TEDCO Social Impact Funds (Pre-Seed Builder Fund & Inclusion Fund)

Amount

$100,000 – $750,000

Deadline

Rolling

Odds

Not published

Effort

1 to 2 hrs

Can you get this?

✓Principal place of business must be in Maryland

✓At least one full-time employee required

✓50%+ of founders demonstrate economic disadvantage (Pre-Seed Builder Fund)

✓30%+ ownership by economically disadvantaged individuals (Inclusion Fund)

✓Early-stage technology startups from all industries welcome

Your real odds

TEDCO is actively deploying capital on a rolling basis, with publicly announced deals as recently as July 2026.

Applications are reviewed continuously rather than in cohort rounds, so timing is less of a factor than whether you clear the ownership, residency, and economic disadvantage criteria, all of which are defined by regulation.

What it takes

Confirm eligibility and ownership thresholds1 to 2 hrs

Submit online application through TEDCO2 to 5 hrs

Email TEDCO to confirm receipt15 min

Worth knowing

The fund starts at $100,000 via convertible note and can follow on up to $750,000 in the same company, so a strong start here opens real capital runway without switching funders, and TEDCO treats the hands-on executive support it provides as a formal part of the investment, not an add-on.

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