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Arizona Innovation Challenge (AIC)

Status

Usually opens in March and September

Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.

Closed

Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.

Amount
$250,000

One of the largest state-run business plan competitions; historically awarded up to $250,000 per company across two rounds a year, with milestone-based disbursement and mandatory participation in the Venture Ready mentoring programme.

Funder

Arizona Commerce Authority

public · regional

Deadline: One call a year — The Arizona Commerce Authority ran the Arizona Innovation Challenge twice a year (spring and autumn) for over a decade.

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
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Company must be based in Arizona or committed to relocating there, with a scalable technology product and a defined path to revenue.

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.azcommerce.com/programs/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

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

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