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Grants and Debt

This will cover grants and debt. For most early companies, that’s where most of the money comes from.

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Grants and Debt

Most early money isn’t equity.

Grants, non-dilutive programs and debt will sit where your founders already search for equity. The program will have one view of everything the cohort is applying for.

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Northwind Ventures

Seed fund · Boston · leads · $500K–1.5M · robotics, industrial automation

SAVED · ROBOTICS LIST

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Portfolio

companies

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$500K–1.5M

leads seed rounds

Intros via Meridian

2 progressed

Last contact

Tue

partner meeting

FOUNDER INTRODUCED

PROGRAM

DATE

STAGE

STATUS

Sarah Chen

Meridian Robotics

Spring 2026

Thu

Partner meeting

PROGRESSING

Diego Marín

Verano Labs

Winter 2026

Jan

Term sheet

PASSED

Fjord Analytics

Jonas Weber · Climate

Winter 2026

Nov

First call

PASSED

Notes against this investor stay with Meridian. Founders see the public profile only.

Accept · Meridian Robotics

ACCEPTED

Weighted 8.9 across 3 reviewers. Strong team and product, traction verified by two pilot references.

Decided by Hannah Ruiz · 14 Mar · on the audit trail

Grants and Debt

Most early money isn’t equity.

Grants, non-dilutive programs and debt will sit where your founders already search for equity. The program will have one view of everything the cohort is applying for.

See Investors and Capital →

meridian.startupscience.io

Northwind Ventures

Seed fund · Boston · leads · $500K–1.5M · robotics, industrial automation

Request intro

Portfolio

companies

Check

$500K–1.5M

leads seed rounds

Intros via Meridian

2 progressed

Last contact

Tue

partner meeting

FOUNDER INTRODUCED

PROGRAM

DATE

STAGE

STATUS

Sarah Chen

Meridian Robotics

Spring 2026

Thu

Partner meeting

PROGRESSING

Diego Marín

Verano Labs

Winter 2026

Jan

Term sheet

PASSED

Fjord Analytics

Jonas Weber · Climate

Winter 2026

Nov

First call

PASSED

Notes against this investor stay with Meridian. Founders see the public profile only.

Grants and Debt

Most early money isn’t equity.

Grants, non-dilutive programs and debt will sit where your founders already search for equity. The program will have one view of everything the cohort is applying for.

See Investors and Capital →

Accept · Meridian Robotics

ACCEPTED

Weighted 8.9 across 3 reviewers. Strong team and product, traction verified by two pilot references.

Decided by Hannah Ruiz · 14 Mar · on the audit trail

What’s inside

Grant discovery by eligibility
Deadlines and reminders
Debt and revenue-based options
Application tracking
Document reuse across applications
Program-level grant view
Award capture
Success rate reporting

What it replaces

A separate grant database, and word of mouth for everything else.

Part of the module

Investors and Capital

Investor Search, a searchable investor directory, inside the program your founders already work in.

$495 a month, unlimited seats

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Common questions

Asked at most demos

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What’s actually live today?

So why would we start now?

What does the module do for our program?

How is this different from PitchBook or Crunchbase?

Is founder-reported data really diligence?

Who sees our pipeline?

Is it really unlimited seats?

We’re a small team with no time to adopt anything.

See it set up for your program.

Every product in the module is included, on one record, for $495 a month flat.

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Thirty minutes on your use case. No deck and no commitment.

See it set up for your program.

Every product in the module is included, on one record, for $495 a month flat.

Book a demo

See pricing

Thirty minutes on your use case. No deck and no commitment.

See it set up for your program.

Every product in the module is included, on one record, for $495 a month flat.

Book a demo

See pricing

Thirty minutes on your use case. No deck and no commitment.