The year 2025 presents unprecedented opportunities for entrepreneurs, startups, and innovators seeking to transform their ideas into reality. Seed funding serves as the foundation for growth, enabling early-stage ventures to scale, innovate, and thrive in competitive markets. This guide highlights the latest funding avenues, offering insights into emerging trends, key resources, and strategic partners ready to invest in visionary projects. Whether you’re launching a groundbreaking product or addressing pressing global challenges, 2025 is your year to secure the support you need to grow your vision.
Apply Now: BRACE Award Venture Competition 2025
Deadline: 15 March 2025
The AIM-HI Accelerator Fund is proud to present the BRACE Award Venture Competition 2025 in collaboration with their partner organization, the Asian Fund for Cancer Research (AFCR)…[more]
Open Call: Free Electrons Innovation Program 2025
Deadline: 24 January 2025
Applications are now open for Free Electrons, the world’s largest open innovation program designed to bring disruptive energy solutions to market…[more]
TractionBoost Accelerator Program for Early-Stage Startups
Deadline: 8 April 2025
If you’re an early-stage startup with a focus on product testing and customer acquisition. Apply now to be part of the TractionBoost Accelerator and unlock the potential of your startup. Let them help you gain the traction you need to secure pre-seed funding and achieve long-term success…[more]
Applications open for HummelNest Accelerator Program
Deadline: 26 January 2025
Are you ready to take your startup to the next level? Applications for the 2025 HummelNest Accelerator Program are now open…[more]
CFAs: HealthTech Hub Africa (HTHA) Accelerator Program
Deadline: 17 January 2025
HealthTech Hub Africa (HTHA) has launched its hybrid pan-African healthtech accelerator program to offer entrepreneurs a powerful platform to create sustainable businesses and meaningful health impact…[more]
P4G announces Call for Partnerships working on Climate Mitigation/Adaptation Solutions
Deadline: 07-Mar-25
The P4G is now accepting applications for partnerships working on climate mitigation or adaptation solutions in the areas of food, energy and water…[more]
Call for Applications: Flat6Labs Amman Seed Program
Deadline: 15 February 2025
The Flat6Labs establishes a new fund, Jordan Seed Fund (JSF) and a seed program to support the next generation of innovative startup companies in Jordan, Palestine, Iraq, and Lebanon…[more]
Apply for Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants (US and Canada)
Deadline: 23 January 2025
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund is inviting applications for its Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants to stimulate the growth of new connections between thinkers working in largely disconnected fields who might together change the course of climate change’s impact on human health…[more]
gener8tor Insurance & Wealth Accelerator Program
Deadline: 11 April 2025
Join the gener8tor Insurance & Wealth Accelerator, previously known as OnRamp Insurance, powered by gener8tor, Allianz Life & Securian Financial as they invest $100K in five high-growth startups per year working at the forefront of insurtech and fintech innovation…[more]
Apply for Business Accelerator Program in Berkshire County (US)
Deadline: 15 January 2025
Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll) is pleased to announce the Business Accelerator Program to support anyone with a dream to start or grow a business or nonprofit by providing immersive business training, mentorship and access to an extended professional network…[more]
Academy for Women Entrepreneurs Program in Malta
Deadline: 24-Jan-2025
The U.S. Embassy in Malta has announced an open competition for organizations to submit a Statement of Interest to carry out the next iteration of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) Program…[more]
Community Impact Grants Program in the US ($50,000)
Deadline: 15-Jan-2025
The Greater Toledo Community Foundation is seeking submissions for the Community Impact Grant Program to provide seed money for new, innovative programming that addresses unmet community needs or expands successful programming to reach unique audiences…[more]
gBETA Charlotte Accelerator Program for early-stage companies (US)
Deadline: 3 February 2025
Applications are now open for gBETA Charlotte, a seven-week accelerator for early-stage companies with local roots…[more]
Applications open for Women & Girls Fund Program in Canada
Deadline: 31-Jan-2025
Applications are now open for the Women & Girls Fund Program to support organizations at the heart the women’s movement, whose core activities, leadership, mission and vision are committed to advancing gender equity…[more]
Fund for Investigative Journalism Seed Grants (United States)
Deadline: 31 January 2025
The Fund for Investigative Journalism is seeking applications for its Seed Grants for preliminary reporting that can lead to full investigations…[more]
gBETA Oklahoma City Spring 2025 (United States)
Deadline: 7 February 2025
Submissions are now open for gBETA, a seven-week accelerator for early-stage companies with local roots…[more]
gBETA Indiana – Industry 4.0 Accelerator Program: Smart & Circular (US)
Deadline: 28 February 2025
Applications are now open for gBETA Indiana – Industry 4.0, a seven-week accelerator for early-stage companies…[more]
Hatch: Taronga Accelerator Program (Australia)
Deadline: 27 January 2025
Applicants are invited to submit applications for the Hatch: Taronga Accelerator Program, funded and administered by Department of Planning and Environment and Taronga Conservation Society Australia…[more]
