Welcome to America's Seed Fund Community Resources
America’s Seed Fund awards non-dilutive funding to startups and small businesses to develop technology and chart a path toward commercialization. How do innovators and founders learn about America's Seed Fund? Most often it's through their entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) - the accelerators, incubators, investors, labs, and other programs that help them along their journey.
This site is designed to support the entire innovation ecosystem - the ESOs that support entrepreneurship and the innovators (startups and small businesses) - building technology that is critical for America's economic prosperity, global competitiveness, and national security.
Programs & Events
November 14 - 15, Virtual
The SBA Innovation Ecosystem Summit is curated to connect entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) across sectors to learn from one another as we work together to build a thriving national innovation ecosystem that promotes equitable access to capital and resources for innovators nationwide.
December 3 - 5, 2024 - Austin, TX
America’s Seed Fund will host its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Fall Innovation Conference in Austin, Texas from December 3 - 5, 2024. The three-day event provides attendees the valuable opportunity to connect directly with federal agencies representing America's Seed Fund, the nation’s largest source of non-dilutive funding for high-growth startups and small businesses. It will also offer programming on how to compete for funding.
Here are the slides from the 2024 SBIR/STTR Spring Innovation Conference.
February 11-13, 2025 - Registration now open
America's Seed Fund Week is a series of virtual events representing a collaborative outreach effort that will connect entrepreneurs working on advanced technologies and the organizations that support them to the country's largest source of early-stage funding.
Check out highlights from the 2024 America's Seed Fund Week event, linked here.
Thank you for joining us during Road Tour 2024! Stay tuned for 2025 announcements.
America’s Seed Fund Road Tour is a national outreach effort to connect innovators and entrepreneurs to non-dilutive, technology funding opportunities provided through the SBIR/STTR programs.
Stage Two winners announced!
SBA recently announced the 2024 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition Stage Two Winners.
The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) offers $50,000 to $150,000 in prize awards for impactful and inclusive approaches to foster a thriving, collaborative national innovation support ecosystem to advance research and development (R&D) from ideas to impact.
Here is the 2024 Stage Two winners press release.
Stay In Touch
Monthly Community Call and Email Updates
Engage with us monthly on the SBA Innovation Ecosystem Network Call! This dynamic call brings together entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) from across the country to foster connections and build a thriving, national innovation ecosystem.
Stay in the know with all the America's Seed Fund happenings!
The SBIR and STTR programs fund a diverse portfolio of startups and small businesses across technology areas and markets to stimulate technological innovation, meet Federal research and development (R&D) needs, and increase commercialization to transition R&D into impact. Subscribe to the Newsletter today!
