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Equity

Virginia Founders Fund

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
Not published

Seed equity investments in Virginia technology start-ups founded by under-represented entrepreneurs or located outside the Northern Virginia corridor. Cheque sizes are typically in the low hundreds of thousands, alongside private co-investors.

Funder

Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC)

public · 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
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Company must be headquartered in Virginia. The fund explicitly prioritises founders from under-represented backgrounds and companies in under-served regions of the Commonwealth.

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://vipc.org/funding/virginia-founders-fund/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: vipc.org

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