MIT delta v accelerator (Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship)
MIT delta v
Usually opens in February and April
Projected from the months this call usually opens — not a date the funder has confirmed.
Projected from the pattern of past calls — confirm on the funder's page before planning around it.
GIVEN: USD 75,000 equity-free funding per accepted team, plus a full-time summer programme, workspace at MIT and mentorship, culminating in Demo Day. TAKEN: nothing - the funding is explicitly equity-free and MIT takes no stake through delta v.
You must co-fund 0%.
Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
private · national
Deadline: annual_call — Annual summer cohort. The 2026 application deadline was Wednesday 1 April 2026 at 5:00pm Eastern; applications are now closed.
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: idea, pre_seed
MIT-affiliated founding teams. Requires a demo-able prototype, a full-time commitment for the summer, and an intention to go to market by the end of the programme.
How to apply
- Confirm at least one founder is a current MIT student or recent alum meeting the Trust Center's affiliation rule
- Build a demo-able prototype and gather early customer signals
- Submit the online application by the early-April deadline
- Interviews and selection
- Full-time summer programme in Cambridge, MA ending with Demo Day
What you will need
- Online application
- Product demo or prototype
- Evidence of customer interest (if applicable)
Source. https://entrepreneurship.mit.edu/accelerator/apply/ — checked 2026-08-14
"$75K equity-free funding"