Funding opportunities

Every open grant, accelerator, competition and fund worth your time — screened weekly.

Accelerators

$500k+

Outliers Program

Outliers VC

Equity-backed acceleration for global pre-seed teams with early traction.

Rolling Dubai, UAE

Funds

$150k+

Oraseya Capital

Oraseya

Early-stage fund backing tech startups relocating to the DSO free zone.

Rolling Dubai, UAE

Accelerators

$100k+

PLUS Accelerator

PLUS

12-week remote program with guaranteed check and investor demo day.

Rolling Remote

Grants

€2.5M grant

EIC Accelerator

European Commission

Non-dilutive grant plus optional equity for deep-tech breakthroughs.

Oct 8, 2026 European Union

Accelerators

$220k

Techstars Global

Techstars

Mentor-driven three-month program across 40+ worldwide chapters.

Sep 12, 2026 Multi-city

Competitions

€100k prize

Hello Tomorrow Challenge

Hello Tomorrow

Global deep-tech competition with corporate partnership track.

Nov 30, 2026 Paris, France

Grants

$305k

NSF SBIR Phase I

National Science Foundation

Non-dilutive R&D funding for US-incorporated science ventures.

Dec 4, 2026 United States

Accelerators

$125k

Antler Residency

Antler

Day-zero program for founders building from scratch with a co-founder.

Rolling 25 cities

Funds

$1M – $3M

Climate Seed Fund

Terra Ventures

Seed checks for hardware and software decarbonising heavy industry.

Jan 15, 2027 Global

Grants

₹20L – ₹50L

Startup India Seed Fund

DPIIT, Govt. of India

Non-dilutive grant for proof-of-concept and prototype-stage Indian startups via approved incubators.

Rolling India

Grants

₹7L – ₹15L

TIDE 2.0 Grant

MeitY, Govt. of India

IoT and emerging-tech grants routed through 51 incubation centres across India.

Rolling India

Grants

₹50L

BIRAC BIG Grant

Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council

Flagship biotech and health-tech grant for early-stage science ventures.

Oct 15, 2026 India

Grants

₹1Cr+

C-CAMP InDx Program

Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms

Deep-science funding and lab access for diagnostics and life-science startups.

Nov 20, 2026 Bengaluru, India

Accelerators

₹1.25Cr

100X.VC Class

100X.VC

India's first iSAFE-notes accelerator writing first cheques to early founders.

Sep 30, 2026 Mumbai, India

Accelerators

₹25L+

T-Hub Accelerator

T-Hub Hyderabad

Corporate-partnered accelerator tracks for SaaS, health-tech and fintech.

Rolling Hyderabad, India

Competitions

₹10L+ prizes

Economic Times Startup Awards

The Economic Times

India's biggest startup awards with investor jury and national visibility.

Aug 31, 2026 India

Accelerators

₹15L+

NASSCOM 10,000 Startups

NASSCOM

Warehouse-style acceleration and investor connects for Indian tech startups.

Rolling Multi-city, India