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Tech for an

Equitable

Future.

Applications are open September 30, 2025 - January 16, 2026.

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Partner Program

Product Grant

Overview

Since 2020, Tech for an Equitable Future has supported more than 60 historically marginalized founders in scaling their businesses through onboarding, retaining and nurturing their customer base.

Tech for an Equitable Future helps underrepresented founders grow and scale their businesses with Braze.

The product grant program offers 12 months of free access to the Braze customer engagement platform and supporting services, giving startups the tools they need to build stronger relationships with their customers, drive revenue, and accelerate growth.

With Braze, lean teams can deliver personalized experiences on any channel without requiring a large team or extensive technical expertise.

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Qualifications Criteria

✓⃝ Underrepresented-founded companies, including those with Black and women founders in APAC, EMEA, and North America;

✓⃝ Bootstrapped Business or less than $30M in venture funding;

✓⃝ Under 100 Employees; and

✓⃝ Compatible SDK and appropriate engineering and marketing resources

Program Partners

BET+
Learn from the experts behind BET+, a leading streaming platform with thousands of subscriber touchpoints.

Select articipants get 1:1 mentorship, a branding masterclass, and free email ads to boost acquisition, retention, and brand reach.

Coursera
Level up your team’s skills with Coursera’s global learning platform.

Select participants receive 1:1 sessions with CRM experts, plus workshops on marketing, SEO, and social. Includes 50% off Coursera for Teams.

BET+
Learn from the experts behind BET+, a leading streaming platform with thousands of subscriber touchpoints.

Participants get 1:1 mentorship, a branding masterclass, and free email ads to boost acquisition, retention, and brand reach.

Coursera
Level up your team’s skills with Coursera’s global learning platform.

Participants receive 1:1 sessions with CRM experts, plus workshops on marketing, SEO, and social.

What to Expect from Braze

A FREE Braze Go package for 12 months with:

✓⃝ Unlimited Push Notifications, Webhooks, and In-App/In-Browser messaging for up to 75,000 Monthly Active Users

✓⃝ 500K Message Credits and two IP addresses1 Currents Connector Messaging Events integration

✓⃝ Access to our SDKs and APIs

✓⃝ Onboarding services (6 weeks)

✓⃝ A dedicated Customer Success Manager in Year 1

✓⃝ Free Braze certifications

✓⃝ Access to a private digital community space to network with and learn from fellow founders in the program