Contribute to the fund
The smallest check you’ll ever be proud of.
Solo Grants covers the parts, compute, and materials, $100 to $1,000, that stand between a passion project and the first version that works. Your contribution becomes those checks, for builders naming new viruses, predicting wildfires, and bringing ML to chip design. No equity taken, none offered. The return is more things getting built.
If you’ve had your win and you remember when a few hundred dollars was the whole roadblock, this is the most direct way we know to put that feeling to work.
Three ways to back builders
Monthly backer
$50/month
or any amount
The same bet, on repeat. A steady amount pools with other backers into new grants all year. Small on your end, another funded build on ours.
Become a backer →Sponsor a build
$1,000
one-time
One check, one whole build. A thousand dollars covers a builder's full bill of parts, compute, and materials. The entire gap between idea and first working version, closed by you.
Sponsor a build →Back a round
$5,000+
one-time
Fund a whole batch of grants at once, or partner with us on a themed round in the field you care about most. Robots, synths, reagents, your call.
Back a round →Different number in mind? Every amount funds real parts, compute, and materials.
The ask in every grant email
Be successful, then contribute back to support more people like yourself.
That line closes every grant we send. You don’t have to be a grantee to act on it.
One email is the whole process.
Tell us the amount and cadence you have in mind. A real person reads it and replies, usually the same day.
kai@solofounders.com