Cooperative Agreement SNI01420CA0043

The City and County of Denver received a $6,180,520 Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA 11.024) to fund the Denver's TechUp project. The three-year project will provide a multi-tiered entrepreneurship program focused on technology and targeted towards Black, Indigenous and other People of Color entrepreneurs in the Denver area. Delivered in partnership with Access Mode, University of Colorado...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), through the Continuum of Care (CoC) Program (CFDA 14.267), awarded a $177,589 project grant to Dove Inc., a nonprofit organization based in Decatur, Illinois. The grant is intended to fund activities that promote community-wide efforts to quickly rehouse homeless individuals and families while minimizing the trauma and dislocation caused by homelessness. Eligible activities under the CoC Program include permanent housing, transitional...

The Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded a $1,323,450 BUILD TO SCALE (CFDA 11.024) grant to Fearless Solutions, LLC ("Fearless") to fund the Hutch Digital Services Incubator project. The project aims to scale Fearless' reach within focused verticals, expanding connections between mentors, digital services experts, and government administrators to accelerate innovation and transformation within federal agencies. The grant also provides coaching and...

The Economic Development Administration awarded a $2.17 million Project Grant to Vilcap, Inc. to develop lasting investment infrastructure for technology startups led by founders of color in the Southeast region of the United States. Under the Resource Invests initiative funded through the agency's BUILD TO SCALE program (CFDA #11.024), Vilcap will work with the Black Innovation Alliance from November 2022 to April 2024 to launch infrastructure and a replicable model to improve...

This $7.99 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE program will fund the Clean Fight NY initiative to strengthen New York's clean energy sector. Clean Fight NY will help address structural barriers facing growth-stage clean energy companies in New York through formalizing an adoption ecosystem that maximizes regional clean energy, customer, and capital assets. Specifically, Clean Fight NY will scale its core accelerator program...

This $1.2 million project grant from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration's BUILD TO SCALE program will fund the Louisville Healthcare CEO Council Aging Innovation Fund. The Fund will make equity-based investments in late-stage venture and growth-stage healthcare and aging technology companies with commercialized products addressing challenges of an aging population. Leveraging its network, the Council will identify qualified investment opportunities using a top-down...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $299,022 to DePaul University aims to develop a community-centered design and development framework for an AI-powered platform that will improve support services for transplanted populations. The key objectives are to: Engage stakeholders across various spheres to assess needs and develop a personalized recommendation system to match migrants with appropriate services and...

Clostra Inc. was awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor to improve the Newnode network in Belarus. Funded under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor program (CFDA 19.345), Clostra will increase the availability of decentralized nodes in uncensored regions and boost node density from September 30, 2022 to September 30, 2024. The DRL program supports open political spaces and fundamental...

This $3 million Economic Development Administration (EDA) Project Grant funds the Pacific Northwest Scalable Technology Startup Business Capital Fund Development Project administered as a strategic partnership between Regional Accelerator & Innovation Network (Rain Catalysts) and the Portland Seed Fund. The project aims to elevate and invest in scalable technology startups led primarily by Pacific Northwest women and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) founders through Rain...

The Red Wing Ignite organization will receive $7.8 million through a Project Grant award from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration under the BUILD TO SCALE federal grant program (CFDA #11.024) to fund the Accelerating Rural Entrepreneurs in SE Minnesota project. Red Wing Ignite will focus on prioritizing regional coordination and expanding access to startup programs for rural and diverse founders in southeast Minnesota. This includes launching an accelerator to expedite...