The National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) announced on Thursday (23) launched a line of credit for investments of highly complex technology and knowledge-intensive sectors.

The Direct BNDES program is focused on 10 companies with annual sales between R $ 3 million and R $ 300 million .

Loans should be R $ 1 million to R $ 10 million , with flexibility in demanding guarantees.

The sectors that have priority are information technology and communications (ICT), education, creative economy, energy efficiency, health equipment, auto parts, capital goods and defense, according to UOL .

"The goal is to stimulate innovative effort of small and medium companies in these and other sectors that can access the resources," says the statement released by the BNDES.