Wert-Berater, Inc. is a United States–headquartered firm of independent feasibility study consultants serving clients worldwide remotely. The programs listed here are operated by the named institutions; Wert-Berater is independent and is not affiliated with, and does not act as agent for, any of them. U.S. government lending programs referenced elsewhere on this site apply to projects in the United States only and are not available abroad. For a country not listed below, see all international locations or request a fee quote for a project anywhere.
France
What it is & the study it expects: France's public investment bank, providing loans, guarantees, equity and innovation funding to businesses.
How it uses the study: Financing and guarantees are assessed on a business plan and financial projections evidencing demand and repayment capacity.
What it is & the study it expects: The EU's policy-driven lender, financing investment projects across all member states, including France.
How it uses the study: Every project goes through EIB appraisal - economic, financial, technical and environmental - for which promoters provide a feasibility study and financial model.
Germany
What it is & the study it expects: Germany's federal promotional bank, providing low-interest development and investment finance domestically and internationally.
How it uses the study: Promotional finance is assessed on the project's economic and financial viability, evidenced by a business case and financial plan.
What it is & the study it expects: KfW's international project- and export-finance arm, structuring limited-recourse financing for large infrastructure and industrial projects.
How it uses the study: Limited-recourse lending depends on a bankable feasibility study, financial model and environmental and social due diligence.
What it is & the study it expects: The EU's policy-driven lender, financing investment projects across all member states, including Germany.
How it uses the study: Every project goes through EIB appraisal - economic, financial, technical and environmental - for which promoters provide a feasibility study and financial model.
Ireland
What it is & the study it expects: Ireland's agency for indigenous enterprise, offering funding and grants - including dedicated Feasibility Study Grants - to evaluate the viability of new products, markets and ventures.
How it uses the study: Its Feasibility Study Grant funds the study itself, and later funding rounds are assessed on the resulting business case.
What it is & the study it expects: Ireland's national promotional institution, channelling lower-cost credit to SMEs through on-lending partners.
How it uses the study: Finance is intermediated by lenders who require a business plan and financial projections evidencing repayment capacity.
What it is & the study it expects: The EU's policy-driven lender, financing investment projects across all member states, including Ireland.
How it uses the study: Every project goes through EIB appraisal - economic, financial, technical and environmental - for which promoters provide a feasibility study and financial model.
Norway
What it is & the study it expects: Norway's state development-finance and enterprise agency, providing grants, loans and guarantees for business development.
How it uses the study: Funding is assessed on a business plan and financial projections evidencing market demand and viability.
What it is & the study it expects: Norway's official export credit agency, providing guarantees and export financing for Norwegian exporters and their projects.
How it uses the study: Guarantees and lending depend on the project's viability and debt-service capacity, supported by a feasibility study and financial model.
Switzerland
What it is & the study it expects: Switzerland's official export credit agency, insuring Swiss exporters and lenders against commercial and political risk.
How it uses the study: Cover is assessed on the creditworthiness and viability of the underlying transaction or project, supported by a financial model and, for projects, environmental and social review.
What it is & the study it expects: The Swiss Confederation's innovation agency, funding science-based innovation projects and start-up support.
How it uses the study: Project funding is assessed on a project plan demonstrating innovation, market potential and feasibility.
United Kingdom (UK-wide)
What it is & the study it expects: The UK government's export credit agency, providing guarantees, insurance and direct lending to support contracts involving UK exporters. For project and limited-recourse financing it expects a robust financial model and, on larger projects, environmental, social and human-rights due diligence aligned with the OECD Common Approaches and the Equator Principles.
How it uses the study: UKEF appraises the project's viability, debt-service capacity and environmental and social risk before it will guarantee or lend, so a bankable feasibility study and financial model underpin the application.
What it is & the study it expects: The UK government's principal infrastructure and clean-energy investor (formerly the UK Infrastructure Bank), providing loans, guarantees and equity for infrastructure and growth projects.
How it uses the study: Investment decisions turn on the project's business case, financial model and value-for-money case, which a feasibility study supplies.
What it is & the study it expects: The government's housing and regeneration agency, funding affordable housing and land-led regeneration through programmes such as the Affordable Homes Programme.
How it uses the study: Bids are assessed on a development appraisal and viability assessment demonstrating deliverability and value for money before grant or loan funding is committed.
What it is & the study it expects: The UK government's economic-development bank for smaller businesses, delivering debt and equity finance programmes through accredited lenders and funds.
How it uses the study: Access to its programmes is intermediated by lenders who require a business plan and financial projections evidencing repayment capacity.
What it is & the study it expects: The UK government's official appraisal methodology. Public funding bids must present a Five Case business case - strategic, economic, commercial, financial and management.
How it uses the study: Grant and infrastructure programmes assess the economic and financial cases - demand, options, costs, benefits and risk - which a feasibility study and financial model evidence.
Scotland
Devolved Scottish bodies; the UK-wide programmes above also apply in Scotland.
What it is & the study it expects: Scotland's mission-led development bank, providing patient capital - debt and equity - to businesses and projects that advance its missions.
How it uses the study: Investment is underwritten on a business plan and financial model evidencing mission impact, demand and returns.
What it is & the study it expects: Scotland's national economic-development agency, offering capital and R&D grants and growth support.
How it uses the study: Grant decisions weigh a business case showing market demand, economic benefit and deliverability.
What it is & the study it expects: The economic and community development agency for the Highlands and Islands, funding business growth and community projects across the region.
How it uses the study: Funding approvals rest on a business plan and business case demonstrating viability and regional benefit.
Wales
What it is & the study it expects: The Welsh Government's development bank, providing loans and equity to Welsh businesses and property developers.
How it uses the study: Funding decisions require a business plan and financial projections evidencing affordability and demand.
What it is & the study it expects: The Welsh Government's business-support service, signposting grants and finance for Welsh businesses.
How it uses the study: Grant applications are assessed on a business case demonstrating need, demand and value for money.
Northern Ireland
What it is & the study it expects: Northern Ireland's regional economic-development agency, offering grants, loans and equity to support investment and growth.
How it uses the study: Support is assessed against a business case evidencing demand, jobs and economic return.
Canada
What it is & the study it expects: A federal Crown corporation investing in revenue-generating infrastructure - clean power, public transit, trade and transport, broadband and green infrastructure.
How it uses the study: Investments are underwritten on a business case and financial model evidencing demand, revenue and value for money.
What it is & the study it expects: Canada's bank for entrepreneurs, providing business loans, growth capital and advisory services.
How it uses the study: Lending decisions require a business plan and financial projections evidencing repayment capacity.
What it is & the study it expects: Canada's export credit agency, providing financing, insurance and guarantees for Canadian exporters and their projects abroad.
How it uses the study: Project and buyer financing is assessed on project viability and environmental and social risk, supported by a feasibility study and financial model.
