1. Welcome to the MTC IDEA Fund Application

The IDEA Fund is Missouri Technology Corporation's state-sponsored venture capital program that invests in Missouri’s most promising emerging companies to promote growth and additional future investment.

Applicants need to be early-stage technology or innovation-based companies with high growth potential, and the program requires matching private funds to ensure state and federal funds are invested in the most attractive opportunities. This application is for the following three programs:
1. TechLaunch (investment requests up to $100,000 for pre-seed funding rounds)
2. Seed Capital (investment requests up to $500,000 for seed funding rounds)
3. Venture Capital (investment requests up to $2,000,000 for series A funding rounds - lead investor required)

Before you start your application: MTC recommends companies use the PDF copy of the IDEA Fund Application posted on MTC's website to prepare answers to the application questions in advance and then copy and paste them into Survey Monkey when the company is ready to submit its application. The Survey Monkey portal may not save your answers over an extended period of time so please keep a separate copy of your response. You may also want to pay close attention to the suggested answer limits since MTC expects for applicants to not exceed 32,750 total characters per submission.


  • January 2026 Award Cycle Deadline: 11:59 pm, November 4, 2025
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* 1. Legal Company Name:

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* 2. Doing Business As (if applicable):

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* 3. Company's Website

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* 4. What is the company's Area of Focus?

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* 5. Company Headquarters Address

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* 6. Is the primary contact submitting the application a company founder or member of the management team?

MTC will only consider applications for funding submitted by the company or members of its management team presenting the investment opportunity. Applications submitted by advisors, entrepreneur support organizations, or third parties engaged to raise capital on behalf of the company will not be considered for funding.

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* 7. Company's Primary Contact

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* 8. Company's Signing Authority

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* 9. Is the company headquartered in Missouri?

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* 10. What Missouri Region is your company located?

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* 11. What is the company's legal structure?

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* 12. What is the company's state of organization/formation?

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* 13. Year company was founded (4-digit)

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* 14. Company's 3 or 4 Digit NAICS Code

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* 15. Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN)

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* 16. Missouri Tax Identification Number (MITS)

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