Bagel Fund

Q4 2024 Grants Update

What is Bagel Fund? We're a friend group in tech that wants to support young people working on important problems with scrappy solutions.

We give microgrants ($100-500) to ambitious young builders.

Working on something cool and need some non-dilutive ideation capital? Fill out this short form. We'll get back to you via email if it's a good fit.


To date, we've funded:

  • Begum, 16, low-cost bio printer
  • Krupal, 19, volumetric display with rotating LED matrix for medical imaging
  • Dima, 24, dexterous low-cost robotic arms
  • Beckett, 21, computer vision water monitoring to boost shrimp yield by 40%
  • Akshat, 16, low-cost assistive smart glasses with voice control
  • Tawheed, 14, low-cost robotic prosthetic hands
  • Opemipo, 17, real-time macronutrient tracking for hydroponics
  • Lewis, 14, 6-axis robotic arm to assist builders
  • Lauren, 20, EMG/EEG device for non-verbal communication
  • Siddharth, 20, affordable autonomous micro drone swarms
  • Neerav, 17, small solar-powered planes that fly forever
  • Anirudh, 17, controllers for soft robots for surgery
  • In-Woo, 18, clinical decision-support tool for pharmacists
  • Maxwell, 13, radio tracking for high-altitude balloons
  • Saras, 17, on-ear heart attack detection wearable
  • Carlos, 19, novel chemical processes for mine waste repurposing
  • Ashna, 17, novel CRISPR delivery method in plants
  • Charles, 14, building high-altitude UAVs
  • Mason, 18, making a 2-octave electric piano
  • Harish, 15, energy-saving smart home platform
  • Santiago, 21, 4-wheel independent steering car
  • Yash, 19, creating a computer from scratch
  • Sunir, 19, building self-driving RC cars
  • Aaryan, 16, using computer vision to detect falls in elder care
  • Advait, 18, building Teleoperation robots
  • Arielle, 20, working on Apple Tree cloning
  • Winston, 17, increasing AI literacy for students K-12

Reach out to Ari and Alexa if you have questions about your application. Bagel Fund was founded by:

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Your donations are tax deductible thanks to our partner 501(c)3 nonprofit with EIN 99-1405564. Thank you for supporting young builders working on important problems with scrappy solutions.

Bagel Fund is a fiscally sponsored 501(c)3 nonprofit. EIN: 99-1405564.

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