Grants

1517 Fund Medici Project

Review when idea, pre-seed, student teams in deep tech, software, hardware match global, united-states eligibility for non-dilutive funding or grant support.

Terms

Funding

Small grants and support; exact current amount not stated on official page

Equity or cost

No equity cost stated on official public page

Perks

Early belief, grants, mentorship, and 1517 network for young founders

Founder fit

Founder

Young founders, students, and independent builders who are too early for a standard accelerator.

Company

Very early projects where a small grant, mentorship, and high-conviction network can support progress.

Geography

Global usefulness, with strongest fit for founders who match 1517 Fund criteria.

Application effort

Official page route and lightweight outreach/application path.

Verification note

Added from the Folk Programs curation pass. Official Medici page is active, but exact public deadline and current grant amounts were not stated on the page checked.

Source quality: official 1517 Fund Medici Project page. Status confidence: medium.

Sparse public terms

Stages

ideapre-seedstudentyoung founder

Sectors

deep techsoftwarehardwaresciencegeneralist

Fit tags

grantyoung-foundernon-dilutive1517rolling

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