – the DeepTech Fund. The DeepTech fund is intended to significantly improve the financing of start-ups in the early stages of development, which often lack capital in the Czech Republic. The Ministry of Industry and Trade plans to allocate up to one billion crowns for the fund in the first stage.

The National Development Bank, CZ (NRB), in collaboration with the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of the Environment, has prepared a programme to support small and medium-sized entrepreneurs to help them rebuild their businesses affected by recent floods.

The National Development Bank (NRB), together with the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance, is preparing two programmes for entrepreneurs affected by the September floods. The NRB will provide SMEs in flooded localities with preferential loans for business recovery after the flood with an allocation of CZK 1.5 billion (EUR 60m) and will also offer guarantees for commercial loans worth up to CZK 3.5 billion (EUR 140m). The NRB is going start accepting applications for both programmes on 1 November 2024.