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CalSEED (California Sustainable Energy Entrepreneur Development)

Status

Status not published

CalSEED runs an annual Concept Award solicitation, historically opening in the autumn with a winter deadline.

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Amount
$600,000

Concept Award of $150,000 for early proof of concept, followed by a Prototype Award of up to $450,000 for companies that complete the Concept stage - up to $600,000 in total non-dilutive funding.

Funder

California Energy Commission (administered by New Energy Nexus)

ppp · regional

Deadline: One call a year — CalSEED runs an annual Concept Award solicitation, historically opening in the autumn with a winter deadline.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Applicant must be a California-based entrepreneur or early-stage company working on a clean energy technology that benefits California ratepayers. Funded by electricity ratepayer surcharges via the EPIC programme.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361)

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Source. https://calseed.fund/

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