Virginia Founders Fund
Open continuously
No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.
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.
Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC)
public · regional
Deadline: rolling
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.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- micro enterprises
- Sectors: deeptech, health, ai, fintech
- Stage: pre_seed, seed
- Locally registered entity required
Company must be headquartered in Virginia. The fund explicitly prioritises founders from under-represented backgrounds and companies in under-served regions of the Commonwealth.
Source. https://vipc.org/funding/virginia-founders-fund/ — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked