We gratefully acknowledge Gail and Larry Miller whose New Venture endowment in excess of $5M is the core funding source for these grants.

You must be a Creators member to apply for Seed Grants. Join Creators here.

Working on a startup and need some cash to get it launched? Seed Grants can provide up to $27,500 to your company and we don’t take equity.

We offer two types of Seed Grants:

• Validation Grants: use these to get validation on an early idea
• Traction Grants: use these to take your startup from a validated idea to a venture-backed or bootstrapped company

Validation Grants. Up to $500

Traction Grants**.** Up to $27,000

<aside> 📢 All grant recipients are required to provide a progress update to the investment committee on the 2nd and 4th Fridays. **Here is an example update.**

</aside>

General FAQs

Who is eligible to apply?

What types of companies are a good fit for Seed Grants?

Are you still doing the Business Model Competition and New Venture Challenge?