Seed Fund Awards

Early-Stage Funding to Kickstart your Plans

Seed Funding

Seeds funds are grants that help you kick-start what you need to do. They can help with setting yourself up, whether you’re starting a commercial or social enterprise. 

To tap into some of the funding that’s available, you’ll need to find the right fund for your situation and follow their guidelines to submit an application by the relevant deadline.  We are always on hand to help you out.  For more information about how these work, click on the links below.

TAKEOFF Seed Fund Awards 2024

Maritime Seed Award 2023

TAKEOFF Seed Fund Awards 2023

TAKEOFF Seed Fund Awards 2022

Maritime Seed Award 2021

TAKEOFF Seed Fund Awards 2021

TAKEOFF Seed Fund Award 2020

Maritime Seed Awards 2020

Maritime Seed Fund Award 2019 - Second Call

TAKEOFF Seed Fund Awards 2019

Previous Funds Beneficiaries

TAKEOFF Seed Fund Awards

Seed Funds

Project Name Organisation Amount
Aurora Luminaria Aurora Luminaria €25,000
AffiDash™ AffiDash™ €13,750
Learnapy Learnapy €25,000
easyHome easyHome €13,750
ELM Fabrication ELM Fabrication €10,000
Olly’s adventures Olly’s adventures € 22,500

Proof of Concept

Project Name Organisation Amount
PANACEA University of Malta €20,000
QuadMill University of Malta €20,000

Seed Funds

Project Name Organisation Amount
Lucky Eye Brewery Lucky Eye Brewery €25,000
Marine Vision AI Marine Vision AI €25,000
Avail Avail €20,000
FOMO FOMO €20,000
TeaShop Malta TeaShop Malta €10,000
SmartGenie SmartGenie €5,000

Proof of Concept

Project Name Organisation Amount
P.R.E.C.I.S.E. University of Malta €25,000
MASRI + University of Malta €20,000

Seed Funds

Project Name Organisation Amount
Fromagg Fromagg €18,021
Victor Victor €20,000
Myco Things Myco Things €13,965

Proof of Concept

Project Name Organisation Amount
RAPIHeal University of Malta €22,000
MetPepAssay University of Malta €13,965

Seed Funds

Project Name Organisation Amount
4Dive 4Dive €20,000
Renaissance 5.0 Renaissance 5.0 €15,000
Indicode Indicode €20,000

Proof of Concept

Project Name Organisation Amount
SMARTLOG University of Malta €11,119
Knowledge Fabric University of Malta €9,010
CombiHeal University of Malta €14,200

Seed Funds

Project Name Organisation Amount
Smart Materials Smart Materials € 20,000
Fortify Fortify € 18,700
Revyl Revyl € 12,293
Gainchanger1.1 Gainchanger1.1 € 8,607

Proof of Concept

Project Name Organisation Amount
Bald No More University of Malta € 22,000
ALTERED ALTERED € 18,400

Seed Funds

Project Name Organisation Amount
Smart Agri Farms R&D Smart Agri Farms R&D € 20,058
Phileae Phileae € 25,000
iSmart iSmart € 15,837

Proof of Concept

Project Name Organisation Amount
Pregnancy Risk Chip University of Malta € 20,000
iFoot University of Malta € 19,105

Seed Funds

Project Name Organisation Amount
LearnD LearnD € 13,500
EarlyParrot EarlyParrot € 15,400
The Huskie Craft Beer Company The Huskie Craft Beer Company € 13,200
Get Hitched Get Hitched € 14,400

Proof of Concept

Project Name Organisation Amount
CRISP University of Malta € 16,500
DRIFT University of Malta € 17,000
WindCRADLE University of Malta € 10,000

Seed Funds

Project Name Organisation Amount
TOMA TOMA € 16,880
Eliiss Eliiss € 8,450
inMalta.Travel inMalta.Travel € 15,000
PropertyMarket PropertyMarket € 12,025
Fetch A Service Fetch A Service € 13,545

