PSBA · Tuesdays
Public Co-working Day
10am–2pm Pacific · Suite 156
Propel Center on PSU’s campus · 2130 SW 5th Ave · Entrance A
Founders, students, researchers and freelancers. Anyone building something.
Theme: Funding Day
Nov 10 · Funding Day
Funding opportunities we’ll be focusing on
Accelerators
- Techstars Spring 2027 — $220K, due Nov 18. The Anywhere program is remote.
- Y Combinator — $500K. Still takes late W27 applications, and the Spring through Fall 2027 batches are open now.
- PearX W27 — $500K to $2M. Reviews late applications as they come in.
- Antler — Applications any time. Solo founders welcome.
- Entrepreneurs First — Applications any time. For people who don’t have a team or an idea yet, and it helps match cofounders.
Student competitions
- SXSW Pitch 2027 — A showcase with no cash prize and a $225 fee, due Nov 13. Has a student category.
- xFoundry Horizons Challenge — $2,040, register by Nov 27. Only if PSU is a partner school.
- PSU Innovation Challenge — Grants plus prizes, due Nov 29.
- Microsoft Imagine Cup — Up to $100K, around Jan 8. That date is still unconfirmed.
- Tulane Business Model Competition — $125K, due Jan 10. Needs a faculty mentor.
- UW Hollomon Health Innovation Challenge — Up to $15K, due Jan 25. Opens Dec 1.
- Rice Business Plan Competition — Over $1M total, due Jan 29.
- e-Fest 2027 — $250K total, due Jan 31. Opens Nov 11.
- Hult Prize — $1M, due Feb 28.
- UW Dempsey Startup Competition — Up to $25K, due Apr 5. Opens late February.
- Demolicious — A Portland pitch night on Nov 19. The last chance to qualify for the Dec 3 finals.
Grants, credits, and fellowships
- IFundWomen Startup Accelerator Grant — $5K, due Nov 30.
- VentureWell E-Team — $5K to $25K, due Jan 25. Needs a faculty advisor.
- 1517 Fund micro-grants — $1K, applications any time.
- Emergent Ventures — Grant amount not stated, applications any time. They reject AI-written applications.
- Z Fellows — An optional $10K investment, applications any time.
- Microsoft for Startups — Up to $150K in Azure credits. An idea is enough to sign up.
- Thiel Fellowship — $250K. Only for people 22 or under who leave school.
- Neo Scholars — Around Apr 30. That date still needs confirming.