GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES
Amazon App Store Small Business Accelerator – The Small Business Accelerator Program allows developers that earn less than 1 million USD in total annual revenue in the previous calendar year to access additional benefits up to or equivalent to 20% of Appstore revenue. If eligible, you’ll receive a 10% increased royalty payment and AWS credits equivalent to 10% of your app revenue. – https://developer.amazon.com/apps-and-games/small-business-program
Antler Global Startup Program – Antler is a global early-stage VC that runs multiple programs for business startups around the world. See the website for more info about the program and application dates. –
https://www.antler.co/platform/#apply-now
Aurora Tech Award – This award is a worldwide prize for women founders of tech startups created and supported by inDrive. Company must be led by a woman, be less than 5 years old and have a functional prototype of a product. Funding for $85,000.
Apply by 11/21/2024 – https://www.auroratechaward.com/
Awesome Foundation – Foundation distributes $1,000 grants, no strings attached, to projects and their creators. At each fully autonomous chapter, the money is pooled together from the coffers of ten or so self-organizing “micro-trustees”. Awarded monthly –
https://www.awesomefoundation.org/en
AWS Startup Loft Accelerator – AWS Startup Loft Accelerator equips your technical team with tech resources, guidance and a community of peers. From technical deep dives to round tables on day-to-day CTO challenges, including: recruiting, managing an engineering team, building a minimum viable product, and design principles for cloud architecture. Provides $25,000 in AWS credits –
https://aws-startup-lofts.com/emea/program/accelerator
D-Prize Challenge 2025 for Social Entrepreneurs – D-Prize is for new organizations. Most awardees are first-time entrepreneurs. Most have not yet launched their organization, nor have they raised other funding. Those from low-and-middle income countries are encouraged to apply. Funding for $20,000.
Apply by 11/3/2024 – https://d-prize.org/
Emergent Ventures Grant/Fellowship Application (through Mercatus Center at George Mason University) – Emergent Ventures, a fellowship and grant program from the Mercatus Center, seeks to support entrepreneurs with highly scalable, “zero to one” ideas for meaningfully improving society. Projects will either be fellowships or grants: fellowships involve time in residence at the Mercatus Center in Northern Virginia; grants are one-time or slightly staggered payments to support a project.
https://www.mercatus.org/emergent-ventures
Etsy Disaster Relief Fund – Sellers will be eligible for a grant if they experienced a federally declared natural disaster within the past year, have been an active seller on Etsy for at least one year, and their Etsy account is in good standing. Grants for $2,500 –
https://advocacy.etsy.com/etsy-emergency-relief-fund-at-cerf/
F6S List of Accelerators and Pitch Competitions – Provides a list of accelerators, contests and pitch competitions around the world.
https://www.f6s.com/
Micro Charity Grant – The Micro Charity Grant was created to acknowledge the vital role that micro-charities play in addressing critical needs and filling essential gaps in communities around the world. The grant is available to charitable organizations, including NGOs, nonprofits, religious institutions, and educational institutions globally. Funding of $5,000.
Apply by 11/15/24 –
https://www.microcharitygrant.org/
Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub – Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub helps startups radically accelerate innovation by providing access to industry-leading AI services, expert guidance, and the essential technology needed to build a future-proofed startup. Up to $150K in Azure credits –
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/startups
Pollination Project – Grants to global non-profits. Annual budget for your group or organization must be less than $50,000. The total cost for the immediate project for which you are requesting funding must be less than $40,000 –
https://thepollinationproject.org/apply/
Roddenberry Catalyst Fund – The Catalyst Fund is offering grants to Nonprofits & Social Enterprises to fund ideas or early-stage projects that have a high potential for large-scale impact and sustainable change. You can be a seasoned social entrepreneur or a first-time changemaker. Eligible candidates for the Catalyst Fund may be individuals, teams of individuals, non-profit organizations, or social enterprises. Funding up to $15,000 –
https://roddenberryfoundation.org/our-work/catalyst-fund/
Savvy Fellowship – Savvy is a 12-week virtual Fellowship program for young professionals seeking to be part of the new generation of impact entrepreneurs. Applicants should be 40 or younger –
https://savvyfellows.com/team/
SheTrades Accelerator – SheTrades Accelerator Programme for women entrepreneurs and business support organizations in the Apparel, Accessories and Home Décor sectors is targeting women-led businesses (WLBs) and Business Support Organizations (BSO) in the Apparel, Accessories, and Home Decor sector from Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Senegal, and South Africa. –
https://shetrades-accelerator.converve.io/
