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America's Seed Fund
America's Seed Fund

#SeedtheFuture

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    • Welcome
    • Programs & Events 
      • 2025 GAFC
      • SBA Innovation Ecosystem
      • Agency Resources
      • SBIR/STTR Road Tour
      • America's Seed Fund Week
      • SBIR/STTR Innovation Conference
      • Innovation Ecosystem Summit
      • Startup Expo
    • Contact
    Agency Resources
    America's Seed Fund
    America's Seed Fund

    #SeedtheFuture

    • Welcome
    • Programs & Events 
      • 2025 GAFC
      • SBA Innovation Ecosystem
      • Agency Resources
      • SBIR/STTR Road Tour
      • America's Seed Fund Week
      • SBIR/STTR Innovation Conference
      • Innovation Ecosystem Summit
      • Startup Expo
    • Contact
    • …  
      • Welcome
      • Programs & Events 
        • 2025 GAFC
        • SBA Innovation Ecosystem
        • Agency Resources
        • SBIR/STTR Road Tour
        • America's Seed Fund Week
        • SBIR/STTR Innovation Conference
        • Innovation Ecosystem Summit
        • Startup Expo
      • Contact
      Agency Resources
      America's Seed Fund
      • 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 innovation ecosystem - the ESOs that support entrepreneurship and the innovators (startups and small businesses) - building technology critical for America's economic prosperity, global competitiveness, and national security.

        Programs & Events

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        SBIR/STTR Spring Innovation Conference

        June 9 - 11, 2025 - Austin, TX

        America’s Seed Fund will host its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Spring Innovation Conference in Austin, TX, June 9 - 11, 2024. The three-day event provides attendees with 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.

        Learn about the 2024 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition

        2025 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition

        The Stage One application portal is now closed.

        The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) offers $75,000 to $150,000 in awards to organizations to accelerate the growth and maturity of innovation ecosystems in two stages.

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        2024 Innovation Ecosystem Summit

        November 14 - 15, Virtual

        The U.S. Small Business Administration hosted its fourth annual Innovation Ecosystem Summit November 14-15, bringing together hundreds of entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) across sectors. Participants engaged in insightful presentations, collaborative discussions, and strategic networking, leaving with actionable strategies to support deep-tech small businesses and startups, build regional innovation ecosystems, and further strengthen the nation’s economy.

         

        Please enjoy viewing the event on SBA’s YouTube and utilizing the resources identified in the 2024 Show Notes.

         

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        America's Seed Fund Road Tour

        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.

        Check out all of the 2024 SBIR Road Tours here.

        2024 Virtual Road Tour, America's Seed Fund Week

        America's Seed Fund Week / 2025 Virtual Road Tour

        February 11-13, 2025

        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.

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        SBA Innovation Ecosystem Network

        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.

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        Stay in the know with all the America's Seed Fund happenings!

        The SBIR and STTR programs fund 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!

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