Growth Accelerator Fund Competition (GAFC)
Funds Entrepreneur Support Organizations strengthening innovation ecosystems through commercialization and capital formation.
The Growth Accelerator Fund Competition (GAFC) is an annual two-stage prize competition run by the Small Business Administration under its America's Seed Fund initiative. It supports Entrepreneur Support Organizations — accelerators, incubators, technology transfer offices, and university programs — rather than individual startups. The 2026 cycle is projected to be the largest in the program's his…
Prize competition funding Entrepreneur Support Organizations to strengthen innovation ecosystems through Lab-to-Market commercialization and Capital Formation programs.
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