The US government will give your startup up to $1.55M and take 0% equity.
@NSF's America's Seed Fund is open again after Congress reauthorized it in April.
Three tracks:
- Phase I: up to $305K to prove the idea
- Phase II: up to $1.25M to build it
- Fast-Track: up to $1.55M, both phases in one go
Who can apply:
- US-based startups with 500 or fewer employees
- 51%+ owned by US citizens or permanent residents
- Not majority owned by VCs
- All the work done in the US
How it works:
- Send a 3-page Project Pitch first
- NSF invites the best ones to submit a full proposal
- Next full proposal deadline: Nov 4
Phase I funding rates have run about 10 to 20%. It's work, but nobody takes your cap table.
Application link 👉 seedfund.nsf.gov
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A few months ago, I applied to @ElevenLabs Startup Grant and kept it quiet.
Today, I’m excited to finally share that Mithrify was selected.
The grant includes 33 million Voice AI credits and 700,000 image/video generation credits over the next year.
Voice is still a later phase of Mithrify, but having this support now lets me build toward that future much faster.
Huge thanks to the ElevenLabs team.
We’re just getting started.