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We are Julia and Finn, the Co-Founders of Grants. We answer the support email ourselves, and ship with our small team.
Grants is built and run from Germany. We do not sell to enterprise on the side, we do not have a sales team to escape from, and we do not call anyone who did not ask first.
Submissions that read like a startup, not a thesis.
EXIST + Forschungstransfer + IGP applicants describe the change after they moved off Word and away from a percentage-fee consultant.
"We were three weeks before deadline, deep in 'final_v9.docx' chaos. Switched mid-week and got the Ideenpapier into a shape PTJ actually reads. Bewilligt in the first round."
"The Förderberatung quoted us 18% of the awarded sum. We did our own Forschungstransfer Phase I in here, kept the €25k, and the polish is on par with what they showed us."
"ChatGPT got us the first 30%. The last 70% needed someone who knows what 'Innovationshöhe' actually means. This is the first tool that does."
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Going deeper on what Grants is for
Hand-picked deep dives, definitions, and opinion pieces from the people who built this. No comparisons, no pricing - just the thinking behind the product.
Who gets which grant? Match your situation to the right German funding
A no-nonsense matcher: your profile to the right German grant, with realistic numbers.
After the Bewilligung: Mittelabruf, Zwischenbericht, and the obligations nobody warns you about
Calling down funds, interim reports, and keeping receipts audit-ready.
EXIST Gründerstipendium in numbers: 2007-2024 statistics
What 17 years of EXIST data tell us about your chances.
The grant-consultant 10% trap: how to negotiate your fees (or skip the consultant entirely)
When a Förderberater earns their fee - and when they don't.
Rejected EXIST application: your 4-week recovery plan
Week-by-week plan to turn a Nachbesserungs-Aufforderung into a Bewilligung.
Why 44.7% of EXIST applications get rejected (and what makes the 55% that pass)
Read this before you submit, not after.
What reviewers actually score: inside the EXIST Bewertungskriterien
The four criteria buckets and how to write to each.
Regional vs federal: when a Bayern, NRW, or Berlin programme beats a Bundesprogramm
How the two layers differ, where each wins, and how to sequence them without double funding.
Success story: NextStepHR – AI-powered recruiting with EXIST
Validate first, co-locate early, and keep a single sharp focus.
The team gap: how to name a missing role without sinking the team criterion
Why a named gap beats a faked competence, and the four credible ways to close one.
Behind the scenes: how Grants reviews your EXIST application
An inside look at our four review dimensions.
Why the Finanzplan sinks applications: the eight rejection patterns reviewers see
Round numbers, orphan lines, double funding, and five more patterns that cost points.
Success story: how aicuflow secured EXIST funding
Clear application, pilot customers, and follow-on financing planned early.