Solara Foundry Funding Call 2026

Solara Foundry is an early-stage investment and commercialization platform for deep-tech startups operating at the point between technical validation and scale. The current funding call focuses on defence, health, climate and other strategic frontier technologies.

• The venture must be developing deep technology in defence, health, climate or another accepted frontier domain.
• Applicants should have reached TRL 4 or above and completed meaningful technical validation.
• The program targets ventures that are post-validation but not yet at full commercial scale.
• Applicants must submit startup information and a pitch deck.

• Structured equity investment of up to USD 500,000.
• Hands-on commercialization and go-to-market support.
• Mentorship from operators and domain experts.
• Investor, industry and research-network access.
• Assistance with pilots, proofs of concept and strategic partnerships.
• Regulatory, policy and ecosystem-navigation support.
• Support for early-customer discovery and fundraising readiness.

• Solara conducts an initial application and pitch-deck review.
• Shortlisted startups present their venture and value proposition.
• Final investment decisions follow further evaluation and are scheduled to be communicated after the application cycle.