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Funding for startups in West Virginia
West Virginia runs 9 programmes of its own, and 9 of them take applications right now. The 63 federal programmes further down are open to West Virginia companies too. We read each one on its official site and note the date we checked.
Run by West Virginia and local bodies
Business Accelerator Program (BAP) at the Downtown Innovation Hub
University of Charleston · West Virginia
A free accelerator for established West Virginia small businesses with over $250,000 in revenue and at least one employee.
Economic Opportunity Tax Credit (small business job-creation track)
West Virginia Department of Economic Development · West Virginia
A $3,000 tax credit per new job for five years for small West Virginia businesses creating under 10 jobs.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Investment Fund: Phase 0 Award
West Virginia Small Business Development Center (WV SBDC), In-Tech Program · West Virginia
A $2,500 state grant for West Virginia businesses that submit a federal SBIR or STTR Phase I proposal.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Investment Fund: Phase I/II Matching Award
West Virginia Small Business Development Center (WV SBDC), In-Tech Program · West Virginia
State matching funds for West Virginia businesses that win a federal SBIR or STTR Phase I or II award.
FASTER WV Revolving Loan Fund
Advantage Valley, Inc. · West Virginia
Loans of $5,000 to $50,000 for startups in the Charleston-Huntington region who cannot get a bank loan.
FASTER WV Technical Assistance Grants
Advantage Valley, Inc. · West Virginia
Covers marketing, website, legal, financial and business-planning services for entrepreneurs in the Charleston-Huntington region.
gBETA at Marshall's iCenter
gener8tor, in partnership with Marshall University Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (iCenter) · West Virginia
A free seven-week mentorship accelerator for early-stage West Virginia founders at Marshall University, taking no equity.
High Technology Valuation Act
West Virginia Department of Economic Development · West Virginia
Values servers and computers at 5% of cost for property tax, plus a sales tax exemption, for West Virginia tech businesses.
WV SPRINT
U.S. Research Impact Alliance (USRIA), in partnership with the WV SBDC In-Tech Program · West Virginia
Free mentoring and proposal support to help West Virginia small businesses compete for SBIR and STTR federal funding.
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Federal programmes open to West Virginia 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 West Virginia deadline funders will ask about
Most programmes above ask for financials and a company in good standing. In West Virginia that means the Annual Report — Must be filed between January 1 and June 30 each year, starting the calendar year after registration. This is a fixed calendar window, not an anniversary-month rule.
This page exists because West Virginia has at least 2 verified programmes of its own. See every state, or tell us about a West Virginia 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 West Virginia books in that shape year-round, so applying is an export rather than a rebuild.