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Green Seed Fund

The Green Seed Fund is a loan of £25,000 to £50,000 for start-up businesses at the pre-seed or seed stage across the United Kingdom. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by Cranfield University

Checked against the official page (cranfield.ac.uk) on 5 Oct 2026.

Cranfield University provides capital and advice from the Bettany Centre for Entrepreneurship to help entrepreneurs and start-ups scale their businesses.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open all year

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Deadline

Open all year

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How much

£25,000 to £50,000

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Who can apply

Business registered in the United Kingdom at the pre-seed or seed stage of development. Business idea must be innovative, scalable, and have the potential for raising funding. A well-defined business plan that outlines the goals, objectives, and strategies of the business.

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Business size

Start-ups

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How to apply

Contact the Bettany Centre team for information on qualifying criteria and application process.

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Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

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HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

Drawn from the areas the funder names. If a scheme is only for part of a council area, check its own page. Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics.

Things we could not confirm

  • Deadline not stated; rolling status inferred from lack of closing date mentioned

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (cranfield.ac.uk) on 5 Oct 2026. Its details have not changed since it was listed on 5 Oct 2026. A person last checked it on 5 Oct 2026, so confirm the details with Cranfield University before you apply.

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