RFAs: gBETA Electrify Nevada Accelerator Program (United States)
Deadline: 12 January 2025
Submissions are now open for gBETA, a seven-week accelerator for early-stage companies with local roots…[more]
gBETA at WCTC’s Applied AI Lab Spring 2025 (United States)
Deadline: 31 January 2025
Applications are now open for gBETA, a free seven-week accelerator for early-stage companies with local roots…[more]
Call for Applications: Research Translation Grant (Singapore)
Deadline: 30 September 2025
The Singapore Food Agency is excited to announce its Research Translation Grant to enhance the productivity of local food producers beyond the limits of current best-in-class technologies…[more]
CFAs: EforAll Business Accelerator Program in Roxbury (US)
Deadline: 15 January 2025
Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll) is calling for applications for its Business Accelerator Program to support anyone with a dream to start or grow a business or nonprofit by providing immersive business training, mentorship and access to an extended professional network…[more]
Conscious Venture Lab Accelerator Program (United States)
Deadline: 11 January 2025
Applications are now open for Conscious Venture Lab, a 14-week accelerator program for early-stage, purpose-driven companies using innovation to break down barriers to access and create a more equitable society…[more]
EforAll Business Accelerator in Northwest Arkansas (US)
Deadline: 15 January 2025
The Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll) is currently accepting applications for the Business Accelerator program to provide immersive business training, mentorship and access to an extended professional network…[more]
EforAll Business Accelerator Program in Cape Cod (US)
Deadline: 15 January 2025
EforAll for is inviting applications for its Business Accelerator Program, a 12-week program offered twice a year in each of their communities, to offers a unique combination of immersive business training, mentorship, and access to an extended professional network…[more]
Submit Applications for Uptown Grant Program (Round 3) – Australia
Deadline: 29 January 2025
The Uptown Grant Program (the Program) is designed to fast-track the formation of local business communities and facilitate the growth of their districts into vibrant going-out hubs in line with the NSW Government’s 24-Hour Economy Strategy…[more]
AMS Young Scholars Program (US)
Deadline: 22 January 2025
The American Mathematical Society Young Scholars Program, supported by the Epsilon Fund, is seeking applications to help fund summer mathematics programs in the United States for mathematically talented youth…[more]
U.S. Embassy in Ottawa: Academy for Women Entrepreneurs Program (Canada)
Deadline: 15 January 2025
The U.S. Embassy Ottawa has announced an open competition for organizations to submit applications to implement the 2025 Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) in Montreal, Canada…[more]
Applications open for Community Builder Grant Program – US
Deadline: 15-Jan-2025
The Greater Toledo Community Foundation is accepting applications for the Community Builder Grant Program to support a variety of services in the fields of education, social services, physical and mental health, neighborhood and urban affairs, natural resources, and the arts…[more]
Applications open for YEDI Incubator Program (Canada)
Deadline: 31 January 2025
The York Entrepreneurship Development Institute (YEDI) is accepting applications for its Incubator Program, a free and intensive 16-week program that includes formal academic lectures by YEDI instructors, workshop-based training in entrepreneurship and mentorship from key industry leaders…[more]
U.S. Embassy Nairobi Public Diplomacy Section Annual Program
Deadline: 15-Jan-2025
The U.S. Embassy Nairobi, Public Diplomacy Section (PDS) of the U.S. Department of State is pleased to announce that funding is available through its Small Grants Program…[more]
Call for Applications: 10th Cycle of IDEA Startup Program (Cyprus)
Deadline: 14 February 2025
Do you have an innovative idea that is groundbreaking; If you are determined about building your own startup business… This call is for you…[more]
Apply Now: Agripreneurship Orientation Programme (NAVODAYA) – India
Deadline: 20 January 2025
The Agripreneurship Orientation Program (AOP) is aimed at providing an opportunity to students/youth and others to work on their ideas in Animal Science and allied sector by imparting the training cum hands on internship at the respective ICAR- Indian Veterinary Research Institute…[more]
RFAs: Agripreneurship Incubation Programme (SAMRIDDHI) – India
Deadline: 20 January 2025
The ICAR- Indian Veterinary Research Institute is seeking applications for its Agripreneurship Incubation Programme (SAMRIDDHI)…[more]
Academy for Women Entrepreneurs Program 2025 – Zimbabwe
Deadline: 10-Jan-2025
The U.S. Embassy Zimbabwe under the U.S. Department of State announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to implement an Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) program in Zimbabwe…[more]
Academic Jewish Studies Grant Programme: Research Consortia
Deadline: 13 January 2025
The Academic Jewish Studies Grant Programme support is available for universities to establish research consortia, which link scholars at different institutions working on shared research projects…[more]
IIJA/IRA: Bureau of Land Management Idaho Threatened and Endangered Species Program
Deadline: 3-Feb-25
Submissions are now open for Bureau of Land Management Idaho Threatened and Endangered Species Program…[more]
