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Elevate Ventures Community Ideation and Pre-Seed Investments

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
$1,000,000

Elevate Ventures runs a ladder of programmes: Community Ideation Fund awards (historically around $20,000), Elevate Nexus pre-seed and seed rounds (historically $50,000-$500,000 in convertible notes or equity), and larger follow-on investments through the Indiana Next Level Funds.

Funder

Elevate Ventures (Indiana Economic Development Corporation)

ppp · regional

Deadline: Open all year

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

Company must be based in Indiana or relocating there. Elevate Ventures is the state's designated venture development organisation, funded by the IEDC.

How to apply

  1. Submit the company profile through the Elevate Ventures website
  2. Meet an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for your region
  3. Progress through the appropriate programme track
  4. Investment committee decision

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://elevateventures.com/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

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

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