Aiven for Startups
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$100K$12,000–$100,000 in Aiven credits over 12 months
VC- or partner-affiliated startups up to 7 years old get $12k–$100k in Aiven credits for Kafka, Postgres, ClickHouse and more.
Key terms
- Founded no more than 7 years ago; external funding pre-seed to Series B
- Proof of affiliation with a VC or Aiven ecosystem partner (unfunded startups need partner affiliation)
- Apply with company email; agencies, consultancies, NGOs and education not eligible
- Credit tier set by stage/funding; existing customers considered case by case
Eligibility
- Where
- Worldwide
- Stages
- pre-seed, seed, series-a, growth
- Max company age
- 7 years
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- Yes
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- Yes
- AI focus required
- No
- Students / researchers
- Not eligible
- Nonprofits
- Not eligible
How to apply
Apply on aiven.io/startups with your company email.
- Benefit
- credits
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- —
- Credit validity
- 12 months
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-22 · source