🧰 Complete Funding Toolkit
Everything you need to get funded, in one place — figure out your path, learn the mechanics, get your business ready, and pick your route.
1 · Start here
Two interactive tools that tell you where you stand before you spend a single hour on an application.
Eligibility Check
Answer 5 questions about your business and get routed to the track that fits — Grants, BELOC, or both. The same logic our platform uses, in 2 minutes.
Interactive · 2 minFunding Readiness Checklist
12 things funders and our valuation model look for. Tick them off as you go — your progress is saved in your browser.
Interactive · saves progress2 · Learn the two tracks
The deep dives — how each path works, who it's for, and what it takes to win.
The Grants Guide
Why solo applicants win only 10–15% of the time, and how AI matching plus auto-tailored applications turn grants into a winnable game.
Grants Track · guideBELOC Explained
The Business Equity Line of Credit: borrow against your revenue, IP, contracts and customer base — like a HELOC, but for your company.
HELOC Track · guide3 · Pick your funding route
The six routes Fortune matches founders with today — value, eligibility and how we help, on every page.
Innovate UK Smart Grants
The UK's flagship innovation grant for game-changing ideas.
Grants TrackEIC Accelerator
Horizon Europe's programme for breakthrough innovation.
Grants TrackSBIR / STTR
America's seed fund across 11 federal agencies.
Grants TrackFortune BELOC
Our flagship: credit against your business value.
HELOC Track · FlagshipLocal & Regional Growth Grants
Council and growth-hub funding for local impact.
Grants TrackR&D Tax Relief
Reclaim money you've already spent on development.
Both tracks4 · The founder's application pack
Whatever route you take, funders ask for the same core pack. Have these ready and every application gets faster.
📄 Documents
- Company registration — number, date, registered address
- Last 12 months of accounts (or a projection if pre-revenue)
- Cash-flow forecast — 12–24 months, monthly
- Cap table — who owns what today
- Key contracts & letters of intent — signed evidence of demand
✍️ Answers you'll reuse everywhere
- The problem — who has it, how big, why now
- Your solution — what's genuinely new or better
- Impact — jobs, community, environment, or revenue growth
- The plan — what the money buys, milestone by milestone
- The team — why you're the ones to deliver it
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In-account access · free updates foreverNot sure where to start?
Take the 2-minute Eligibility Check — it routes you to the right track and tells you which guide to read first.
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