Every founder knows how to raise equity.
Almost nobody works the money that costs no equity at all.
SBIR grants. The EIC Accelerator. R&D tax credits. Cloud credits worth six figures. The programs exist, the budgets are allocated, and a large share goes unclaimed every year, because finding what you qualify for means reading eligibility criteria across hundreds of programs in three jurisdictions.
Nobody does that. So the money sits there.
We built a radar for it, in collaboration with VC Pitch Conf.
156 active US, UK, and EU grants. Scanned against your profile in about 10 seconds.
How It Works
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Tell it your region, sector, and stage. Three inputs. No account, no setup.
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Watch it scan the full database live. All 156 programs, in real time.
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Get a ranked shortlist of exactly what you qualify for, with direct apply links.
A week of manual research, returned before your coffee cools. And every euro you win through it is a euro you keep the equity on.
Why Non-Dilutive Wins in 2026
The equity round takes longer than it did and costs more of the company. Non-dilutive capital does three things a round cannot:
▫️ Runway without a valuation conversation. No terms, no board seat, no down-round risk, no clock.
▫️ A validation signal investors read as diligence. An EIC Accelerator award means a technical committee already stress-tested your thing. That travels into your next round.
▫️ It stacks. Grants, credits, and equity are not alternatives. Founders working all three raise less and keep more.
The only hard part was ever discovery. That part is now ten seconds.
And If You Are Raising Equity Too
The radar came out of a collaboration with VC Pitch Conf, a virtual 1:1 pitch conference on September 17. The two solve the same problem from opposite ends.
Cold outreach to 20 investors takes most founders two months. Here it takes one afternoon.
Every startup ticket includes 20 guaranteed 1:1 pitches, matched to your industry, stage, and geography. Seven minutes each. Over 200 VCs, angels, and family offices attending, actively writing checks across sectors. Investors attend free, and the format works just as well for meeting co-investors, LPs, and family offices.
👉 Join VC Pitch Conf — code RUBEN10 for 10% off the pitch ticket
The free content track
Attend the keynotes at no cost:
▫️ Where $B+ investors are putting venture dollars right now — Karen Page @ B Capital ($12B+ AUM), J Bradley Hilton @ Hilton Family Office, Candice Beaumont @ Salsano Group
▫️ What founders should send before the first meeting — Haley Bryant @ Hustle Fund (750+ deals)
▫️ The 2026 bar: what “fundable” means at pre-seed, seed, and Series A — Tim Suzman @ Pioneer Fund (920+ deals), Bill Liao @ SOSV (800+ deals)
▫️ How to pitch family offices vs VC funds vs accelerators — Shambhavi Mishra @ Antler (1,800+ deals), moderated by Shaun Gold @ OpenVC
▫️ How to find your moat and become investable — Igor Ryabenkiy @ AltaIR Capital ($600M AUM)
▫️ What should AI startups build now to raise venture money — Andrew Brackin @ Gradient ($1B AUM), Ray Wu @ Alumni Ventures
free for the content track, RUBEN10 for 10% off pitching
The Grant Radar
156 active US, UK, and EU programs. Region, sector, and stage in. Ranked shortlist with apply links out.
Free for premium subscribers, along with everything else behind the paywall:
▫️ Investor Lists — 10,000+ verified check-writers, including 200+ AI angels, 2,500 SaaS angels, and 80+ more non-dilutive sources
▫️ Pitch Decks — 300+ that raised, including 26 that raised $400M
▫️ Financial Models — the 13-week runway system, the SaaS model, the SAFE calculator
▫️ Resources — every playbook, including what top VCs look for in 2026 and what they check in diligence
One grant application beats the price of a year’s subscription by a wide margin.
Cancel anytime. First subscribers keep 50% off for life.
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