Convex for Startups
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$30KUp to 1 year free Convex Professional (no seat fees, 30% off usage up to $30k)
Young startups under $3M raised get up to a year of Convex Professional free with usage discounts.
Key terms
- Series A or earlier, fewer than 20 employees, less than 3 years old
- Raised less than $3M
- Valid company profile (LinkedIn/Crunchbase/PitchBook) and live website/MVP
- Must be on Convex Starter plan with card on file before applying
Eligibility
- Where
- Worldwide
- Stages
- idea, pre-seed, seed, series-a
- Max company age
- 3 years
- Max funding raised
- $3M
- Needs VC/accelerator backing
- No
- Needs partner referral code
- No
- Must be incorporated
- Yes
- AI focus required
- No
- Students / researchers
- Not eligible
- Nonprofits
- Not eligible
Also required
- Fewer than 20 employees
How to apply
Set up billing, then apply on convex.dev/startups; human review on a rolling basis.
- Benefit
- free-plan
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- —
- Credit validity
- Up to 1 year
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-22 · source