THRiVE Application process

The THRiVE in Mass or Mass THRiVE (“THRiVE”) grant program application process is designed to be streamlined & user-friendly. See THRiVE RFP. 

The Applicant must be either the Massachusetts institution of higher education or their nonprofit affiliate. In order to complete the application, the Applicant must work with the entrepreneur to submit the required details for their business/startup.

Please download the application form we have provided in our system, get the entrepreneur’s help to fill it out and then upload the completed application for our review. Note, you can save your application while in process until you are ready to finalize it.

Written application must include:

• Details on both the entrepreneur and their company
• Traction (funding, employees, customers, technology milestones)
• The idea and value proposition: uniqueness, focus, disruptive potential, size of addressable markets, scalability
• Competitive advantage: advanced specializations/pedigree of founder[s], founder experience, pre-existing work/IP
• Value added potential for the University faculty and students
• Potential impact for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

The funds are awarded through an internal review process. The steps in the process are as follows:

• Proposals are received and scored based on all factors in the application
• Winners are selected and notified within 2 weeks

The MassVentures staff oversees the process and approves the grants. MassVentures determinations are final and not subject to discussion. In addition, MassVentures reserves the right to withdraw an applicant if the applicant violates any criteria in the application guidelines or does not provide sufficient information in the proposal.

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