Lavin Seed Fund Provides Seed Capital
Providing Micro Funding to Student Startups
To encourage and support aspiring, entrepreneurial students at SDSU, we have developed the Lavin Entrepreneurship Center Seed Fund. This fund grants students access to pivotal, early-stage micro-funding. The goal of this program is to create more viable, founder-based SDSU companies.
The Lavin Seed Fund is designed to provide funds directly in support of qualifying SDSU students who are experimenting with business startups.
The Lavin Entrepreneurship Center Seed Fund is open to any current qualifying SDSU student who is currently participating in either the Lavin Entrepreneur Program or the Zahn Innovation Platform Launchpad. This Seed Fund is also open to students who are enrolled in the Entrepreneurship Minor, Entrepreneurship Specialization, or Entrepreneurship Certificate contingent on being accepted into the ZIP Launchpad.
What is the intent of the Seed Fund:
The Seed Fund is intended to provide nondilutive, micro funding to qualifying SDSU students to help advance their business.
Steps for Qualifying Applicants:
- Identify a key milestone resulting in a funding gap, the milestone should be measurable and objective
- Identify the funding gap required expenses by item and dollar amount to achieve the milestone
- Attend office hours to ensure the funding request is supported by the Seed Fund
- Applicant may apply multiple times to the Seed Fund for a total of $5k. The intent of the fund is a series of smaller nondillutive, micro funding.
How often is the fund available?
Our intent is to offer it in March 2024, June 2024, September 2024 *dependant on the availability of funds
Who can Apply?
The Lavin Entrepreneurship Center Seed Fund is open to any current qualifying SDSU student who is currently participating in either the Lavin Entrepreneur Program or the Zahn Innovation Platform Launchpad. This Seed Fund is also open to students who are enrolled in the Entrepreneurship Minor, Entrepreneurship Specialization, or Entrepreneurship Certificate contingent on being accepted into the ZIP Launchpad.
How to Apply?
The application window for this round of funding is March 1st to March 31st, 2024.
Seed Fund winners for Spring 2024
- RedTail Studios - Joshua Shuttleworth - $3000
- Sk8M8 - Tor Gasteiger - $800
- MUSUBI - Kanna Uchida - $300
- Doors IQ - Cole Symans - $2,530
- Hublink - Connor Cornelius - $2750
- Plethys - Andrew Glaude - $700