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Credits and in-kind

Cloudflare for Startups

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
$350,000

Cloudflare service credits, not cash. Three tiers: Tier 3 '$10k in credits to build and launch your product, no minimum funding required' (bootstrapped/self-funded, under $1M raised); Tier 2 'Access expanded $100k in credits' (under $5M raised, funded by an affiliated partner); Tier 1 'Unlock $350k maximum credits' ($5M+ raised, funded by an affiliated partner). Credits apply to Cloudflare products only.

Funder

Cloudflare, Inc.

private · supranational

Deadline: Open all year — Rolling applications; first-time applicants only.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Cloudflare requires: 'Founded within the last 10 years', 'Funded within the last 12 months', 'Building a technology product', a valid publicly accessible website, activity on LinkedIn/X/GitHub, 'First-time applicants only', and a for-profit business with a business email matching the domain.

How to apply

  1. Confirm you meet the general criteria (founded in the last 10 years, funded in the last 12 months, building a technology product). — link
  2. Apply online, selecting the tier matching your funding raised and partner affiliation. — link
  3. Cloudflare reviews and applies credits to the Cloudflare account.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.cloudflare.com/forstartups/

"$10k in credits to build and launch your product, no minimum funding required"

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.cloudflare.com

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