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Wisconsin Economic Development
Ignite Wisconsin Grant
Amount
$200K – $2M
Deadline
Rolling
Odds
4–6 awards
Can you get this?
✓Must collaborate with ecosystem partners in a consortium
✓Focused on supporting high-growth startups in Wisconsin
✓Grant amounts range from $200,000 to $2 million
✓Application deadline is October 31, 2025
✓Consortia must be based in Wisconsin regions
Your real odds
WEDC will award only 4 to 6 grants in the first year of this program, so the field is genuinely narrow.
Awards range from $200K to $2M, and because the program is new, there is no historical acceptance rate to benchmark against.
What it takes
Contact the team early for feedback
Attend the information session webinar1 hour
Form your consortium and draft your proposal2 to 4 weeks
Submit application through WEDC
Worth knowing
WEDC explicitly encourages pre-deadline contact with their team, and reaching out early is built into their process in a way that can materially improve your application.
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