SBA Announces 2024 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition Stage One Winners, Up to $3 Million in Prizes Awarded
Stage Two of the competition will offer an additional $50,000 to $150,000 in cash prizes awarded to Growth Accelerator Partnerships to assist entrepreneurs that transition R&D into the marketplace.
- Stage Two of the competition will offer an additional $50,000 to $150,000 in cash prizes awarded to Growth Accelerator Partnerships to assist entrepreneurs that transition R&D into the marketplace.
- Stage Two submissions will open in June and be prepared jointly by Stage One winners and ecosystem partners; SBA intends to announce 2024 winners for Stage Two by September.
- It is with great enthusiasm that SBA recognizes the 2024 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition’s Stage One winners,” said Bailey DeVries, Associate Administrator for SBA’s Office of Investment and Innovation.
- Since its launch in 2014 through 2023, the Growth Accelerator Fund Competition has awarded 427 prizes totaling over $26 million to 314 unique winners across the U.S. and U.S. territories.