Move at our own pace
No grant cycles or reporting calendars to plan around. We start, adjust and ship when it suits the work — not a funding milestone.
The mark of private funding
100% Privately Funded
NoFunds.eu is an open mark for companies that run entirely on private capital — no public grants, no state subsidies, no strings attached.
- No public grants
- No state subsidies
- No strings attached
01 The mark
What it stands for
Displaying the NoFunds mark is a plain, public statement: this company is built and run on private capital, and it owns both its decisions and its risks.
We take our own risks — and we don’t ask taxpayers to underwrite them.
- Funded entirely by private capital
- Independent strategy, free of grant conditions
- Decisions made on merit, not eligibility criteria
- Full ownership of our work and intellectual property
- A transparent, non-political basis for doing business
02 Why it matters
What independence actually changes
Self-funding isn’t a limitation to work around — it’s a deliberate choice about how the company is run day to day.
Answer to the work
Direction is set by customers and our own judgement — not by committees or eligibility rules. That keeps priorities clear and honest.
Back what matters
We can fund ideas that don’t fit a grant’s scope — and stop the ones that don’t work — without justifying either to an outside body.
Own what we build
Everything we create stays ours to use and protect — no shared rights or usage conditions attached to public money.
Grow on real demand
Revenue comes from solving real problems for paying customers — the only quota that matters, and the one that keeps us honest.
Play the long game
Independence lets us weigh long-term value over short-term optics, and set our own bar for what “good” really means.
03 A choice, not a statement
For and against nothing
The NoFunds mark isn’t a stance against public funding programs. It’s a factual description of how a company operates today: entirely on private capital.
For many companies, self-funding is a deliberate choice — it buys speed and focus. For others, public–private partnerships are the right tool for large, long-horizon projects. Both are legitimate.
Independence here is an operational fact, not an ideology. The mark simply makes that fact easy to see — and easy to verify.
100%
Private capital
0% public funding
04 Display the mark
Register your company
The mark is free to carry. Three short steps and you’ll have a verified link and the seal to show on your own site.
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Get in touch
Email info@nofunds.eu with your company name and website.
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Get verified
We run a short check to confirm your company operates without public funding.
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Show your mark
You receive a unique certified link and the seal, ready to display.