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$10,000 Startup Grant - The Tequity Grant Program | Tequity
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The Grant Program
$10,000
Startup Grant from Tequity
Service credits to help early-stage startups ship real products - not just decorate their cap table.
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Trusted by 100+ founders · 4.9/5 rating
How It Works
The grant is issued as Tequity service credits.
Apply them across any combination of our service lines. The same senior team that ships for our paying clients delivers your build.
01
Product & UX Design
UX flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity UI built for real-world use - not just polished slides.
02
Web & Mobile Engineering
Production-grade web and mobile applications, ready to scale once you have users on the platform.
03
AI & Applied ML Development
AI-powered features and machine learning systems integrated into the core of your product.
04
QA, Testing & Release Support
Quality assurance and production-ready delivery so your launch holds up to real users on day one.
Who Can Apply
It's for early founders who are serious about building.
You're eligible if you fall into one of these two tracks.
Track 01
Student Plan
For founders currently enrolled in an undergraduate or postgraduate program who are building toward a launch.
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Track 02
Pre-Funding Founder Plan
For founders who have bootstrapped or raised up to $100,000 from personal savings or friends & family.
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The Process
The Review Process
No long evaluations. Just a direct conversation between founders.
01
Apply
Submit a short application outlining who you are and what you're building.
02
Founder Review
A Tequity founder personally reviews your application within 5 business days.
03
Conversation & Demo
A short call to understand what you're building and whether this grant makes sense for both sides.
04
Decision
Clear outcome, shared next steps - no drawn-out evaluations.
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Case Studies
Early-stage products we've already built.
WeKare
Building the Voice-First Life Management App with WeKare
Tequity took WeKare from discovery to a live consumer voice-to-tasks app on both the App Store and Play Store - including the messy parts most teams trip on: payment infra, Apple's AI disclosure bar, and a clean subscription model.
Live on App Store and Play Store
Muse
Streamlining Med-Spa Operations with Muse
From MVP through V2 audio rearchitecture - Tequity rebuilt Muse's recording stack to upload audio chunks every 10 seconds, enabling rock-solid long-session reliability for live med-spa practices.
10+ B2B clients onboarded within 3 months of launch
Stacked Health
Designing the Proactive Blood Testing Experience for Stacked Health
A focused UI/UX engagement that took Stacked Health from concept through to a complete consumer MVP design alongside a launch-ready marketing website - bias-toward-action design with AI-guided insights as a first-class layer.
1,000+ tests powered through the platform
Stitch (StitchCare)
Reimagining Post-Transplant Care Coordination with Stitch
Tequity has been Stitch's product partner from MVP through a strategic pivot into post-transplant care - building AI-powered care coordination tools that combine modular care plans, voice calling, and care-coordinator oversight of every patient response.
MVP shipped and pivot to post-transplant care delivered without losing velocity
See all case studies
Why We're Doing This
Because early founders need execution.
We've worked with 100+ startups and seen a consistent pattern.
The biggest constraint at the earliest stage isn't ideas or advice. It's execution - building the right thing, at the right time, without burning cash too early.
This grant exists to reduce that friction. To give founders a practical way to move forward with clarity, speed, and support where it matters most.
If you're building something real, we'd like to help.
- The Tequity Founders
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UI/UX design
Designing for PMF: How We Help 0-1 B2C Startups Reach Product-Market Fit With Design
Design is often treated as polish. For B2C startups, it's a core driver of whether users stay or leave. Here's how we approach design for pre-PMF products.
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Business
Why We Recommend Founders Build in Public (Even in B2B)
Building in public feels risky. In practice, it's one of the highest-ROI marketing channels for technical founders.
Ajay Kumar
Co-Founder & Director
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