Deadline:
March 31, 2025
Location(s)
Online United States of America
Overview
We’re on a worldwide search for our 14th cohort, comprised of early-stage startups looking to take their businesses to the next level. The Arch Grants Startup Competition awards innovative, scalable, job-creating startups with $75,000 non-dilutive grants (plus an additional $25,000 for companies relocating to St. Louis) and provides access to an ecosystem of resources in exchange for headquartering their businesses in St. Louis for at least one year. Competition applications are evaluated by over 400 industry experts from the St. Louis community and around the country.
Details
Arch Grants seek to attract entrepreneurs who are already located in St. Louis OR are willing to relocate here. Basing your business in St. Louis is a prerequisite for receiving the grant and all of our current entrepreneurs are investing their time in making the St. Louis startup scene even stronger.
The industry-agnostic Global Startup Competition is held twice per year, with grant disbursement occurring once in the spring and once in the fall. Arch Grants seeks to fund innovative technologies, products, and services wrapped within scalable business models with the potential for national or international impact.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
In order to qualify, a startup must be:
- Developing an innovative and scalable business
- Building a technology-enabled solution
- In the validated-idea, bootstrapped, pre-seed, or seed stage
- Interested in locating in or relocating to St. Louis, MO for at least one year
- Operating as a for-profit business
- Led by at least one founder working on the company as their primary or full-time professional role. This requirement must be met by the time funding is provided.
We Champion…
- Founders with idea-stage to pre-Series A companies
- Companies with an innovative and scalable business model
- Technology-enabled solutions
- Diverse Founder teams who have a desire to help the St. Louis ecosystem grow
And All We Require Is…
- The Company locate their headquarters in the City of St. Louis for at least one year
- 51% of the founding team or one founder and 51% of the team need to live in St. Louis for the program year
- At least one founder is working on the company as their primary or full-time professional role
Dates
Deadline: March 31, 2025
Cost/funding for participants
By Supporting Founders With…
- $75,000 equity-free funding + $25,000 for relocation + eligibility for additional Growth Grants funding of up to $100,000
- Ala carte programming, fundraising support, and access to the Arch Grants network
- Exclusive discounts and talent acquisition support
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