MassVentures START Grant
Administers II commercialization grants of for MA deep tech companies for research through the MassVentures START Grant.
MassVentures START is a non-dilutive grant programme administered by MassVentures, a Massachusetts quasi-public agency, designed to help Massachusetts-based deep-tech companies commercialise technologies that have already cleared federal Phase II SBIR or STTR review. Since the programme launched in 2012, MassVentures has distributed $41.7 million to 141 companies, whose subsequent capital raises t…
Massachusetts-based for-profit companies with a federal SBIR or STTR Phase II award seeking non-dilutive commercialization grants across all deep tech sectors.
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