Updated 2026-10-02. PostHog startup credits cover eligible product bills, not its named AI tools. Older rows keep their earlier checks.

Pre-funded startups: price the credit boundary before you build around it

Filters use the saved classifications. Newer unclassified rows stay visible under All; a match does not establish eligibility.

Status	Opportunity	Who can apply	Benefit	Catch	Official source
Application shown; checked 7 October 2026	Claude Startups	Founded within five years or funded within two; bootstrapped companies can apply. Console account, company email matching website domain and product description required. Anthropic reviews every application; terms exclude named jurisdictions.	USD 1,000 in first-party Claude API credits if approved. New Team organisations may also get one year for up to five Premium seats. Partner offers up to USD 45,000 are separate, not cash.	API credits expire six months after grant. No application cutoff published.	Cannot pay Bedrock or Vertex usage. Partner providers set their own terms. Approval, full country coverage, post-credit billing and signed-in form fields are unknown.	Official source · terms · partner rules
Application shown; checked 2 October 2026	PostHog for Startups	Company less than two years old, under USD 5 million raised; company-domain PostHog account signed up on or after 1 January 2023. Paid usage plan and startup form required.	USD 50,000 in eligible PostHog credits for 12 months if accepted.	From 14 September 2026, credits exclude Desktop, the Slack app, Replay Vision, PostHog AI, and Inbox; AI observability remains covered. No application deadline published. Exact clock start and country availability are unknown. Compare free allowances and uncovered usage before signing up to a paid plan.	Official source
Short proposal open; full batch 4 November after GO	EIC Accelerator 2026	EU or eligible Horizon Europe-associated startup or SME, including certain natural persons intending to establish one; project must fit high-risk, market-creating innovation at TRL 6–8. No published VC-funding gate.	Grant component below EUR 2.5 million for innovation work; investment is separate.	4 November 2026, 17:00 Brussels time, is a full-proposal batch, not a short-stage deadline. Short stage needs 12 pages, up-to-10-slide deck and up-to-three-minute video; normal feedback is 4–6 weeks. Full stage needs more documents and a GO. A fresh applicant cannot assume November is reachable. Country rules and award remain applicant-specific.	Official source · Issuer FAQ
Applications paused — checked 29 September 2026	Interledger Local Impact Mini-Grants	Local fintech startups are named eligible applicants, alongside groups and individuals. A concrete community financial-access project is required; funding stage is not a published gate.	USD 500–3,000 for direct project activities; not a guaranteed award.	Applications paused. The earlier announcement gave 11 November 2026 as the end date, but no reopening date is published. Projects must finish within six months if awarded. Not generic runway. If reopened, submit a short form, two-page concept note, budget, and timeline. General operating expenses and capital spending are excluded. Selection and payment terms are not published.	Official source · application status
Application shown; award amount not published	DigitalOcean Startups	DigitalOcean prioritises AI-native startups. New applicants must have raised USD 10 million or less, have a company website and matching company email, and create a registered DigitalOcean team account with a business email. A founder without a VC, incubator, or accelerator may apply by selecting “Other.”	12 months of DigitalOcean credits; the issuer says the amount varies.	Service businesses are ineligible. DigitalOcean does not publish a fixed direct-applicant award, country coverage, or review time. Standard credits exclude several GPU products and third-party AI models hosted outside DigitalOcean infrastructure; do not plan a workload around an unknown award.	Official source
Application shown; amount not published	MongoDB for Startups	Startup under 7 years old, Series A or earlier, building one scalable software product or service, new to the programme, with an active company website and LinkedIn profile.	Baseline MongoDB Atlas credits and Voyage AI tokens. MongoDB does not publish the base-tier credit amount.	No application deadline published. Accepted startups have 12 months to activate a promo code and 12 months after activation to use Atlas credits. You can apply directly without a VC, accelerator, or incubator. Development shops and agencies are excluded. Country coverage and tier assignment are not published.	Official source
Available with paid incorporation; checked 1 October 2026	Stripe Atlas fee credits	Company incorporated through Stripe Atlas on or after 16 October 2025. Formation is a paid Delaware route, not a general startup-credit application.	USD 2,500 against eligible Stripe product fees, including Payments, Connect, Billing, Tax, and Sigma.	Credit starts automatically on incorporation and ends after 365 days or when used. Atlas setup costs USD 500; registered-agent service is USD 100 annually after year one. Credits cannot pay either Atlas fee, cannot transfer to another Stripe account, and are not cash. Check entity and payments-account fit first.	Official source · fee-credit terms
Application shown; timing published	AWS Activate Founders	Self-funded, pre-Series B, founded within 10 years, on an AWS Paid Tier Plan, new to Activate or seeking more credits, with a fully functioning company website.	Starts at USD 1,000. Selected participants may receive up to USD 5,000.	AWS says it will respond in 5–10 business days. That is an application decision window, not credit validity. USD 5,000 is not automatic; the reviewed pages do not publish a credit-validity period.	Official source
Sign-up route shown	Azure for Startups	New Azure customer. The reviewed comparison does not publish country coverage or detailed business-verification criteria.	USD 1,000 instantly; up to USD 5,000 total after business verification.	The USD 1,000 runs for 90 days; post-verification credit runs for 180 days. A card is required for identity verification and services beyond credit. Pay-as-you-go follows expiry or use.	Official source
Application shown	Google for Startups Start	Digital-native technology startup with a working MVP, clear business model, plan to seek venture funding, founded within the last 24 months, and no Google Cloud credits beyond the free trial.	Up to USD 2,000 in Google Cloud credits, valid for one year.	Taking Start at its USD 2,000 maximum does not exceed Scale’s USD 5,000 prior-credit limit. A later Scale application still needs qualifying VC funding, round timing, and approval; Google does not promise an upgrade. Have an 18-character billing account ID and a matching-domain business email. Third-party models are billed directly.	Official source · tier rules
Direct route shown; amount conflicts	Microsoft for Startups	Eligible privately held, for-profit software startup in a supported Azure country; no more than USD 350,000 in lifetime free Azure credits; Series C eligibility conflicts across Microsoft pages. Continue without an investor code if you do not have one.	Unknown direct starter balance. Microsoft’s application guide says USD 200; its activation guide says USD 1,000. The overview says eligible startups may unlock up to USD 150,000 over time.	Do not build a budget from either starter number. A personal consumer Microsoft account, country or region, and payment information are required. Microsoft says review is typically within 3 business days and sponsorship converts to pay-as-you-go after credit use or expiry.	Official source: application · activation
Application shown; written terms conflict	Cloudflare for Startups Tier 3	The tier says bootstrapped or self-funded and under USD 1 million raised. The same page’s all-applicant list also says “funded within the last 12 months.”	USD 10,000 for one year or until consumed.	Do not assume an entirely self-funded company qualifies until Cloudflare explains the recent-funding line. A payment method is required. Workers AI is capped at USD 2,500 and R2 at USD 10,000; AI Gateway and named services are excluded. Overages and post-expiry use can be billed. Review is estimated at up to 48 hours, not guaranteed.	Official source

