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North Rhine-Westphalia's economy ministry will cover 70% of what young startups spend on prototypes and market tests, up to €35,000. Applications close October 31. The NRW Go-to-Market Gutschein, backed by EU regional funds (EFRE), helps founders get prototypes ready for real market conditions. What you can get: - 70% of eligible costs, up to €35,000 - Eligible costs capped at €50,000 over 12 months - Covers software, hardware, product and UI/UX design, market analyses, marketing, sales support and coaching Who can apply: - Non-listed micro companies founded in the last three years - Based in North Rhine-Westphalia - Each startup can use it once How it works: - Apply through EFRE.NRW.Online by Oct 31, 2026, at 4 PM - Applications get reviewed in order of receipt, within the available budget - Costs get reimbursed after you pay them - Grants start at €15,000, so smaller projects don't qualify Only complete applications count, and the budget goes first come, first served, so send everything in one go.

The EIC will give deep tech research teams up to €4 million each. Applications close October 28. EIC Pathfinder Challenges fund early breakthrough research at TRL 1 to 4, with €96 million for 2026. What you can get: - Up to €4 million per project, more if duly justified - Booster grants of up to €50,000 Who can apply: - Projects that work on one of the 2026 Challenge topics - Single applicants, two-partner consortia and consortia of at least three independent legal entities - Teams from EU Member States and Horizon Europe associated countries How it works: - Submit through the EU Funding & Tenders Portal by Oct 28, 2026 - Pathfinder Open closed in May, so Challenges are the way in this year Last year's Challenges call drew 667 proposals and funded 30 projects.

FFF Bayern will give game developers in Bavaria grants of up to €200,000 for prototypes. Applications close October 27. FFF Bayern funds digital games with Bavarian state money, from first concept to finished production. What you can get: - Concept grants of up to €30,000 for newer teams, or €40,000 for studios with two or more released games - Prototype grants of up to 80% of development costs, max €200,000, or loans of up to €350,000 - Production loans of up to 50% of eligible costs, usually max €500,000 (up to 70% and €250,000 for newcomer projects) Who can apply: - Developers with headquarters, sites or branches in Bavaria, or credible plans for them by the first payout - Individuals for concepts. Prototypes and production need companies, or developers with two released games - Games expected to get German age ratings (USK) of 16 or lower How it works: - Apply through the FFF Bayern online portal by Oct 27, 2026, 11:59 PM Munich time - The award committee meets Nov 30, 2026 - Work can start once your application is in, at your own risk The €30,000 concept tier needs teams of at least two people with at least three different skill sets, so line up your team first.

Hamburg's development bank IFB will give young FinTech and InsurTech startups grants of up to €200,000. Applications close October 31. InnoFinTech funds innovative finance startups in Hamburg, from market studies and product development to sales. What you can get: - Up to €200,000 per project, covering up to 90% of eligible costs - Full-time founders count at €2,800 per month in eligible costs - Covers staff, outside services (legal, programming), marketing and patents, plus 15% overhead on staff costs Who can apply: - FinTech and InsurTech startups, plus startups in neighboring fields with clear links to finance - Companies under three years old, with fewer than 50 staff and revenue or balance sheet totals up to €10 million - Headquarters in Hamburg, with most of the project done there How it works: - Send your pitch deck (up to 20 slides) and project description (up to five pages) through the online form, well before Oct 31, 2026 - Teams that fit get pitch and intro meetings of about 90 minutes, then prepare the formal application with IFB Innovationsstarter - Pitch to the award committee, 10 minutes plus 20 minutes of questions Formal applications close October 31, and the deck review and intro meeting come first, so send your pitch deck this week.

Google will give AI-first startups up to $350,000 in cloud credits. Applications are open all year. The Google for Startups Cloud Program has two tiers, Start and Scale. What you can get: - Start: up to $2,000 in credits for one year, plus $200 in Google Skills credits - Scale: up to $200,000 over two years, or up to $350,000 for AI-first startups - 12 months of Google Workspace Business Plus free for new signups Who can apply: - Founders anywhere in the world - Start: tech startups founded in the last 24 months, with working MVPs and plans to raise venture funding - Scale: startups founded in the last five years, with Pre-Seed or Seed rounds in the last five years or Series A in the last 12 months How it works: - Apply online any time - Google matches you to the tier that fits your stage - Credits work on Google Cloud services, including Gemini and Gemma Scale counts VC and institutional rounds. Founders funded by angels, grants or crowdfunding get evaluated for Start.

Bavaria's economy ministry will give young tech startups grants of up to €150,000 to build their software. BayTOU funds early R&D for Bavarian startups under six years old, from first concept to working product. What you can get: - Concept projects: up to 35% of eligible costs, max €26,000, up to 9 months - Development projects: up to 45% of eligible costs, max €150,000 for software, usually 1 to 3 years - Covers R&D staff, equipment, contract research, patents and materials Who can apply: - Tech companies with Bavarian sites, under six years old and under 10 full-time staff (management included) - Managing directors hold at least 50% of shares, have the expertise and spend most of their time on the startup - Founders still setting up their companies How it works: - Advice call with Förderlotse Bayern first - Short project summary, then project sketch and full application, each by invitation only - Apply any time until Dec 31, 2029, and start the project once you've applied You still need to prove your own or outside funding for the rest of the costs.

