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Top Startup Funding Programmes in the USA

18 startup funding programmes ranked by rating, review volume and listing quality.

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Between them, the 9 best-ranked of these 18 startup funding programmes cover seed stage (4). 9 of them have written a profile you can read before you get in touch.

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  1. AS

    America's Seed Fund powered by NSF (NSF SBIR/STTR)

    Seed Stage

    The National Science Foundation's SBIR/STTR programme funds US startups and small businesses building deep technologies, with up to $305,000 at Phase I and up to $1,250,000 at…

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  2. AC

    Angel Capital Association (ACA)

    Professional association for angel investors, formed in 2004, whose membership covers 15,000+ accredited investors investing individually or through more than 250 angel groups and…

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  3. DS

    DOE Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)

    The Department of Energy's SBIR/STTR programmes, now run by its Office of Technology Commercialization, give non-dilutive funding to for-profit US small businesses.

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  4. NS

    NIH Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs (America's Seed Fund powered by NIH)

    NIH's SBIR and STTR programmes give US for-profit small businesses non-dilutive grants for early-stage health and biomedical R&D.

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  5. SM

    SBA Microloan program

    SBA funds non-profit intermediary lenders, which lend up to $50,000 (about $13,000 on average) to for-profit US small businesses to start up and expand.

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  6. SB

    Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)

    Seed Stage

    Federal programme, coordinated by the SBA and funded through 11 participating agencies, that gives US for-profit small businesses non-dilutive, phased R&D awards (proof of concept,…

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  7. SB

    Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program

    SBA licenses and regulates privately managed investment funds (SBICs) and lets them add SBA-guaranteed borrowing to their private capital; the SBICs then invest debt and equity in…

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  8. SB

    Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)

    Seed Stage

    Sister programme to SBIR that funds US small businesses doing R&D in a formal partnership with a non-profit research institution, which must do at least 30% of the work while the…

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  9. SS

    State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI)

    Seed Stage

    A nearly $10 billion Treasury programme that funds states, DC, territories and Tribal governments to run their own small-business capital programmes, including equity/venture…

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