Startup Programs for VC-backed only (2026): 73 Programs, Accelerators & Perks
Needs a partner code from an accelerator, VC fund or investor network. 73 listings on startups.ws state that they accept vc-backed only.
🎁 Startup programs for vc-backed only
Filter all startup programs →Google for Startups Cloud Program 🎁 ProgramFree
Up to $2,000 in Google Cloud credits pre-funding, or up to $200,000 ($350,000 for AI-first startups) once VC-funded.
🔥 Up to $2,000 (Start) or up to $200,000 / $350,000 for AI-first startups (Scale) in Google Cloud credits
AWS Activate 🎁 ProgramFree
Up to $5,000 in AWS credits if you are self-funded, or up to $200,000 with an Activate Provider Org ID.
🔥 Up to $5,000 (Founders) or up to $200,000 (Portfolio, with Activate Provider Org ID) in AWS creditsGoogle for Startups Cloud Program (AI tier) 🎁 ProgramFree
Up to $350,000 in Google Cloud credits over two years for VC-funded startups building on Gemini.
🔥 Up to $350,000 in Google Cloud credits over 2 years for AI-first startupsPostHog for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
$50,000 in PostHog credits for 12 months, plus merch and partner perks, for startups under two years old.
🔥 $50,000 in PostHog credits for 12 monthsCloudflare for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
$10,000 in Cloudflare credits if bootstrapped, $100,000 or $350,000 if funded by an affiliated partner.
🔥 $10,000 (bootstrapped), $100,000 or $350,000 (partner-funded) in Cloudflare credits for one yearMicrosoft for Startups (Azure credits) 🎁 ProgramFree
Azure credits from $200 up to $150,000, with higher tiers unlocked by progress or an Investor Network referral code.
🔥 Up to $150,000 in Azure Startup credits (higher tiers via Investor Network referral code)EIC Accelerator 🎁 ProgramFree
Grant of up to EUR 2.5 million (about $2.9 million) for deep-tech startups and SMEs, with optional EIC equity.
HubSpot for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
Up to 90% off HubSpot Professional or Enterprise in year one for funded or partner-backed startups
🔥 Up to 90% off HubSpot Professional/Enterprise in year one (50% year two, 25% year three)Amplitude for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
First year of Amplitude Growth free (up to 100M events a month, about $60,000 value), then 40% off year two.
🔥 First year of Amplitude Growth free (up to 100M events/month), then 40% off year twoMixpanel for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
Your first year of Mixpanel free on the Startup Plan: up to 1B events, Session Replay and all add-ons.
🔥 First year of Mixpanel free on the Startup Plan (Mixpanel values it at $145,000)Claude for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
Claude API credits, higher rate limits, a partner perk stack and office hours for startups building on Claude.
🔥 Up to $100K extra Claude API credits via partner VCs, plus partner perks worth up to $45,000Atlassian for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
Jira, Confluence, Loom, Bitbucket and Rovo Premium free for 12 months for up to 50 users.
🔥 Atlassian Premium products free for 12 months for up to 50 usersAuth0 for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
One year of Auth0 B2B Professional free with 100,000 MAUs for young, venture-backed startups.
🔥 One year of Auth0 B2B Professional free with 100,000 MAUsRamp Partner Rewards 🎁 ProgramFree
Over $350,000 in partner rewards across about 100 tools, redeemed inside the Ramp dashboard
🔥 Over $350,000 in partner rewards for Ramp customersMercury Perks 🎁 ProgramFree
A library of 273 software credits and discounts unlocked with a Mercury business account
🔥 273 software credits and discounts for Mercury customersDeepgram Startup Program 🎁 ProgramFree
Up to $100,000 in Deepgram speech-to-text, text-to-speech and Voice Agent credits over 12 months.
🔥 Up to $100,000 in Deepgram credits over 12 monthsBrex Partner Rewards and Day Zero Stack 🎁 ProgramFree
Over $350,000 in partner discounts for Brex customers, plus a 20-tool Day Zero Stack for new startups
🔥 Over $350,000 in partner discounts; Day Zero Stack of 20 toolsRetool for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
100% off Retool Team or Business for a year (value up to $60,000), then 25% off the following year.
🔥 100% off Retool Team or Business for one year (up to $60,000), then 25% off year twoAttio Startup Program 🎁 ProgramFree
80% off Attio Pro in year one and 30% in year two for venture-backed or partner startups
🔥 80% off the annual Pro plan in year one, 30% off in year twoNeon / Databricks Startup Program 🎁 ProgramFree
Up to $1,000 in Neon credits if self-funded, or up to $200,000 in Neon and Databricks credits if VC-backed.
🔥 Up to $1,000 (self-funded) or up to $200,000 (VC-backed) in Neon and Databricks creditsSentry for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
Up to $5,000 in Sentry credits and priority support for startups under two years old with under $5M raised.