The EU and the State of Berlin will pay FemTech founders €2,500 per month each to build their startups. Science & Startups, run by Berlin's universities and research institutions, runs the six-month FemTech Fast Track for teams building technologies around female biology, such as reproductive health or the endocrine system. What you can get: - €2,500 per month (gross) for each founder, for six months - Mentoring and Science & Startups Academy workshops - Access to university labs and prototyping facilities Who can apply: - Teams of 2 to 4 early-stage or first-time founders - Science-based, technology-driven ideas, ideally with prototypes - FemTech is defined by its biological focus, not by users' gender - Open to founders with or without university degrees. References, certificates or portfolios can show skills - Main residence and startup in Berlin, with 35 hours per week on-site - Residence permits that allow startup work for the whole period How it works: - Book the required 15-minute consultation first (last slot Nov 2) - Apply by Nov 4, 2026, at noon Berlin time - The program starts Jan 4, 2027 You'll be full-time in Berlin for six months, so plan your studies, job and residence permit around that before you apply.

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NLnet will give open-source developers €5,000 to €50,000 for safer software supply chains, with funding from the European Commission. Applications close November 3. CodeSupply funds tools that publish software metadata (where code comes from, its licenses, its security vulnerabilities and its quality). What you can get: - Grants of €5,000 to €50,000 for first proposals - Up to €60,000 per proposal after one or more smaller projects - Funding for new tools, integrations into open-source apps and standards, or improvements to key infrastructure Who can apply: - Developers, independent researchers and organizations - Teams where members from Horizon Europe-eligible countries receive at least 60% of the funds - Projects with research and development as their main goal How it works: - Submit proposals in English by Nov 3, 2026, at noon CET - Reviewers score technical excellence (30%), relevance and impact (40%) and value for money (30%) - Strong proposals answer reviewer questions, then go to the independent review committee Everything you build ships under open-source licenses, so plan for that from day one.

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Since we're startup program maxxing. The backend you keep after you raise. Up to $150k in @convex credits for qualifying pre-Series A startups. Apply at: convex.dev/startups

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Open-source developers in Germany can get up to €158,000 from the research ministry. Solo builders get up to €79,000. Applications close November 30. The Prototype Fund backs free and open-source software for society, from data security and software infrastructure to free alternatives to proprietary software. What you can get: - Up to €95,000 per team or €47,500 per solo developer for six months of work - Up to €62,000 more per team in the four-month Second Stage - Coaching, advice and networking Who can apply: - Developers living in Germany who are freelance or self-employed, or whose employers release them for the project - Teams of up to four, set up as German partnerships (GbRs), with up to one third living abroad - Developers 25 and under, students and IT trainees have their own track, Up and Coming How it works: - Apply online by November 30, 2026, 3 PM CET - The jury picks projects between December and March - Selected projects file the formal application with the ministry, with help from the fund - Funded work runs June to November 2027 The formal application is in German. Almost everything else works in English.

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Anthropic got 21x as many Claude Startups applications in 48 hours as in the previous five months. It has paused the Claude Team and $1,000 API credit offers while it reviews every applicant again. What this means: - Already claimed the offer? It stays in your account - Approved but unclaimed? Your application gets re-reviewed, and some won't get the offer - Accepted members keep the Startup Stack and Applied AI office hours Many non-startups got in, and Anthropic is re-verifying them so the program stays for startups. No reopening date yet. We'll post when there is one. Details in the first reply 👇

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We’ve loved seeing so many founders join the Claude Startups program. Unfortunately, we underestimated demand for the program, and we need to pause the Claude Team and $1,000 API credit offers. With hundreds of thousands of applicants, we're re-reviewing applications so the

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@Cloudflare will give startups up to $350K in credits. Applications are open all year. Cloudflare for Startups covers Workers, R2, D1, Workers AI and more. What you can get: - $10K if you're self-funded, under $1M raised - $100K if Cloudflare's affiliated partners fund you,

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If you're an indie hacker, founder, designer or researcher building in Europe, this one is for you. Some of the programs are open beyond Europe too. We built Grant Guide: grants, foundations and startup credits side by side, each checked against its official page. Then we put it inside Claude and used it on ourselves. We applied to Anthropic's startup program and were accepted within minutes. Did we miss a program? Or did our MCP help you get accepted somewhere? Tell us below.

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@Cloudflare will give startups up to $350K in credits. Applications are open all year. Cloudflare for Startups covers Workers, R2, D1, Workers AI and more. What you can get: - $10K if you're self-funded, under $1M raised - $100K if Cloudflare's affiliated partners fund you, under $5M raised - $350K if Cloudflare's affiliated partners fund you, $5M+ raised - On every tier: three Enterprise domains, priority support and chat Who can apply: - Founders anywhere in the world - For-profit startups incorporated in the last 10 years - Up to Series B, funded in the last 12 months - Teams building tech products, with live websites and business emails on their domains - Public profiles on LinkedIn, X or GitHub How it works: - Apply online, with reviews in up to 48 hours - Each startup gets approved once, so pick your timing The credits last one year or until they run out, whichever comes first.