Proof of Concept

Project Name Organisation Amount
TDRpro University of Malta € 16,880
Assiduity University of Malta € 8,450

 

Seed Funds

Project Name Organisation Amount
Indulge Me Food Indulge € 9,200
Registrator Registrator € 10,000
Ton Eighty Metrics Ton Eighty Metrics € 12,000
Freshy Freshy € 11,000
Flatnumber Flatnumber € 12,000
Photon Malta Photon Malta € 6,000

Proof of Concept

Project Name Organisation Amount
Breast Cancer Biomarkers University of Malta € 13,500
Increasing Chemotherapy Effectiveness University of Malta € 10,300
Methylation ELISA University of Malta € 16,000

Seed Funds

Project Name Organisation Amount
Swot/LawSwot.com LawSwot € 7,000
Wormiculture Wormiculture € 15,000
Bum a Lift Incredible Web € 10,000
The Adventures of Scottie Studio Fondue € 7,000
Magigoo Thought3D 15,500

Proof of Concept

Project Name Organisation Amount
Commercialisation of a flight optimisation tool University of Malta € 19,500
Micro – CHP University of Malta € 20,000
Fluorescent Molecular Probes for sensing pH and pE in Living Cells University of Malta € 6,000

Seed Funds

Project Name Organisation Amount
eSports Unlimited eSports Unlimited € 5,000
Inbound Muse Inbound Muse € 18,000
Sanctuary Sanctuary € 6,000
DiscountIF Innovative Discounts € 18,000
Digital Games for the music industry Mighty Box Ltd €10,000

Proof of Concept

Project Name Organisation Amount
WALNUT Music player University of Malta € 7,500
Rib Bridge University of Malta € 16,000
HydroStorageSystem University of Malta € 5,000
Ultrawideband Antenna University of Malta € 14,500

Maritime Seed Award

Proof of Concept

Project Name Organisation Amount
DuaL-HPES University of Malta €20,000

Seed Funds

Project Name Organisation Amount
ELM Fabrication ELM Fabrication €7,288
Blue Echo Tech Blue Echo Tech €22,712
Marine Hound Marine Hound €25,000

Seed Funds

Project Name Organisation Amount
Marine Hound (former Borg&Kaupps) Marine Hound (former Borg&Kaupps) €23,500
Teleport Teleport €25,000

Proof of Concept

Project Name Organisation Amount
High Speed Hybrid Drive for small boats University of Malta €25,000
SimHyDFlow* University of Malta €20,000
CAVEAT* University of Malta € 6,500

Seed Funds

Project Name Organisation Amount
Borg & Kaupps Borg & Kaupps € 20,000

Proof of Concept

Project Name Organisation Amount
MedFowt University of Malta € 20,000
IPCoSy University of Malta € 17,000
WinMar University of Malta € 20,000
De SloSH University of Malta € 20,000

Seed Funds

Project Name Organisation Amount
STICS STICS € 20,000
Malta Fish Products (MFP) Malta Fish Products (MFP) € 20,000
Alka Ocean Products Alka Ocean Products € 20,000

Proof of Concept

Project Name Organisation Amount
ELCAPA University of Malta € 20,000

Seed Funds

Project Name Organisation Amount
Innovation Water Innovation Water € 20,000
FISH-THAW FISH-THAW € 19,980

Proof of Concept

Project Name Organisation Amount
ELCAPA University of Malta € 20,000

Seed Funds

Project Name Organisation Amount
Delphinus Project EcoMarine € 5,000
SEA!Water Wiza R&D € 20,000

Proof of Concept

Project Name Organisation Amount
IMTA Mussels University of Malta € 11,500
Floating SolDi University of Malta € 16,000
Solaqua 2 University of Malta € 20,000
Glowrust University of Malta € 7,500
Spar-Type Floating Wind Turbine Platform with Integrated Deep Seawater Storage for reducing carbon footprint of LNG liquefaction University of Malta € 20,000