Funding discovery
Startup Grants & Funding Opportunities
Grant funding is non-dilutive: you keep your equity. In exchange, funders expect a defined project, a credible team and evidence that the money produces the outcome they care about.
Where startup funding tends to come from
- Research and innovation programmes, often technology or science focused
- Business development and commercialisation funds
- Local and regional government economic programmes
- Sector-specific funds such as clean energy, health or agriculture
- Accelerator and challenge programmes with grant components
Eligibility considerations for early-stage companies
- Company registration, age and size limits
- Where the work will be carried out
- Whether the project is research, development or commercialisation
- Match funding requirements — some grants fund only a percentage of costs
- Intellectual property and reporting conditions
Grant readiness for startups
Before applying, make sure you can state the problem, the technical approach, the milestones, the costs per milestone and what happens after the grant period. Applications that read like a pitch deck rarely score well; funders are assessing a work plan, not a valuation.
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