Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Acquiring seed-stage funding is admittedly tough, but a source that I find often overlooked is government grant funding, accessible in the U.S. Specifically, I often point to the NSF or the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program for high-tech startups. Also, it’s important that you understand just how the SBIR program works.
Steve Blank
JUNE 19, 2014
The National Cancer Institute SBIR Development Center , is leading the pilot, with participation from the SBIR & STTR Programs at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute , the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke , and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. The class is team based.
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Steve Blank
APRIL 11, 2013
government’s SBIR and STTR programs. Innofund is designed to bridge early stage technology companies that have innovative technology and good market potential but are too early for commercial funding (banks or VCs.) Seed Funding (Innofund). The best analog for China’s InnoFund is the U.S. Venture Guiding Fund.
Steve Blank
APRIL 11, 2013
government’s SBIR and STTR programs. Innofund is designed to bridge early stage technology companies that have innovative technology and good market potential but are too early for commercial funding (banks or VCs.) Seed Funding (Innofund). The best analog for China’s InnoFund is the U.S. Venture Guiding Fund.
David Teten
DECEMBER 2, 2019
Innovation Prize seeks out innovators who are spearheading transformative early-stage projects in the fields of the environment, heritage conservation, and social justice. The Catalyst Fund awards small grants for early-stage, innovative, and unconventional ideas that address serious global challenges.“.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 12, 2015
they can visit the directory of government grant alternatives, which is searchable and features more than a thousand federal programs, or more locally the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR), with opportunities for high technology startups. In the U.S. Of course, nothing is really free in the business world. Technology is not enough.
Austin Startup
MAY 7, 2020
Capital Factory community members won awards from: Air Force Army Navy Special Operations Defense Innovation Unit NSF NASA Department of Energy DARPA Intelligence Community Programs and contract vehicles included SBIR, OTAs, AFWERX challenges, AAL’s Capabilities Accelerator, xTech Search, and even a few subcontracts. application cycle!
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