Forge Capital Support

Forge Residency·India

Cash grants, compute credits and follow-on support for existing Forge builders with a specific immediate use. No award amount is published and Forge takes no equity.

What you get

Not publishedCash

“Small cash grants, cloud and AI compute credits, or follow-on funding. No amounts are published.”

Equity takenNone, non-dilutive

Strings attachedUse the support for the immediate purpose described in the request. Forge publishes no reporting or repayment requirement.

Can you apply

VC backingNot required

Referral or partnerNot required

Registered companyNot required

IndividualsEligible

Open sourceNot required

CountriesOpen worldwide

Before you applyMust already be a Forge builder, founder or fellow. The work must exist in some form, and the requested support must have a specific and immediate use.

Support is available to Forge builders, founders and fellows whose work already exists in some form and who have a specific, immediate use for the requested support.

When

Always open, applications reviewed on a rolling basis.

What Forge Residency funds

An in-person founder residency for technical builders working on frontier technology before their companies are obvious. Forge removes living costs and formal curriculum so a small group can focus on building together.

Everything Forge Residency funds →

Details

Forge Capital accepts support requests from Forge builders, founders and fellows. Applicants can request a small cash grant for a product or experiment, cloud and AI credits for compute-heavy work, or follow-on investment and fundraising introductions. The work must already exist in some form and the request must identify an immediate, specific use. Forge publishes no grant range or credit value and says it takes no equity for this support.

Apply on Forge Residency

Read off the Forge Residency page on 18 Aug 2026. Funders move amounts and eligibility without announcing it, so confirm any figure here before you count on it.