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MassVentures START Program

MassVentures START Program (SBIR Targeted Technologies)

Status

Opens 2027-02-01

Date published by the funder.

Opens soon
Amount
$500,000

Round 1: 16 grants of USD 100,000; Round 2: 7 grants of USD 200,000; Round 3: up to 3 seed investments up to USD 500,000.

Funder

MassVentures (Massachusetts Technology Development Corporation), funded by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

ppp · regional

Deadline: One call a year — Application window reopens 1 Feb 2027.

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
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Massachusetts-based companies that have received an SBIR Phase II award.

How to apply

  1. Win a federal SBIR/STTR Phase II award as a Massachusetts-based company.
  2. Apply to START during the annual window (reopens 1 February 2027). — link
  3. Round 1 winners ($100,000) may compete for Round 2 ($200,000) and then Round 3 (up to $500,000 of seed capital in a commercial spinout).

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · UEI and SAM.gov registration, explained

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.mass-ventures.com/start-program-info

"16 "Round 1" grants of $100,000 each ... 7 "Round 2" grants of $200,000 each to the most promising Round 1 winners"

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.mass-ventures.com

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