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Funding for startups in Mississippi
Mississippi runs 10 programmes of its own, and 10 of them take applications right now. The 63 federal programmes further down are open to Mississippi companies too. We read each one on its official site and note the date we checked.
Run by Mississippi and local bodies
Capital Access Contract Loan Program
Mississippi Development Authority · Mississippi
Loan support for small or disadvantaged Mississippi businesses that hold a public-entity contract but struggle to get conventional financing.
HOPE Small Business Loans
Hope Enterprise Corporation / Hope Credit Union · Mississippi
CDFI loans up to $250,000 for Mississippi small businesses, with a focus on Black- and women-owned and rural enterprises.
InvestMS
Innovate Mississippi (State Small Business Credit Initiative) · Mississippi
Equity investment for Mississippi pre-seed to Series A startups, funded through an $86 million federal SSBCI allocation.
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Loan Program
Mississippi Development Authority · Mississippi
Loans up to $250,000, or half of project cost, for minority- and women-owned Mississippi businesses.
Minority Business Micro Loan Program
Mississippi Development Authority · Mississippi
Loans up to $35,000 for minority- and women-owned Mississippi businesses to buy inventory, equipment or fund working capital.
Minority Surety Bond Guaranty Program
Mississippi Development Authority · Mississippi
Bond guarantees and technical assistance to help disadvantaged Mississippi minority businesses win construction and building-trade contracts.
Mississippi Angel Network
Innovate Mississippi · Mississippi
Connects Mississippi startups seeking $250,000 to $800,000 with a vetted network of accredited angel investors.
Mississippi Seed Fund
Innovate Mississippi · Mississippi
Early-stage funding for Mississippi startups: up to $10,000 grant or $25,000 loan through Innovate Mississippi's Seed Fund.
MS-FAST (Mississippi SBIR/STTR Phase 0)
Innovate Mississippi and USM Office of Innovation Management · Mississippi
Up to $3,000 to help Mississippi small businesses prepare a federal SBIR or STTR proposal.
Small Business Loan Guaranty Program (SBLGP)
Mississippi Development Authority · Mississippi
State guarantee on lender loans that helps new and existing Mississippi small businesses access term loans or credit lines.
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Federal programmes open to Mississippi 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 Mississippi deadline funders will ask about
Most programmes above ask for financials and a company in good standing. In Mississippi that means the Annual Report — Due April 15 each year (filing opens January 1).
This page exists because Mississippi has at least 2 verified programmes of its own. See every state, or tell us about a Mississippi 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 Mississippi books in that shape year-round, so applying is an export rather than a rebuild.