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Credits and in-kind

Google for Startups Cloud Program

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
$350,000

Google Cloud credits, not cash. Tiered by funding stage: pre-funded startups 'Get $2,000 to build your MVP'; Seed to Series A 'Get up to $350,000 in credits if you're Seed to Series A' ($200,000 standard, up to $350,000 for AI-first startups); Series B+ receive custom commercial arrangements rather than a published credit figure. Credits are redeemable only against Google Cloud and Firebase usage and expire. Google does not publish age or funding-raised thresholds on the programme page.

Funder

Google LLC (Google Cloud)

private · supranational

Deadline: Open all year — Rolling applications; no published deadline.

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

The programme page states tiers by stage (Pre-funded, Seed to Series A, Series B+) but does not publish minimum/maximum company age or a funding-raised cap.

How to apply

  1. Select the tier matching your funding stage on the Google for Startups Cloud Program page. — link
  2. Submit the online application with company, funding and Google Cloud billing account details. — link
  3. If approved, credits are applied to the Cloud Billing account.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://cloud.google.com/startup

"Get up to $350,000 in credits if you're Seed to Series A"

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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