Show HN: Index of fresh-capital VCs, accelerators, grants and –$4.5M freebies
5 nischalb 2 8/13/2025, 4:33:39 PM freestartupfunding.com ↗
I hacked this together last week; it’s still very experimental. The goal is simple: help founders prioritize outreach by surfacing investors who’ve recently raised funds (i.e., have capital to deploy). Right now we diff recent EDGAR/Form D filings and public announcements, normalize to a Postgres schema (fund → check size, stage, sector, geo, contacts), and do light entity resolution for aliases/shells. Expect gaps and false positives while we iterate.
Grants: today we’re only pulling federal sources (SBIR/STTR, Grants.gov). The roadmap is to add state, county, and municipal portals, plus agency- and foundation-specific programs—basically anything a startup can actually apply for.
Also included: accelerators/venture builders (terms, equity, timelines) and a “founder freebies” section (~$4.5M in credits/tools many teams miss).
We've kept it simple: no login wall, no upsell, no paid introductions. This is a working prototype we plan to keep improving.
Comments (2)
chatty_woman · 14h ago
How often does the data refresh?
nischalb · 12h ago
Currently we are doing this on a weekly basis with the latest EDGAR filings, but, we'll be updating to have this run nightly after ironing out some of the rough edges