Mousetrap #256 6 New Funding Opportunities

ByPeppa Herrera

Hi
Did anyone else have a hard time wading through the SantaCon crowds on Saturday? All I can say is, I hope it made lots of money for local businesses and that the associated charitable fundraising was effective. Cause… whew! 

But, vamos!

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Greenlight Innovation FundFantom Foundation’s Sonic Lab AcceleratorThe Sephora Beauty $100,000 Grant Ganas Ventures | Community-driven founders: Apply for $100KLattitude (US Latino founders) Match-Up Competition that will offer up to $1M of equity-free capitalForum Ventures $100,000 Pitch Competition
How to donate to help victims of the Israel-Gaza crisis (CNBC)


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Dec 11 Firesdie Chat With Crypto VC Gil Rosen with Blockchain Builders FundDec 11 NY Tech Meetup features demos by 6 select startups ($)Dec 12 Cornell Tech @ Bloomberg: Marc Lore, Founder & CEO, WonderDec 13 Entrepreneurs Roundtable 184Dec 14 All Tech Is Human Holiday Party December 16: In-person and virtual: BreakBeatCode Hackathon, a half-day event teaching future leaders to code, collaborate and create, by bringing together professionals in the music and tech industries, entrepreneurs, and tech coaches. Featuring guest star Supernatural, the GOAT of freestyle hip hop. Hosted by Google.Register here.Jan 29 Responsible Tech Mixer + Data Action Day 
Funding, Grants, Competitions, Training Opportunities

Responsible Tech Job Board Want to improve our tech future? Work in it! Positive change happens from inside tech companies, from outside oversight/research, and from reimagining our possible tech futures. Find or post a job here.Job hunting? Tech: NYC’s Job Board is one more place to look.NYC Department of Small Businesses offers free online courses from coursera Forum Ventures Live Pitch Competition: NYC Prize: $100,000 Open to early-stage B2B SaaS founders who have raised under $1M USD. Learn more & applySephora | Black beauty founders: apply for $100K grants​​ Learn more & Apply


Ganas Ventures | Community-driven founders: Apply for $100K 


Lattitude | US Latino founders: Lattitude is hosting a Live Match-Up Competition that will offer up to $1M of equity-free capital to the winner. Learn more & ApplyGreenlight Innovation Fund RFP New York City Economic Development Corporation (“NYCEDC”), is launching the Greenlight Innovation Fund Request for Proposals to provide City capital funding for the development of facilities in New York City that support Innovation Industries, including the Green Economy, Life Sciences, and Advanced Technology. Learn more about this and other NYCEDC Request for Proposals (RFPs). edc.nyc/RFPsFantom Foundation has announced the launch of the Sonic Labs accelerator program. Apply by Feb 6 Up to 5 teams participating will receive:

An equal share of 1,000,000 FTM
Direct mentorship from Andre Cronje
Guidance from Marc Tillement from Pyth
Compliance and payroll support from Request Finance
Company structuring and legal guidance from Fantom Foundation’s Eli Bernstein.
The opportunity to be part of the official Sonic mainnet launch in early 2024
Access to private capital from our venture capital partnersHot leads from City Government. NYC outsources work your company could provide. NYC mayor’s office of Contract Services lists work the city will be contracting in 2024.  You might be surprised at the range of services NYC needs. Search here.NYC CoolRoofs provides New Yorkers with paid training and work experience installing energy-saving reflective rooftops. The program supports the City goal to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 Learn more and applyFree tax prep for freelancers NYC Launches Free Tax Prep For Self-Employed With CWPD And Freelancers Union. Learn more

Veterans Entrepreneurship Training I (VET-I) NYU Veterans Future Lab’s free, introductory educational program for active duty service members, US military veterans, and their spouses who seek to learn entrepreneurial skills or pursue business ventures. Apply by Jan 10NextEra Energy Investments, LLC 2024 Seed Competition
Win up to $500,000 in seed capital investment. For entrepreneurs solving critical problems within Cybersecurity, Data & AI, Decarbonization and Energy Transition and who want to work with NextEra Energy and its subsidiaries to innovate for a better tomorrow. Apply by Dec 15
Energy Innovation Competition 2023 See this LinkedIn post Open to Bootstrapped, Pre-Seed,Seed,Pre-A,
Series A companies. Deadline unkown. (to me at least!)



