Startup Draft: A competitive selection programme (analogous to a draft pick system) that identifies and invests in… Grant
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This call is open to startups, at pre-seed and seed stage. Funding is an equity investment. Coverage is read from the notice itself: United States.
Startup Draft is a competitive investment programme modelled on sports draft systems that identifies and funds early-stage startups across digital health, manufacturing, supply chain, agriculture, and energy sectors. Ateios Systems and Ubicept were selected as the inaugural cohort.
About this grant
TitletownTech is an innovation and investment firm anchored by the Green Bay Packers and Microsoft, focused on building the Midwest's innovation ecosystem. It invests in founders leveraging emerging technology to solve meaningful problems in industries core to the region, including digital health, manufacturing, supply chain, food supply, and energy. The firm combines capital with real-world expertise and collaboration with Microsoft to help founders build and scale. The Startup Draft is a competitive selection programme, analogous to a draft pick system, through which the firm identifies and invests in startups. The page references an inaugural Startup Draft with first-round picks announced, and a separate AI Co-Innovation Lab opened with Microsoft, WEDC and UW-Milwaukee to accelerate manufacturing innovation.
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Eligibility
The page does not specify detailed eligibility criteria for the Startup Draft. It indicates the firm invests in founders leveraging emerging technology to solve problems in its focus industries, with a regional emphasis on the Midwest.
Key requirements
- ✓Early-stage startup status
- ✓Competitive selection process (draft-based)
- ✓Operations in digital health, manufacturing, supply chain, agriculture, or energy sectors
Recent past awardees
Knowing who's won the last rounds tells you whether you're in the strike zone.
- Ateios Systems
- Ubicept
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- Eligibility covers organisations in US; startup. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.
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