America's Seed Fund (NSF SBIR/STTR)
seedfund.nsf.gov Direct investor
America's Seed Fund is a U.S. government program that provides early-stage R&D funding to startups and small businesses, taking no equity. It supports deep technology innovations across various sectors.
America's Seed Fund (NSF SBIR/STTR) is a public fund headquartered in Alexandria, United States, founded in 1977. It invests directly in companies, from seed to Series A, in deep technology, artificial intelligence, energy and medical devices. Its stated cheque size is up to $2 million.
“We fund startups to build deep technologies for commercial success.”
— America's Seed Fund (NSF SBIR/STTR), own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Public fund
- Headquarters
- Alexandria, United States
- Invests in
- US
- Cheque size
- up to $2 million
- Founded
- 1977
Co-invests most often with
Derived from portfolio pages both investors publish themselves: each pair below lists at least one company in common. 10 co-investors found.
- Community Development Financial Institutions Fund 2 shared companies: usa.gov, govdelivery.com
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (Rural Business-Cooperative Service) 2 shared companies: usa.gov, govdelivery.com
- KdT Ventures 1 shared company: azitrainc.com
- Leaps by Bayer 1 shared company: azitrainc.com
- Elevate Ventures 1 shared company: sbir.gov
- Export-Import Bank of the United States 1 shared company: usa.gov
- Fairfax County Employees' Retirement System 1 shared company: usa.gov
- Inter-American Foundation 1 shared company: usa.gov
- United States International Development Finance Corporation 1 shared company: usa.gov
- Capital Innovators 1 shared company: clearflameengines.com
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page America's Seed Fund (NSF SBIR/STTR) publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://seedfund.nsf.gov/name, is_investor, layer, type, hq_country, hq_city, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, cheque_size, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, founded, status
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Record 7017 · added 2026-09-03 · link last verified 2026-09-06 · confidence high
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