McKinney Innovation Fund — Recruitment Grant
Funds growing technology companies relocating to McKinney, Texas, with support tied to sustained operations and hiring.
The McKinney Innovation Fund Recruitment Grant is the top tier of the three-tier Innovation Fund administered by the McKinney Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), a Texas 4A/4B sales-tax-funded statutory nonprofit. It provides up to $500,000 to later-stage tech companies that relocate their primary headquarters to McKinney, Texas. Unlike the Growth and Expansion tiers, which target startups at…
Later-stage tech companies with 15–50+ employees relocating primary HQ to McKinney; amount calculated per local jobs created and salaries.
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