NC IDEA MICRO
US · Pre-seed
Terms checked 7 Oct 2026 against the official page.
NC IDEA MICRO provides $10K in non-dilutive grant funding along with an eight-week program and mentorship to early-stage North Carolina startups validating their business model.
The terms
- Investment
- $10k (checked 6 Oct 2026)
- Equity
- No equity
- Program length
- 8 weeks (checked 6 Oct 2026)
- Cohort size
- ~15 companies (checked 6 Oct 2026)
- Applications close
- 24 Aug 2026 (checked 7 Oct 2026)
- Applications open
- 27 Jul 2026 (checked 7 Oct 2026)
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