Kiro is not a second direct credit

Kiro’s startup page says its separate Pro+ promotion is for VC-backed teams and excludes active AWS Activate credit holders. Do not count it as a self-funded award or add it to an existing Activate balance. AWS says Activate credits can cover Kiro. Check the company-domain, AWS account and paid-billing terms before choosing a route.

Bruin’s credit has a backing gate

Bruin lists USD 10,000 for new users backed by YC, Techstars, or Antler, not a direct self-funded award. If you are not eligible, its official page offers a waitlist, an open-source CLI, and a free Cloud tier. Do not count a waitlist place as credit runway.

A grant for a local fintech project, not a cloud budget

Interledger names local fintech startups, but the project must serve open payments, digital financial access, open-source innovation, financial inclusion, or digital public infrastructure. Applications are paused as of 29 September, despite the earlier 11 November date. Do not prepare the concept note until the issuer announces reopening.

A direct application can still have an unknown award

DigitalOcean lets an unbacked founder submit, but it does not publish a fixed award. MongoDB has the same decision shape: a direct route with a benefit whose base amount is not public. Apply only if the product works without the hoped-for balance.

Atlas credits do not pay Atlas fees

Atlas charges USD 500 to incorporate and USD 100 annually for registered-agent service after the first year. Its USD 2,500 offer offsets eligible Stripe product fees after incorporation, not those Atlas charges. Check whether the Delaware entity and Stripe account fit your needs before paying. Read the issuer-term check.

Coverage and billing are separate questions

For Cloudflare, ask how the recent-funding rule applies, which products are covered at your tier, what the cap is, and when a payment method is charged. For DigitalOcean, standard credits exclude GPU products and third-party AI models outside DigitalOcean infrastructure. A credit headline is not a service contract. Microsoft’s USD 200 and USD 1,000 direct-starter conflict is the same kind of warning: the account display, coverage, and billing setting decide what can safely be planned.

Application packet

Keep one folder with registration details, public site, product summary, funding statement, cloud-account identifiers, previous credits, and expected spend inside each credit window. For AWS Activate, verify that the site is publicly functional before you submit.

Already using Microsoft startup credits?

The Microsoft FAQ says credits cannot be extended or transferred. Check the balance, expiry, covered services and billing profile in your account. The USD 1,000 plus conditional USD 4,000 new-to-Azure offer is not a renewal for an existing recipient; the Investor Network offer needs a referral code. The issuer’s no-code guides still conflict on USD 200 versus USD 1,000, so confirm the actual balance before spending. Verified 2026-10-05.