OpenAI cybersecurity grant program It almost goes without saying why they would want to fund these initiatives…
(Keep and eye on this one) The NYC Small Business Opportunity Fund offers low interest Small Business Loans for startups, growth-stage, or companies needing a boost after the pandemic. The program provides loans up to $250,000 at 4% fixed interest rate, as well as free business support (currently paused due to high demand). This program is currently on hold due to high demand.New York State’s Regional Economic Development Council funding is renewed by the state each year, and divides $225 million annually between 10 regions across the state. Companies can apply for both capital and operating grants, and funding can also support creating new business incubators. Learn more.
MetaPropUp to $250,000 in financing
• 22-weeks focused on growth and accelerated market penetration
• Access and intros to industry decision-makers, technology pilots, premier sources investment capital and international media
• Participate in Pilot and Demo Days, + discounted or free attendance at industry roundtables and networking events
• Pairing with select C-level mentors from MetaProp’s
Apply by Jan 15, ’24The federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs provide funding and eventually government contracts to innovative companies with under 500 employees developing and researching new technologies, and partners them with nonprofit research institutions. Initial phase funding grants begin at $50,000 and second phase grants are typically $750,000. Learn more.Polygon Labs $85M Grant Program to Draw Builders to Its Ecosystem – Grants are for both later stage Co’s (up to $1.5 Mil) and early stage Co’s (quadratic funding grants) Learn more.
The NYC Proptech Piloting Program provides piloting opportunities, pilot implementation support, and access to talent to support pilots for technologies that address the needs of City government’s nearly 500 million square feet of real estate under management. Learn more.

Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub – Up to $150K towards Azure OpenAI Service to supercharge your integrations. Learn more.
NYCEDC Launches Venture Access Alliance that Aims to Build a Tech Ecosystem that Reflects and Leverages NYC’s DiversityThis is super promising, especially given the two people who are co-chairing this initiative. The Alliance is co-chaired by Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures and Jarrid Tingle of Harlem Capital Partners in partnership with the Ford Foundation, Annenberg Foundation, Tech:NYC and more than 70 venture capital firms.NextFab Ventures 
Philadelphia, PA, USA | Oct 16 – Jan 15. Helping hardware entrepreneurs jump-start their business by providing them with hands-on technical and business consulting.  Funds up to $100k for 6% equity. Rolling AdmissionsThe NYC Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC) has a range of Financial Solutions to support:
* Discretionary tax benefits, tax credits, and tax-exempt financing
* Catalytic investment capital in the form of loans, equity, credit enhancements, and other hybrid instruments
* Advisory services for internal and external stakeholders on strategic financial topics Learn more here
Global Millennial Capital’s Accelerator Web3 2023 Program: For early-growth companies to define their business model and expand their network of global relationships. Up to $250,000 per company. Deadline unknown. Learn more
Women Entrepreneur’s Boot Camp (WEB) – an immersive day of workshops and activities for women founders of seed stage tech companies. Ten to twelve founders will spend the day in New York with investors from Amex Ventures, subject matter experts from American Express and Project W, and a cohort of their accomplished peers to dive into strategies for scaling their businesses to get Series A ready. Apply nowFutureworks Makerspace at Brooklyn Army Terminal is a state-of-the-art community workspace for entrepreneurs, makers, architects, and artists. Makerspace supports local manufacturing and entrepreneurship by providing access to tools for local prototyping. Learn more
NYCEDC’s Founder Fellowship Program to support Tech Entrepreneurs from Historically Underrepresented Backgrounds. The program provides opportunities to access capital and networks to help scale their companies in New York City. Apply by Dec 5
The New York Fashion Tech Lab is accepting applications for its 2024 cohort. The program is open to women-led, early to growth-stage emerging tech companies that have developed B2B innovations at the intersection of fashion, retail, and technology. Apply by Dec. 14.
NYC Open Data Week 2024 Call for Proposals! Read the full announcement from the Office of Technology and Innovation here.

The eighth festival is scheduled for March 16-24, 2024, features BetaNYC’s in-person NYC School of Data conference on Sat., March 23 and Data Through Design’s week-long art exhibition. Help build the program! BetaNYC is looking for presentations, talks, workshops, demos, and data visualizations that celebrate open data and NYC. Learn more and submit your ideas early!Empire State Dev Pre-seed and Seed Matching Fund Provides $30 mil. for early-stage, high growth start-up companies to grow and develop. The fund offers early-stage businesses equity investments from $50K up to $250K with matching from the private sector (there must be at least $1 of private sector investment for every $1 NY Ventures invests). Targeting Advanced Manufacturing, AgTech, Climate Tech, Consumer Products, Data/SaaS/AI, Fintech, Healthcare, Life Sciences and BioTech, Medical Devices. No known application deadline.

TachyonX Accelerator  TachyonX is Consensys’ newest program supporting innovative Web3 founders at the very beginning of their journey, with a $150,000 with a SAFE and token side letter for 4% equity and pro rata token right to insider token allocation and access to the Consensys Mesh network. Rolling admissions so… Get rolling and apply!Company Ventures is now accepting applications for its second cohort of Boost, part of the Founder Fellowship program operated by the New York City Economic Development Corp. Learn more and applyZenBusiness 2023 Small Business $5K Grant Program: Requires being a customer of Zen Business.Awesome Foundation Every month the foundation gives away $1,000 – just like that.

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