America’s Seed Fund Startup Expo 2023

Kicking off America’s Seed Fund Week, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will host its 2nd annual Startup Expo – showcasing innovative ventures that define the cutting edge of technologies critical for our nation’s economic prosperity, global competitiveness, and national security:

 

America’s Seed Fund Startup Expo 2023

Monday, May 15th

2:30 - 5:00 PM EDT

Virtual Event

 

About the Expo

At Startup Expo 2023, qualified startups will showcase their technology developed through America’s Seed Fund, after having been selected during the competition period from April 5 to 16, 2023. This year’s competition is open to innovative startups focused in 14 critical technology areas including biotechnology, quantum science, artificial intelligence (AI), space technology, renewable energy and hypersonics.

 

14 Critical Technology Areas

  1. Biotechnology

  2. Quantum Science

  3. Future Generation (FutureG) Wireless Technology

  4. Advanced Materials

  5. Trusted AI and Autonomy

  6. Integrated Network Systems-of Systems

  7. Microelectronics

  8. Space Technology

  9. Renewable Energy Generation and Storage

  10. Advanced Computing and Software

  11. Human-Machine Interfaces

  12. Directed Energy

  13. Hypersonics

  14. Integrated Sensing and Cyber

 

About America's Seed Fund

Also known as “America’s Seed Fund”, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs’ mission is to support scientific excellence and technological innovation through the investment of federal research funds in critical American priorities to build a strong national economy. These programs represent the nation’s largest source of early-stage research and development funding for small businesses. SBA coordinates the programs, collaborating with 11 federal agencies, who collectively supported more than $4 billion a year in federal research and development funding.

Through these highly competitive grant programs domestic small businesses with the potential for commercialization are encouraged to engage in federal Research and Development (R&D); these programs are an important resource for a wide range of researchers, innovators, inventors, entrepreneurs, and startups working on big ideas. The program’s goals are to:

  • Stimulate technological innovation;

  • Meet federal research and development needs;

  • Foster and encourage participation in innovation and entrepreneurship by women and socially or economically disadvantaged persons; and

  • Increase private-sector commercialization of innovations derived from Federal research and development funding

About the Host

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Investment and Innovation (OII) leads programs that provide the high-growth small business community with access to two things: financial capital and R&D funds to develop commercially viable innovations. Our work is underpinned by public-private partnerships that help small businesses on their trajectory from idea to IPO.

Categories: Funding, Market Research, Research & Development
Start Date: 5/15/2023 2:00 PM
End Date: 5/15/2023 5:00 PM

Venue: Online