Applications are open every semester
dates subject to change
To encourage and support aspiring, entrepreneurial students at SDSU, we have developed the Lavin Entrepreneurship Center Seed Fund. This fund grants students access to pivotal, early-stage micro-funding. The goal of this program is to create more viable, founder-based SDSU companies.
The Lavin Seed Fund is designed to provide funds directly in support of qualifying SDSU students who are experimenting with business startups.
The Lavin Entrepreneurship Center Seed Fund is open to any current qualifying SDSU student who is currently participating in either the Lavin Entrepreneur Program or the Zahn Innovation Platform Launchpad.
Access to the Seed Fund is based on the availability of funds.
Applications for the Spring 2025 Period is closed.
The Seed Fund is intended to provide nondilutive, micro funding to qualifying SDSU students to help advance their business.
- Identify a key milestone resulting in a funding gap, the milestone should be measurable and objective
- Identify the funding gap required expenses by item and dollar amount to achieve the milestone
- Attend office hours to ensure the funding request is supported by the Seed Fund
- Applicant may apply multiple times to the Seed Fund for a total of $5k. The intent of the fund is a series of smaller nondillutive, micro funding.
Our intent is to offer it in March 2025, June 2025, September 2025 *dependant on the availability of funds
The Lavin Entrepreneurship Center Seed Fund is open to any current qualifying SDSU student who is currently participating in either the Lavin Entrepreneur Program or the Zahn Innovation Platform Launchpad.
Seed Fund Spring 2025 Winners
Congratulations to the Spring 2025 Seed Fund Winners!
Redtrieve
Amount Awarded $3,000
Jai Sharma
Sanchit Singh
Protocol Grip Trainer
Amount Awarded $4,358
Wayne McClellan
Shira
Amount Awarded $899
Eytan Gipi
Aquaponics SD
Amount Awarded $2,435
Claudia Ylagan
Dress Code
Amount Awarded $1,718
Eddy Benton
UniExchange
Amount Awarded $700
Sandy Basaka
Ashter Robotics
Amount Awarded $606
Ash Ilaty