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Google Founders Funds is sponsored by Google. The Google Founders Fund provides funding and hands-on support to help founders get their business off the ground. While open to all founders, tech companies may particularly benefit from partnering with Google's experienced team.
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Founders Funds - Google for Startups The Google for Startups Founders Funds provided cash awards — without giving up equity in return — and hands-on support to help founders build and grow their businesses. Established in 2020, the Google for Startups Founders Funds provided more than $58 million to support founders.
The goals of our funds were to help promising founders grow their businesses and ultimately, to create generational wealth. We supported 600+ founders who have gone on to raise $500M+ in follow-on venture capital. In addition to equity-free cash awards, Founders Funds recipients received ongoing Google mentorship, product credits, and product support to help them navigate every stage of their startup journey.
The Google for Startups Women Founders Fund APAC provided funding, mentoring, and product support to help women in the Asia Pacific region grow their businesses. Despite comprising over 20% of the US population, Latino-led startups receive 2% of all venture capital dollars in the country. The Latino Founders Fund provided cash, product credits, and support to help Latino entrepreneurs grow their businesses.
The $10 million Google for Startups Ukraine Support Fund allocated equity-free cash awards and Google support to help Ukraine-based startups maintain and grow their businesses, strengthen their community, and build a foundation for post-war economic recovery.
The Google for Startups U.S. Black Founders Fund provided $150K cash awards — without giving up equity in return — along with product credits, and hands-on support to help Black entrepreneurs in the U.S. build and grow their businesses. Black Founders Fund Brazil 56% of Brazilians identify as Black, and 29% own a business yet they face unique barriers to becoming entrepreneurs.
The Black Founders Fund helped by providing equity-free capital plus mentoring and training to Black-led startups in the region. Black Founders Fund Europe This edition of Google for Startups Black Founders Fund was designed to help black-led startups in Europe, and provided up to $150K in capital, up to an additional $100K in Google Cloud Credits in their first year, and access to the best of Google.
Black Founders Fund Africa The Google for Startups Black Founders Fund Africa was an allocation of capital and resources for Black-led startups in Africa. The fund aimed to help founders succeed in tech by providing them with mentorship, product credits, and support. Not the right program for you?
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Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Open to all founders, with tech companies potentially getting more value from the partnership aspect. Low application bar, but competitive. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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Google.org's $30 million global initiative funding nonprofits, social enterprises, and academic institutions partnering with governments to use generative and agentic AI to transform public services. Focus areas include health (expanding healthcare access through AI-powered service delivery), resilience (enhancing crisis preparedness, response, and recovery), and economy (improving public infrastructure and economic opportunity). Selected organizations receive multi-month Google.org Accelerator programming with dedicated technical support from Google AI experts.
The Google.org Impact Challenge: AI for Science is a $30 million global open call to fund nonprofits, social enterprises, and academic institutions using artificial intelligence to accelerate breakthroughs in health and climate science. The challenge funds organizations applying AI to two priority domains: Health and Life Sciences (drug discovery, diagnostics, epidemiology, genomics) and Climate Resilience and Environmental Science (climate modeling, biodiversity monitoring, sustainable agriculture, carbon capture). Individual grants range from $500,000 to $3 million. Beyond funding, selected organizations gain access to technical mentorship from Google AI researchers, Google Cloud computing resources, and a multi-month accelerator programme. Applications close April 17, 2026. This is part of Google.org's broader $60 million commitment to AI impact challenges in 2026, alongside the separate AI for Government Innovation challenge.
The purpose of this FOA is to provide funding for up to four (4) Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) that will provide entrepreneurial development services to Native American communities, focusing on supplying services to socially and economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs in locations that are outside of the geographical areas of existing SBA resources. Eligible applicants must be Tribal Colleges and Universities as defined in the Higher Education Act HEA 316 (U.S.C. 1059c). Funding Opportunity Number: SB-GC7J-23-002. Assistance Listing: 59.007. Funding Instrument: G. Category: BC,ED. Award Amount: Up to $250K per award.
The purpose of this FOA is to provide funding for up to two (2) private, non-profit organizations that will provide entrepreneurial development services to women, with an emphasis on socially and economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs in locations that are outside of the geographical areas of existing WBCs for the District of Columbia (DC) and the State of Oregon. There will be one award for each location. Eligible applicants must be private, non-profit organizations with 501(c) tax exempt status from the U.S. Treasury’s Internal Revenue Service and must provide services to the District of Columbia (DC) and State of Oregon. Funding Opportunity Number: SB-OEDWB-23-002. Assistance Listing: 59.043. Funding Instrument: G. Category: BC,CD,RD. Award Amount: $75K – $150K per award.
Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs Phase I is sponsored by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The USDA SBIR/STTR programs support small businesses in creating innovative, disruptive technologies with commercial potential or societal benefit, including projects dealing with agriculturally-related manufacturing and alternative and renewable energy technologies. Specialty tubing could be relevant for agricultural equipment or renewable energy systems.
Google.org is offering up to $3 million per organization across two AI challenges — one for government innovation, one for scientific breakthroughs. Eligibility, strategy, and what wins.
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