Datadog for Startups
Open continuously
No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.
Platform credits, not cash: up to $100,000 in credits covering one year of free access to the full Datadog platform including all Generally Available products. Access is gated behind a referral partner, so this is not open self-service.
Datadog, Inc.
private · supranational
Deadline: Open all year — Rolling, but applications must come through an official referral partner.
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.
Moderate — a form and supporting documents.
Who can apply
- Stage: pre-seed, seed and Series A
'Series A or earlier'; 'Must apply through one of our official referral partners'; 'The company must be new to Datadog. That means you cannot be a current or prior Datadog customer'.
How to apply
- Obtain a referral from one of Datadog's official referral partners (accelerator or VC). — link
- Apply via the partner referral link.
- Datadog provisions the account with the credit allocation for one year.
What you will need
- Referral partner code
Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work
Source. https://www.datadoghq.com/partner/datadog-for-startups/
"Must apply through one of our official referral partners"
Verified on 14 August 2026
Source: www.datadoghq.com
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