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Tax credits

New Jersey Angel Investor Tax Credit

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
$500,000

A refundable credit of 20% of a qualified investment in a New Jersey emerging technology business, rising to 25% for investments in businesses located in an Opportunity Zone or low-income community, or businesses certified as minority- or women-owned. Capped at $500,000 per investor per qualified business per year.

Funder

New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA)

public · regional

Deadline: Open all year — Applications must be submitted within six months of the investment.

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

The emerging technology business must have fewer than 225 employees (at least 75% in New Jersey), do business in New Jersey, and conduct qualified research or commercialise technology in an advanced computing, advanced materials, biotechnology, electronic device, information technology, life sciences, medical device, mobile communications or renewable energy field.

How to apply

  1. The investor makes a qualified investment in a New Jersey emerging technology business
  2. The investor submits the application to NJEDA within six months of the investment
  3. NJEDA reviews and issues the tax credit certificate

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361)

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.njeda.gov/angelinvestortaxcredit/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.njeda.gov

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