Gold Key & Business Matchmaker Grants

Gold Key & Business Matchmaker Grants is sponsored by SelectFlorida. These grants help Florida businesses generate or increase sales overseas during a SelectFlorida Export Sales Mission. They are a market development tool for new or infrequent exporters, importers, and representatives with an interest in a company's products or services.

Gold Key/Matchmaker Grants — SelectFlorida Opened/Updated This Week 0 $0 Opened/Updated This Week 0 $0 Opened/Updated This Week 0 $0 Gold Key/Matchmaker Grants This grant provides financial assistance to Florida-based manufacturers and service providers looking to expand their export sales by facilitating meetings with qualified international buyers and agents.

The Gold Key/Matchmaker Grant aims to support Florida-based manufacturers and professional services providers in generating or increasing export sales overseas. This grant offers a unique market development tool, ideal for new or infrequent exporters, by facilitating meetings with pre-screened and pre-qualified buyers, agents, importers, and representatives interested in the applicant's products or services.

The grant primarily covers participation fees for a SelectFlorida Export Sales Mission, with business matchmaking possibly provided by the U.S. Commercial Service’s Gold Key Service or a qualified in-country partner. Applicants must meet specific criteria, including being new to export, new to the market, or an infrequent exporter to the market.

The grant emphasizes the viability of the product line or service in the target market, as determined by the U.S. Commercial Service or SelectFlorida, with a cap of three trade grants per company each fiscal year. The Gold Key/Matchmaker Grant aims to support Florida-based manufacturers and professional services providers in generating or increasing export sales overseas.

This grant offers a unique market development tool, ideal for new or infrequent exporters, by facilitating meetings with pre-screened and pre-qualified buyers, agents, importers, and representatives interested in the applicant's products or services.

The grant primarily covers participation fees for a SelectFlorida Export Sales Mission, with business matchmaking possibly provided by the U.S. Commercial Service’s Gold Key Service or a qualified in-country partner. Applicants must meet specific criteria, including being new to export, new to the market, or an infrequent exporter to the market.

The grant emphasizes the viability of the product line or service in the target market, as determined by the U.S. Commercial Service or SelectFlorida, with a cap of three trade grants per company each fiscal year.

Not specified - Not specified For profit organizations other than small businesses - Applicants must be located in Florida, registered as an active entity with the Florida Division of Corporations, in business for a minimum of two years in Florida, operate a licensed commercial facility in the state, employ between 3 and 500 full-time employees, and have at least $250,000 in annual sales in the previous year.

Eligibility also includes Florida-based manufacturers, service providers in approved target sectors, or manufacturer’s representatives for Florida companies. Other restrictions may apply. - Detailed eligibility criteria and application process are specified, including submission at least two weeks prior to the start of the Export Sales Mission.

The grant is specific to participation fees and does not cover travel, accommodations, or other related expenses. International Development