Seeks out companies like yours — marketing-led commerce and web/app — and invests at a level that fits the round you're raising.
Find and apply for small business grants in 3 easy steps.
Find the small business grants and funders most likely to back your business. $100M+ raised with our site.
Small business grants are set aside at the city, county, state, and federal level to help entrepreneurs start and grow. State grants alone total over $5.26 Billion per year. In 3 minutes we'll show you the grant programs and funders most likely to back your business.
Matches with you because they back early-stage fintech and commerce software at exactly the raise size you're targeting.
Illustrative dashboard. Investor names and details are fictionalized for demonstration.
Featured Small Business Grants
Where Founders Find Grant Funding
Additional Ventures
Additional Ventures is a foundation working toward a cure for single ventricle heart disease, a rare and complex form of congenital heart disease. We fund bold, transformative researc...
Bush Foundation
The Bush Foundation invests in great ideas and the people who power them in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, and the 23 Native nations that share the same geography. We work to insp...
Lutheran Foundation for Long Term Living
Founded in 2022, the Lutheran Foundation for Long Term Living (LFLTL) was born out of a deep desire to improve the lives of individuals in need. Our mission is to improve the quality o...
Peg's Foundation
Peg’s is a philanthropic organization in Hudson, Ohio, dedicated to improving the lives of people affected by serious mental illness. Guided by our founder’s call to Think Bigger, Peg's a...
Dynami Foundation
Dynami (Δύναμη) is the Greek word for strength. We believe that together, we are stronger. We connect breast cancer researchers, patients, and supporters together through funding for cutt...
Lilly Endowment
Lilly Endowment Inc. was founded in 1937 by J.K. Lilly, Sr. and his sons Eli and J.K. Jr. for the “promotion and support of religious, educational, or charitable purposes.” Throughout its...
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Investor Match compares your funding request against the preferences of accredited investors reviewed by our team — investment size, industry, stage, and geography — to surface the investors most relevant to your raise.
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Matches with you because they seek out pre-seed AI and SaaS companies at your stage — and they're in your same geographic area.
Seeks out companies like yours in technology and healthtech, and leads rounds at the size you need.
In your same geographic area and seeks out technology and climate startups like yours.
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Hi Northlight team,
I'm raising a $500k round to scale our marketing-focused commerce platform. Your $50k–$2M investment range and focus on Technology & E-Commerce line up closely with where we are today.
In the last 12 months we've grown to
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