Tech For An Equitable Future By Braze – Tech for an Equitable Future aims to remove barriers for underrepresented founders by providing their companies 12 months of free access to the Braze platform and supporting services. Apply by 1/17/25 –
https://www.braze.com/techforequitablefuture
Techstars Accelerators – Techstars accelerators have one goal: to help entrepreneurs succeed. During each three-month program, they surround companies (companies should be based in North American time zones) with the best mentors and an unrivaled network of corporate partners, investors, and alumni. Companies can receive $20K for 6% of company. Various locations and due dates –
https://www.techstars.com/accelerators/
We Make Change – Global initiative that matches small businesses (mainly not for profits) with volunteers who are professional individuals or are from companies (including blue chip) that have an interest in supporting not for profits. Helps impact startups build a remote volunteer team for free –
https://www.wemakechange.org/
OPPORTUNITIES ONLY WITHIN THE UNITED STATES
Black Business Accelerator – Dedicated to helping build sustainable equity and growth for Black entrepreneurs by enabling their success as sellers. Grow your business with access to financial support, strategic business guidance and mentorship, and marketing and promotional support. –
https://sell.amazon.com/programs/black-business-accelerator
Bank of America’s Business Education Center for Entrepreneurs – Visit Bank of America’s Small Business Education site for access to free webinars on Accessing Capital, Building Business Credit and more –
https://go.bofa.com/BusinessEducationCenter
Beyoncé’s $10K Salon & Barbershop Grants – Beyoncé’s Cécred x BEYGood Fund is awarding another round of five $10K business grants this fall to qualifying salon or barbershop owners who are based in Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and New Jersey.
Applications open 11/1/24-11/20/24 – https://beygood.org/cecred/
Black Farmer Fund Rapid Response Grant – (Northeast) Black-owned farming and/or food systems businesses and/or projects located in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Jersey, New York, or Pennsylvania. Funding for $10,000. Apply by 10/31/24 –
https://blackfarmerfund.org/rapid-response-fund
Black Girl Ventures Pitch Program – The BGV Pitch Program flips the traditional pitch experience on its head: they coach entrepreneurs, host a live crowdfunded pitch competition, then connect entrepreneurs to community and professionals to support them on their journey. You don’t need to have experience pitching, nor do you need to have a pitch deck already created. Must be located in Los Angeles, Austin, Chicago or NYC. Funding for up to $10,000
– Deadlines are based on city (April 26 to Nov 6) – https://blackgirlventures.submittable.com/submit
BMO Fellowship with Watson Institute – The BMO Fellowship is a fully-funded venture and leadership program designed to provide comprehensive support to highly promising, diverse environmental sustainability entrepreneurs and leaders. It offers award-winning training in entrepreneurship, sustainability, and leadership to help advance their environmental sustainability-focused ventures and actively contribute to solving their communities’ most pressing challenges. This Fellowship is specifically intended for individuals from historically underserved communities who possess lived experience with the challenges they are determined to address. Preference will be given to those in AZ, NM, CA and CO. Apply by 2/2/25 – https://watson.is/bmo-fellowship/
BryteBridge Cares Microgrant – The BryteBridge Cares Microgrant Program provides vital support to nonprofits across the United States. 10 nonprofits will receive $1,000 cash grants and another 10 organizations will receive $1,000 in service credits or a BryteBridge Connect membership. The cash grants can be used for any organizational needs, from general operations to program development. Service credits offer access to essential nonprofit services such as compliance support, strategic planning, and fundraising consulting.
Apply by 11/1/2024 – https://brytebridge.com/empowering-nonprofits-brytebridge-cares-microgrant-program/
Catalyst 2025 Cohort accelerator – Each year, Catalyst selects a small group of founders for a focused 5-month program designed to help them quickly gain customers and grow their ventures. The program is open to founders from anywhere, but one of the founders must be in New York during the program which runs from February to June. Your business should already be serving, or have a strong interest in serving, low-income communities in NYC. Funding of $100,000.
Apply by 11/15/24 – https://www.labs.robinhood.org/our-programs/catalyst
Dairy Runway Program – (NY and New England) – The Dairy Runway Program welcomes food entrepreneurs and dairy innovators with early-stage ideas for value-added dairy products to participate in a free Cornell University-hosted entrepreneurship course focused on initial product concept and customer discovery. In addition to virtual classes, the program includes prototype training and business coaching. The program is open to any dairy entrepreneur or food innovator located in New York and the New England states with an idea for a new, value-added, cow milk-based dairy product. To be eligible, participants must agree to source cow milk produced in the state of New York in their proposed dairy product.
Apply by 1/6/25 (info sessions in Nov and Dec) –
https://dairyinnovation.org/dairy-runway-program/