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Upcoming Launch1000 Info Sessions

*The March 13 session will be bilingual (English/Spanish)

New York State Small Business Revolving Loan Fund Round 2

Did you know? New York State has a small business revolving loan fund that provides loans to small businesses, ranging from $500 to $2 million. Many different types of businesses are eligible and the loan can be used for many purposes. More information can be found here.

Submit a Project Pitch to America's Seed Fund

America’s Seed Fund powered by NSF funds startups to create the next game-changing technologies — often based on fundamental science or engineering — in need of research and development to create new products, services, and other scalable solutions. Each year, they award $200+ million in R&D funding to about 400 startups across the US.

Click here to learn more and get started on your Project Pitch. Chosen startups can get up to $2 million to develop deep technologies. The projects they fund must have the potential to positively benefit society and to lead to significant outcomes in the commercial market. Most of the startups they fund have fewer than five employees, are recently formed and haven't received funding from the government before.

America's Seed Fund is a program within the National Science Foundation and housed within the Directorate for Technology, Innovation and Partnerships.

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