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Funding for startups in Kansas
Kansas runs 9 programmes of its own, and 6 of them take applications right now. The 63 federal programmes further down are open to Kansas companies too. We read each one on its official site and note the date we checked.
Run by Kansas and local bodies
AltCap Microloans
AltCap · Kansas
A Kansas City-area nonprofit lender offers up to $50,000 in flexible microloans to small businesses that banks turn away, including startups.
GrowKS Equity Programs – Angel Capital Support Program
NetWork Kansas (eGrowth Ventures) and Kansas Department of Commerce · Kansas
State co-investment fund that puts $50,000 to $250,000 alongside angel or VC investors into growth-stage Kansas startups.
GrowKS Loan Programs
NetWork Kansas and Kansas Department of Commerce (State Small Business Credit Initiative) · Kansas
State-backed matching loans of up to $1 million for Kansas small businesses, arranged through a Network Kansas partner lender.
Kansas Angel Investor Tax Credit (KAITC)
Kansas Department of Commerce · Kansas
Accredited investors get a 50% state tax credit for putting money into a qualified early-stage Kansas company.
Kansas SBIR/STTR Matching Program
Kansas Department of Commerce · Kansas
Kansas matches federal SBIR/STTR money: up to $3,000 to write a Phase 0 proposal and up to $25,000 after you win a Phase I award.
NetWork Kansas eCommunity Partnership Loan Fund
NetWork Kansas eCommunity Partnership · Kansas
Local revolving loan funds run by 82 partner Kansas communities cover up to 60% of a small business's financing need.
Lab2Market Accelerator
KU Innovation Park · Kansas
A six-month, no-equity accelerator at KU Innovation Park gives researcher-founders workspace, staff support, and investor connections but no cash award.
ACCEL-KS
Kansas Department of Commerce, delivered through KU Innovation Park and Groover Labs · Kansas
A state proof-of-concept grant of up to $25,000 for early-stage Kansas tech or science founders, with at least 30% reserved for rural applicants.
Shocker New Venture Competition
Wichita State University, Barton School of Business Center for Entrepreneurship · Kansas
Wichita State's annual pitch competition awards up to $20,000 in startup capital to the winning new-venture team.
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Federal programmes open to Kansas businesses
Grants 23
- AFWERX SBIR/STTR & Army xTechup to $15M
- Amber Grant for Womenup to $50k
- ARPA-E
- ARPA-H
- Comcast RISEup to $5k
- DHS SBIRup to $1M
- DoD SBIR/STTRup to $2.15M
- DOE SBIR/STTRup to $2.15M
- ED/IES SBIRup to $1M
- EDA Build to Scale (B2S)up to $5M
- EPA SBIRup to $400k
- Federal and State Technology (FAST) Partnership Program
- FedEx Small Business Grant Contestup to $50k
- NASA SBIR/STTRup to $1.27M
- NIH SBIR/STTRup to $4.19M
- NOAA SBIRup to $690k
- NSF SBIR/STTR — America's Seed Fund powered by NSFup to $1.25M
- Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) — Renewable Energy Systems & Energy Efficiencyup to $25M
- SBA Growth Accelerator Fund Competition (GAFC)up to $200k
- SBIR/STTR (America's Seed Fund)up to $2.15M
- US DOT SBIRup to $200k
- USDA NIFA SBIR
- Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG)up to $200k
Loans & guarantees 15
- CAPLines (SBA 7(a) Lines of Credit)up to $5M
- CDFI Fund — Certified Community Development Financial Institution Network
- DOE Loan Programs Office (Office of Energy Dominance Financing)
- Export Working Capital Program (EWCP)up to $5M
- International Trade Loan Program (ITL)up to $5M
- Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan (MREIDL)up to $2M
- SBA 504 Loan Program (CDC/504)up to $5.5M
- SBA 7(a) Loan Programup to $5M
- SBA Community Advantage Loansup to $1M
- SBA Disaster Loans (Physical Damage & Economic Injury)up to $2M
- SBA Microloan Programup to $50k
- SBA-504 and 7(a) Combined Loan Cap ($10M)up to $10M
- EXIM Working Capital Guarantee Programup to $10M
- SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Programup to $14M
- State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI)
Tax benefits 8
- Federal R&D Tax Credit (Section 41)
- New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC)
- QSBS Section 1202 Exclusionup to $15M
- Qualified Opportunity Zones (QOZ)
- R&D Payroll Tax Offset (Qualified Small Business Payroll Tax Credit)up to $500k
- Section 174A Domestic R&D Expensing Restoration
- State R&D Tax Credits (multi-state landscape)
- Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC)up to $2.4k
Equity 7
- 500 Global Flagship Acceleratorup to $150k
- Antler US Residency
- gener8tor Investment Acceleratorup to $100k
- HAXup to $250k
- Neo Accelerator
- Techstars Standard Investment Termsup to $220k
- Y Combinator Standard Dealup to $500k
Support & credits 10
- AWS Activateup to $200k
- Google for Startups Cloud Programup to $350k
- Microsoft for Startupsup to $150k
- MassChallenge Accelerator Programs (Traction & Challenge)
- MBDA Business Center Network
- NIST Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)
- NVIDIA Inception
- Plug and Play Accelerator Programs
- SBA 8(a) Business Development Program
- Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) Federal Contract Program
The other Kansas deadline funders will ask about
Most programmes above ask for financials and a company in good standing. In Kansas that means the Information Report — Filed every 2 years, based on formation-year parity: entities formed in even years file in succeeding even years, odd in odd. For-profit entities are due April 15; nonprofits June 15.
This page exists because Kansas has at least 2 verified programmes of its own. See every state, or tell us about a Kansas programme we are missing via the contact page.
Funders read the books before the pitch
Every programme on this page asks for financials in a particular shape. We keep Kansas books in that shape year-round, so applying is an export rather than a rebuild.