Cloud Credits for Startups

Up to $200,000 in Google Cloud credits over 2 years for Seed to Series A startups, up to $350,000 on the AI track, and $2,000 for pre-funded startups.

Eligibility

• Start tier ($2,000 for 1 year): pre-funded, founded within the last 24 months, and no Google Cloud credits beyond the free trial
• Scale and AI tiers: Seed to Series A, founded within the last five years, and no more than $5,000 in Google Cloud credits received before
• AI tier: Gemini is the foundation of your core product, and Pre-Seed/Seed raised within five years or Series A within 12 months
• Must have a company website

Programs

• Google for Startups Cloud Program
  Up to $200,000
• Google for Startups Cloud Program (AI track)
  Up to $350,000

Three credit tiers, $10,000 to $350,000, based on how much you've raised and whether you're funded by a Cloudflare partner.

Eligibility

• Founded within the last 10 years
• Funded within the last 12 months, up to Series B
• Actively developing a technology product, with a live website
• Active on LinkedIn, X, or GitHub
• For-profit business with a business email on your domain

Programs

• Cloudflare for Startups
  Up to $350,000

Up to $200,000 in AWS credits through AWS Activate. Self-funded startups can get up to $5,000; startups backed by an Activate Provider can get up to $200,000. Credits also cover third-party models on Amazon Bedrock.

Eligibility

• Pre-Series B and founded in the last 10 years
• AWS account on the Paid plan. Accounts on the 6-month Free plan can't receive Activate credits, so upgrade first
• New to Activate credits, or requesting more credits than you received before
• Portfolio tier: an Org ID from your Activate Provider (accelerator, angel investor, or VC firm)

Programs

• AWS Activate Portfolio
  $200,000
• AWS Activate Founders
  Up to $5,000
• AWS Credits for AI Startups
  $200,000+

Databricks for Startups gives early-stage venture-backed startups up to $200,000 in credits across Databricks and Neon.

Eligibility

• Early-stage, venture-backed startup that recently raised institutional funding
• Pre-seed through Series A; no accelerator required

Programs

• Databricks for Startups
  Up to $200,000

Microsoft for Startups: $200 in Azure credits at signup, $5K after business verification, scaling up to $150K as Azure usage grows; investor-referred startups get a $1K starter grant and review for up to $150K. Pre-seed to Series B B2B startups.

Eligibility

• B2B startup building software, AI or tech; privately held, not a subsidiary, in a supported region
• Pre-seed through Series B
• Sign up with a personal Microsoft account (work, school and company-domain emails are rejected)
• No-investor offer: LinkedIn identity verification for the first $200, business verification for $5,000
• Investor offer: a referral code from a participating investor, accelerator, incubator, angel network or university

Programs

• Microsoft for Startups Investor Offer
  Up to $150,000
• Azure startup credit offer (no investor)
  $200 to $150,000

AWS Advanced Tier Partner that helps startups access AWS credits, cut cloud costs, and get hands-on support from AWS-certified experts — with no added service fee.

Eligibility

• Legally registered company using AWS (~$100/month minimum spend)
• For AWS credits: functioning website and under 10 years old

Programs

• Cloudvisor for AWS
  $10,000

Distributed GPU cloud running inference and batch workloads on 60,000+ consumer GPUs at a fraction of hyperscaler pricing. Startups get $1,000 in SaladCloud credit valid for 12 months, rising to $2,000 with a published case study.

Eligibility

• Early-stage startup, pre-seed to Series B
• A workload suited to containerised GPU compute
• Not an existing paying SaladCloud customer

Programs

• Salad for Startups
  $1,000 in GPU credits, up to $2,000 with a case study

DigitalOcean Hatch gives startups that have raised $10M or less 12 months of infrastructure credits (amount varies) plus 15 months of Standard support.

Eligibility

• Raised $10M or less
• A company website and a matching business email
• A DigitalOcean team account registered with your business email, with a valid credit card on it
• Not used DigitalOcean credits before
• Service-based businesses are not eligible; AI-native startups are prioritized

Programs

• DigitalOcean Hatch
  Varies

Clowdey applies for AWS credits for you, free: $25,000 with a pitch deck, up to $100,000 for funded startups. Fill in a 5‑minute form; Clowdey handles eligibility, the application and every AWS follow-up.

Eligibility

• Company under 10 years old
• No previous AWS credits of $25,000 or more
• A working website and a company-domain email
• Funded tier: Series A or earlier, $250K+ institutional funding, $500+/month GPU spend
• Your account joins Clowdey's AWS Organization once approved (billing access only)

Programs

• Pitch deck tier
  $25,000
• Funded startup tier
  Up to $100,000

Nirvana Labs Startup Credits give early-stage teams $1,000 in cloud credit with no investor needed, up to $25,000 for backed startups, and up to $50,000 for teams whose core product is agents or retrieval. Credits cover Nirvana compute, storage, managed Kubernetes and agent sandboxes, and no equity is taken.

Eligibility

• Privately held, pre-Series B and under 10 years old
• If funded, your latest round closed within the last 12 months
• A company-domain email and a valid payment method
• Portfolio and Agents: investor, accelerator or incubator backing
• Prior-credit restrictions apply; architecture reviews are decided case by case

Programs

• Founders tier
  $1,000
• Portfolio tier
  Up to $25,000
• Agents tier
  Up to $50,000