Startup grants closing soon in Global — 2026

Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship, Santa Clara University

Amount not published

The Shuttleworth Foundation

Amount not published

Breakthrough Energy

Amount not published

Y Combinator Management, LLC

$500,000

CARB-X, hosted by Boston University

Amount not published

Hello Tomorrow (association), with corporate partners including Natixis CIB, dsm-firmenich, ASML, L'Oréal, Breakthrough Energy and Syensqo

€200,000

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Applications close 2027-02-28.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Annual themed call. Bayer has narrowed G4A from a broad accelerator to targeted partnership deal-making.

Runs in numbered cohorts, roughly two intakes a year

Annual application cycle. Echoing Green has historically opened applications in the autumn with a winter deadline.

Funding opportunities are posted in windows rather than continuously. The Data Center Innovation Initiative, run with Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft, is a current named track.

Homepage (updated Sept 2026) announces AI:360 Global Startup Competition 2026 applications (announced 16 June 2026) for a November 2026 summit in California; close date not stated. WFF Startup Innovation Awards applications closed 1 April 2026.

Local and national competitions run through the academic year, feeding a global final held in the spring

The route in is via a Lemelson-funded intermediary programme such as VentureWell rather than direct application.

Global Challenges open in the winter or spring each year with a spring deadline and Solver selection announced in the autumn at Solve at MIT

No open application route. The way in is via the Rainer Arnhold Fellows programme or a referral from within Mulago's network.

As of August 2026 the oracle.com/startup page no longer describes a dedicated startup programme; it presents general OCI content including the standard US$300 free-tier trial credit.

Rounds have been announced irregularly. Follow roddenberryfoundation.org for the next call.

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Individual thematic and country programmes (fintech, energy, smart city, Africa, Australia, India) open and close their own application windows, usually once a year per programme.

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Regional cohorts (Americas, UK and Europe, Asia Pacific) run on an annual or biannual cycle, mostly by nomination

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