🔥 Up to $5,000 in Sentry credits (12 months) and priority supportZendesk for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
Free Zendesk Professional Suite and Copilot for funded startups, 6 months baseline and up to 2 years via partners
🔥 Zendesk Professional Suite and Copilot free for 6 months (up to 2 years with partner)DigitalOcean Startups (Hatch) 🎁 ProgramFree
12 months of DigitalOcean credits, 15 months of free support and partner perks for startups that raised $10M or less.
🔥 12 months of DigitalOcean credits (amount set by your partner) plus 15 months of free Standard supportOVHcloud Startup Program 🎁 ProgramFree
Up to $12,000 (Start) or $120,000 (Scale) in OVHcloud public cloud credits for 12 months, plus free engineer time.
🔥 Up to $12,000 (Start) or $120,000 (Scale) in OVHcloud US public cloud credits for 12 monthsMongoDB for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
MongoDB Atlas credits and Voyage AI tokens in four tiers, from bootstrapped to rapidly scaling startups.
🔥 MongoDB Atlas credits and Voyage AI tokens (amount depends on tier)
Akamai Cloud Rise (formerly Linode) 🎁 ProgramFree
A three-year startup program on Akamai Cloud (Linode): $500 to $120,000 in year-one credits, then discounts.
🔥 $500 to $120,000 in year-one Akamai Cloud credits, then discounted years two and threeAlgolia for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
$10,000 in Algolia search credits, valid for 12 months, for new customers.
🔥 $10,000 in Algolia credits, valid for 12 monthsBaseten for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
Up to $25,000 for dedicated inference or training and up to $2,500 for Model APIs, for seed to Series A AI startups.
🔥 Up to $25,000 for dedicated inference or training plus up to $2,500 for Model APIsOpenAI for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
OpenAI API credits, rate limit upgrades and engineer time for startups backed by OpenAI partner VCs.
Salesforce Launchpad for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
Free programme for venture-backed startups with discounted Salesforce, Slack, Tableau and Agentforce offers
🔥 Free and discounted Salesforce, Slack, Tableau and Agentforce offers for membersDatadog for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
A year of Datadog Pro with up to $100,000 in credits for Series A or earlier startups, via a referral partner.
🔥 One year of Datadog Pro, up to $100,000 in credits (via a referral partner)Vercel for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
Up to $30,000 in Vercel credit, Enterprise-tier access and startup support for eligible teams.
🔥 Up to $30,000 in Vercel Flexible Commitment Amount plus Enterprise-tier accessLinear Startup Program 🎁 ProgramFree
Free access to Linear Business for partner-affiliated startups under 50 employees
🔥 Free access to Linear Business plan via an official partnerLangSmith for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
Discounted LangSmith seats for early VC-backed startups, or $10K in credits via LangChain partner VCs.
🔥 $10K in LangSmith credits for 1 year (Scale tier, premier VC partners)Runpod Startup Program 🎁 ProgramFree
$1,000 in GPU credits for pre-Series A teams, or a $25,000 bonus on a $50K commitment for scaling startups.
🔥 $1,000 Starter credits, or $75K credits for a $50K commitment (Growth tier)Fireworks AI Startup Program 🎁 ProgramFree
Build credits, higher rate limits and applied AI engineers for VC-backed startups on Fireworks inference.
🔥 Fireworks AI Startup Program: build credits plus rate-limit upgrades for venture-backed startups with $500K+ raised, below Series D.Modal for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
One-time serverless GPU credits, engineering support and GTM help for VC-backed AI startups new to Modal.
🔥 Modal for Startups: one-time serverless GPU credits (amount not published) for VC-backed or $1M+ raised teams.Fast-Track Funding Program (Israel Innovation Authority) 🎁 ProgramFree
NIS 1 billion programme: grants of up to NIS 15 million to extend runway for Israeli startups hit by the strong shekel.
GitHub for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
$10,000 in GitHub credits for Enterprise, Copilot, Actions and Advanced Security, through a partner investor.
🔥 $10,000 in GitHub credits for 12 months (via a GitHub for Startups partner)Asana for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
Discounted first year of Asana Starter or Advanced for Series A-or-earlier startups with a partner code
🔥 Discounted first 12 months of Asana Starter or Advanced with a partner codeNebius for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
$5,000 in introductory GPU credits and up to $150,000 in compute savings for startups with $5M+ VC backing.
🔥 $5,000 in introductory credits plus up to $150,000 in compute savingsCartesia for Google for Startups members 🎁 ProgramFree
12 months of Cartesia Startup Tier (1.25M credits a month) for Google for Startups Cloud Program Scale tier members.
🔥 12 months of Startup Tier (1.25M credits/month) for Google for Startups Scale tier membersmonday dev for Startups 🎁 ProgramFreemium
Ten monday dev seats with full features for $2 per seat per month in year one, for venture-backed startups under 50 people.
🔥 10 monday dev seats with full features at $2/seat/month for year one, for VC-backed startups under 2 years old and 50 peopleVultr Digital Startup Program 🎁 ProgramFree
Up to $100K in cloud credits and 35% long-term discounts for recently funded Series A-E startups.
Clerk for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
A discount on Clerk Pro authentication features for early-stage startups within a year of launch.
Fivetran for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
$50,000 in free Fivetran usage over 12 months for current and recent Y Combinator companies.
