Stages of development of innovative project and sources of their financing

One of the main problems in the formation of a small innovative business is the lack of start-up investments, which are a catalyst for their development. Russia is quite far behind the world community. In terms of R&D, science and education costs, our country occupies very low positions in world ratings. When stimulating innovative development, direct methods of infusion of funds are used, which often does not lead to effective results. Russian big business is developing with great difficulty in the innovation plan. And basically, large companies develop technologies not of a breakthrough nature, but of a catch-up, modernization type. In this situation, the basis for the formation of an innovative economy is a small and medium high-tech innovative business, which is precisely the locomotive that should pull the economy of the whole country forward. Small businesses always have difficulty attracting investments, so the article attempts to consider all possible sources of attracting investments.