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GrantOpenDeadline: 31 Aug 2026Closing soon

The Social Shifter Global Innovation Challenge

This is for young founders already building something with measurable social or environmental impact. Your work also needs to contribute to at least one UN Sustainable Development Goal. That opens the door to businesses and projects working in areas like: 🌱 Climate 🏥 Health 💧 Water 🌾 Agriculture 📚 Education ♿ Accessibility 💼 Economic mobility 🏘️ Community development 🤖 Impact technology ♻️ Sustainability And this isn't grant money by itself. Founders also gain access to: 🧠 Application support 🎤 Pitch coaching 🌐 Global founder community 🤝 Networking 💼 Additional fellowships and paid opportunities

Deadline: 31 Aug 2026RemoteUp to $15,000USD
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AcceleratorOpenDeadline: 15 Sept 2026Closing soon

R[3]sidency × Construct

Selective frontier-tech accelerator offering $300K investment and direct access to major crypto operators and investors.

R[3]sidency × Construct is a 12-week, fully in-person accelerator run by Wintermute and Fabric Ventures for teams building infrastructure for the Machine Economy, particularly across crypto, fintech, AI, robotics and quantum. Eight teams are selected, with each receiving a US$300,000 investment, plus over US$100,000 in partner credits and perks. The program includes weekly 1:1 sessions with builders and VCs, product, go-to-market and fundraising support, and concludes with an investor roadshow and Demo Day in New York. Teams work primarily from London during the program.

Deadline: 15 Sept 2026London, UK. New York, USAUS$300,000

Good fit: Early-stage crypto founders seeking substantial capital and hands-on operator support.

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FellowshipOpenDeadline: RollingFeatured

Llama Beta Fellowship

Early-stage AI fellowship helping founders explore and build agent-native startups before traditional fundraising.

The Beta Fellowship is an 8-week in-person fellowship from Beta Fund for founders building agent-native AI startups. The program supports founders who are often at the earliest stages—even before there is a company, revenue or finished idea. Fellows receive mentorship from founders, engineers and investors, work alongside a small cohort, and build within the Beta Fund ecosystem. The fellowship also serves as a pathway to Beta Fund investment, with the fund writing US$200K first checks and investing up to US$2M across pre-seed and seed stages

Deadline: RollingUSAUS$200K - 2M

Good fit: Idea-stage founders exploring agent-native AI startup ideas.

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Posthog

Software & Infrastructure

Sponsored

Posthog for startup

Product analytics, feature flags, session replay and experiments.

Founder benefit: 1 year free (up to $50K value)

Sponsored placement

Last verified 13 August 2026View offer
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Ciphrix

Software & Infrastructure

SOC2 ready in weeks

Get from zero to SOC2 ready in weeks. Ciphrix uses AI agents to do the compliance work, helping founders build their SOC2 controls, policies, registers, prepare evidence and get audit-ready in weeks.

Founder benefit: - Ciphrix compliance platform - AI agents that do the compliance work - Policies, Risks, Vendors, Assets, Evidence - Automated evidence collection - Cybersecurity training - SOC2 readiness review - 1:1 Slack support - Regular 1:1 office hours until certification - Audit coordination and support - Access to Partner Network Auditors

LaunchWell benefit: Ciphrix Platform Subscription - AU$4,999 annually

Last verified 13 August 2026View offer
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Ciphrix

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ISO27001 in weeks

Get from zero to ISO 27001 ready in days. Ciphrix uses AI agents to do the compliance work, helping founders build their ISMS, prepare and collect evidence and get audit-ready.

Founder benefit: - Ciphrix compliance platform, all platform modules - AI agents that do the compliance work - Policies, Risks, Vendors, Evidence and more - Automated evidence collection - Continuous control monitoring - Cybersecurity Training - Internal Audit - 1:1 Slack Support - Regular 1:1 Office hours until certification - Audit co-ordination and support - Access to Partner Network Auditors

LaunchWell benefit: Ciphrix Subscription - US$4,999 annually

Last verified 13 August 2026View offer

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