Equity funding
Explore equity funding programs. This directory lists public and program-backed investment, from co-investment funds and government venture arms to accelerators that invest, alongside grants that come with an equity component, with the terms and eligibility on every listing.
Showing 1-24 of 174 grants
EIC Accelerator Challenge: Advanced Materials for Renewable Energy and Energy Storage Systems
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Supports scaling advanced materials for EU strategic autonomy in energy generation and storage.
EIC Accelerator Challenge: Alternative Concepts and Key Enabling Technologies for Fusion Power Plants
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Supports European startups developing enabling technologies for alternative fusion power plant concepts.
EIC Accelerator Challenge: Biotech for Regenerating Agricultural Soils
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Supports scaling deep-tech for soil health, sustainability, and resilience of EU agriculture.
EIC Accelerator Challenge: Boosting the European Critical Raw Materials value chain
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Supports securing the European critical raw materials value chain across extraction, processing, and strategic substitution.
EIC Accelerator Challenge: Deep Tech for Climate Adaptation
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Supports developing and scaling deep-tech for adapting to key climate risks across Europe.
EIC Accelerator Challenges
🇪🇺EIC · European Union
Funds strategic deep-tech challenge projects in materials, energy, biotechnology, and climate innovation.
EIC Accelerator — Short Proposal
🇮🇱ISERD · Israel
Supports small and medium firms in early-stage deep technologies through public proposals and commercialization mentoring.
Critical Minerals and Battery Technology Fund — Seed
🇦🇺QLD Government · Australia
Administers the Critical Minerals and Battery Technology Fund to support Queensland projects turning raw materials into commercial solutions.
Angel Match Program (AMP)
🇺🇸ND Commerce · United States
Funds high-growth early-stage North Dakota startups by matching angel investments one-to-one through a state co-investment model.
Aspire NZ Seed Fund
🇳🇿NZGCP · New Zealand
Invests alongside private leads in early-stage New Zealand technology ventures at proof-of-concept and seed stages.
BARDA Ventures — Equity Co-Investment
BARDA · United States
Invests in healthcare-focused countermeasure enterprises through BARDA Ventures, advancing diagnostics, vaccines, and resilient production growth stages.
Ben Franklin Technology Partners Challenge Grant — Investment
🇺🇸PA DCED · United States
Invests in Pennsylvania technology companies through regional partners, using convertible capital structures for growth prototyping.
Business Angel Investment Program
🇹🇼NDF · Taiwan
Funds Taiwanese high-risk startups by matching sovereign capital with angels and accelerators before year-three.
Business Growth Fund (BGF)
🇲🇾MTDC · Malaysia
Invests in growth-stage Malaysian technology companies through convertible preference equity to support expansion capital needs.
Business Start-Up Fund (BSF)
🇲🇾MTDC · Malaysia
Funds early-stage Malaysian technology companies with interest-free convertible notes and a grace period before repayment.
Cambridge Enterprise START — Pre-Seed
🇬🇧Cambridge Enterprise · United Kingdom
Offers pre-seed equity funding for Cambridge-linked founders in science to strengthen real-world implementation.
CFF Mission Ventures Industry Investment
🇺🇸CFF · United States
Offers startup and industry teams with commercialization support for CFF Mission Ventures Industry Investment in biotechnology, medical technology, and synthetic biology.
CIP Sprint
🇲🇾Cradle Fund · Malaysia
Funds Malaysian startup commercialization through seed-stage convertible financing and early market traction.
Direct Equity Investments
🇳🇴Investinor · Norway
Invests directly in Norwegian technology companies from early to expansion stages through state-backed partnerships.
Dutch Future Fund (DFF I & II)
🇳🇱Invest-NL · Netherlands
Funds Dutch venture and growth managers investing in clean transition, deep technology, life science, and digital ventures.
EIT InnoEnergy Highway® — Equity
🇪🇺InnoEnergy · European Union
Helps research teams and institutions for EIT InnoEnergy Highway® Equity Intake in energy systems, climate technology, and materials science.
Elevate NZ Venture Fund
🇳🇿NZGCP · New Zealand
Invests via fund-of-funds commitments in New Zealand venture managers targeting Series A and B rounds.
Elevate Ventures — Equity Investment Programs
🇺🇸IEDC / Elevate Ventures · United States
Funds Indiana high-growth technology startups through state-backed equity across pre-seed, seed, and growth rounds.
Fuel — VC Fund Co-Investment
🇸🇦NTDP · Saudi Arabia
Supports Saudi deep-tech fund managers through co-investment with national venture resources.