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Funding for startups in New York
New York runs 13 programmes of its own, and 8 of them take applications right now. The 63 federal programmes further down are open to New York companies too. We read each one on its official site and note the date we checked.
Run by New York and local bodies
Excelsior Jobs Program
Empire State Development · New York
Refundable state tax credits on wages, R&D spend and investment for businesses that create 5 to 150 new jobs in New York over up to 10 years.
Global NY Fund Grant Program
Empire State Development · New York
Reimburses up to $25,000 of trade-show, market-research and export-readiness costs for New York companies selling abroad.
Launch NY Seed Fund
Launch NY · New York
Upstate New York's most active seed fund invests roughly $10,000 to $200,000 in high-growth startups alongside free mentoring.
New York Life Sciences R&D Tax Credit
Empire State Development (New York State) · New York
A refundable New York State credit for new, ESD-certified life sciences companies: 15% of in-state R&D spend (20% for firms with fewer than 10 employees), capped at $500,000 per year for up to three years.
New York Ventures Pre-Seed and Seed Matching Fund
Empire State Development (NY Ventures) · New York
State-matched equity investments of $50,000 to $250,000 for early-stage New York startups that have raised under $2 million to date.
NYC Future Fund
City of New York, NYC Department of Small Business Services · New York
Revenue-based loans of $25,000 to $500,000 for New York City small businesses, with repayments that flex with revenue.
Rev: Ithaca Startup Works
Cornell University Center for Regional Economic Advancement · New York
Ithaca coworking space, mentorship and hardware-prototyping accelerator cohorts for startups in any field, run by Cornell's regional economic development center.
The Clean Fight Deployment Grant Fund
The Clean Fight, supported by NYSERDA and NYC Economic Development Corporation · New York
Deployment grants and accelerator cohorts for growth-stage climate tech companies scaling energy and building solutions, backed by NYSERDA and NYCEDC.
GENIUS NY
Empire State Development, operated by CenterState CEO · New York
Drone, automation and advanced air mobility startups compete for a $1 million SAFE investment and a year-long Syracuse accelerator place.
Grow-NY Food and Agriculture Business Competition
Empire State Development, administered by Cornell University's Center for Regional Economic Advancement · New York
Food and agriculture startups compete for up to $1 million in milestone-based prize money by committing to operate in the Finger Lakes, Central New York or Southern Tier for a year.
Innovation Matching Grants Program (NYSTAR)
Empire State Development / NYSTAR · New York
New York State matching grant that tops up federal SBIR/STTR Phase I or II awards for NY-resident small businesses, nearly $11M awarded to 88 companies since the May 2024 launch.
Commercialization Competition (Jeff Lawrence Innovation Fund)
FuzeHub, with funding from Empire State Development's Division of Science, Technology and Innovation (NYSTAR) · New York
FuzeHub's annual pitch competition funds NY manufacturing and tech companies to take a working prototype toward investment and customers.
Luminate NY
NextCorps (Luminate NY) · New York
Rochester accelerator investing up to $2.1 million total in optics, photonics and imaging startups worldwide, ten companies per cohort.
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Federal programmes open to New York 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 New York deadline funders will ask about
Most programmes above ask for financials and a company in good standing. In New York that means the Biennial Statement — Due every 2 years, by the last day of the calendar month in which the original Articles of Organization were filed.
This page exists because New York has at least 2 verified programmes of its own. See every state, or tell us about a New York 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 New York books in that shape year-round, so applying is an export rather than a rebuild.