{"id":23749,"date":"2026-06-16T16:30:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/?p=23749"},"modified":"2026-06-16T16:30:03","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T20:30:03","slug":"call-next-wave-fund-kickstarter-x-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/2026\/06\/16\/call-next-wave-fund-kickstarter-x-google\/","title":{"rendered":"CALL: Next Wave Fund (Kickstarter x Google)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Next Wave Fund supports early-stage tech startups and small businesses building bold new ideas across hardware, software, gaming, and connected technology. Backed by Google and Kickstarter, it provides funding, tools, and visibility to help businesses launch, grow, and reach new audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To be eligible:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You are an entrepreneur or small business with fewer than 20 full-time employees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Your project is focused on technology or digital gaming. For this fund, we define a technology project as one that incorporates hardware, software, new materials, or innovative functionality in the product being developed. Gaming projects should incorporate software or hardware.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At least one member of your team is a citizen, resident, or O-1 visa holder in the United States<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The primary contact person for your project must be at least 18 years old<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The bank account for the project is located in the United States<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The project is a fit for all of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/rules?__hstc=251652889.840e5a140f1690589316c660688c7b4b.1781641893163.1781641893163.1781641893163.1&amp;__hssc=251652889.1.1781641893163&amp;__hsfp=9eec0b138b1f170fc4f548e27663418c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kickstarter&#8217;s rules<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You agree to the terms of participation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If selected, you will be required to agree to terms of condition laid out at the bottom of this application and agreement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/start.kickstarter.com\/next-wave-fund\"><strong>Apply here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Next Wave Fund supports early-stage tech startups and small businesses building bold new ideas across hardware, software, gaming, and connected technology. Backed by Google&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-call","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23750,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23749\/revisions\/23750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/opportunities\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}