🔥 $50,000 in free Fivetran Standard-plan usage over 12 months for current/recent YC companies (50 or fewer employees)PagerDuty for Startups 🎁 ProgramFree
Six months of AI-powered incident response free for new Seed to Series B customers, no credit card required.
🔥 6 months of AI-Powered Operations free for new Seed-Series B customers (20 seats, 20K events, 1K AI actions), no credit card required🚀 Accelerators & incubators for vc-backed only
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MassChallenge 🚀 AcceleratorFreemium
Global nonprofit accelerator network connecting founders in healthcare, climate, security, food systems and finance with corporate partners.
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Filter all founder services →Stripe 🧾 ServicePaid
Online payments, subscriptions and invoicing with no monthly fee: 2.9% + 30c per US card payment.
Stripe Atlas 🧾 ServicePaid
Form a Delaware C-corp or LLC from anywhere for a one-time $500, with EIN, equity and 83(b) filing.
🔥 $500 fee refunded if you fund Stripe Treasury with $5,000 within 90 daysFramer 🧾 ServiceFreemium
Design-first website builder with CMS and AI; paid plans from $10 a month and a free Pro year for startups.
🔥 Framer for Startups: a free year of Framer Pro (worth $360) for pre-seed or seed startups backed by a Framer-approved partner.Gusto 🧾 ServicePaid
US payroll, benefits and HR in one place, with unlimited payroll runs and automatic tax filing.
Mercury 🧾 ServiceFreemium
Online business banking for US companies, with a $0 base plan and founders accepted from most countries.
🔥 Mercury Books ($35/mo) fee waived until 31 December 2026Deel 🧾 ServicePaid
Hire and pay contractors and employees in 150+ countries through EOR, contractor management and a US PEO.
Render 🧾 ServiceFreemium
Cloud platform for web services, workers, Postgres and cron jobs; free tier and startup credits up to $100K.
🔥 Render for Startups: $500 to $100K in credits valid for one year, depending on funding stage and partner investors.Remote 🧾 ServicePaid
Employer of record, contractor management, payroll and a US PEO with published per-person prices.
Clerky 🧾 ServicePaid
Delaware incorporation plus the legal paperwork startups need for fundraising and hiring.
Rippling 🧾 ServicePaid
Payroll, HR, IT and spend on one employee platform, sold per employee per month on a custom quote.
Ramp 🧾 ServiceFreemium
Free corporate cards, expense management and business account for US companies, plus $350K+ in startup perks.
Justworks 🧾 ServicePaid
US payroll or a full PEO with access to group health insurance, plus EOR for hires abroad.
Brex 🧾 ServiceFreemium
Corporate cards, business account and spend management for funded US startups, free on the Essentials plan.
Oyster 🧾 ServicePaid
Global EOR and contractor payments with a startup discount of up to $1,200 per team member.
🔥 Oyster for Startups: up to $1,200 off EOR subscription fees per team member for the first 12 months (pre-seed to Series A, or bootstrapped under 50 staff).Pilot 🧾 ServicePaid
Bookkeeping, startup tax filing and fractional CFO services for US startups, from $99 a month.
🔥 Newly formed single-member LLCs and newly incorporated partnerships/S corps: tax from $750 a year (limited availability); pre-revenue companies can ask for a Core plan discount.Rho 🧾 ServiceFree
Business banking, cards, treasury and AP for US startups with $0 subscription and no account minimums.
🔥 $100 when you open an account and deposit (terms apply)Chargebee 🧾 ServicePaid
Subscription billing on top of your payment gateway, free for partner-backed startups up to $1M billed.
🔥 Startup Program: Billing free until $1M cumulative revenue billed (partner-backed, under $5M raised)Kruze Consulting 🧾 ServicePaid
CPA firm for seed and VC-backed Delaware C corps: bookkeeping, startup tax, R&D credits and CFO work.
Every 🧾 ServiceFreemium
Free Delaware C-corp incorporation plus banking, payroll, bookkeeping and tax for startups.
Fondo 🧾 ServicePaid
Bookkeeping, corporate tax filing and R&D credits built for Delaware C corp startups.
🔥 Limited-time pricing: monthly bookkeeping from $399 (listed $499) and TaxPass from $1,450 a year (listed $1,950).Navan 🧾 ServiceFreemium
Free travel booking and expense management for companies with up to 300 employees.
🔥 Navan Business: free for companies with up to 300 employees, unlimited Navan Travel bookings, first 5 monthly expense users free (then $15/uPleo 🧾 ServicePaid
European company cards and spend management, from £8/user/month, for teams across the EU and UK.
SeedLegals 🧾 ServicePaid
UK equity management, SEIS/EIS and fundraising paperwork, with about £45k in partner perks on the Access plan.
Carta 🧾 ServiceFreemium
Cap table and equity management platform used by 50,000+ companies, with a free Launch plan for early-stage founders.
Vanta 🧾 ServiceFreemium
Compliance automation platform that gets startups audit-ready for SOC 2, ISO 27001 and 35+ other security frameworks.
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