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PreSeed Accelerator Fund

domainMinistry of Business, Innovation and EmploymentverifiedVerified · Sep 20
Funding / Offer
Typically NZ$60,000 automatically available per project through participating technology-transfer offices, with matched TTO funding under fund rules
scheduleDurationDeadline: 2025–2026 through participating university/public-research commercialisation offices
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Deadline: 2025–2026 through participating university/public-research commercialisation offices
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Typically NZ$60,000 automatically available per project through participating technology-transfer offices, with matched TTO funding under fund rules
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Competitive

infoAbout this program

PreSeed funds early commercialisation of publicly funded research through university and research-organisation technology-transfer offices.

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Funding

Typically NZ$60,000 automatically available per project through participating technology-transfer offices, with matched TTO funding under fund rules

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Equity

0%

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Program

Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

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Type

Grant

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#Grants#Startups