Neon for Startups — Self-funded
Neon (Databricks) · Serverless Postgres
$1KUp to $1,000 in Neon credits
Self-funded early-stage startups with under $1M funding get up to $1,000 in Neon serverless Postgres credits.
Key terms
- Less than $1M in funding
- Building an early product/MVP
- Credits valid 12 months from acceptance; then billed on chosen plan
- Existing Neon users may apply
Eligibility
- Where
- Worldwide
- Stages
- idea, pre-seed, seed
- Max funding raised
- $1M
- 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
How to apply
Apply via the Databricks/Neon startup application form.
- Benefit
- credits
- Equity-free
- Yes
- Decision time
- —
- Credit validity
- 12 months
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Status
- Open
Verified 2026-10-22 · source