MoonshotNX and Million Ideas Innovation Fund Launch Global Funding Partnership for High-Growth Entrepreneurs
Strategic partnership creates an integrated pathway from investment readiness to grants, venture capital and institutional growth funding for founders worldwide.
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NEW YORK, NY – MoonshotNX, a New York-headquartered global innovation platform with offices in New York, Dubai, London and Amsterdam, today announced a strategic partnership with the Million Ideas Innovation Fund, creating an integrated global funding ecosystem designed to help high-potential entrepreneurs progress from investment readiness to institutional investment.
The partnership brings together MoonshotNX's global investment readiness and venture evaluation platform with the Million Ideas Innovation Fund's regional investment ecosystem, providing founders with a seamless pathway from early-stage validation through to institutional growth capital.
Operating across more than 140 countries, MoonshotNX has evaluated more than 12,000 startups and growth companies, helping entrepreneurs strengthen their investment readiness while enabling investors, governments, development finance institutions, universities, accelerators and corporate innovation programmes to identify and evaluate high-potential ventures through structured, technology-driven and evidence-based assessment methodologies.
The platform also connects founders with one of the world's largest curated private investment communities, providing visibility to more than 76,000 active investors, including venture capital firms, family offices, angel investors, corporate venture funds and institutional investors actively investing across global private markets.
The Million Ideas Innovation Fund is a global innovation investment platform committed to democratising access to entrepreneurial capital through philanthropy, grants and private investment. The organisation operates five regional investment funds across the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Middle East & North Africa (MENA) and Asia, representing a combined US$250 million in committed capital. Through these regional funds, Million Ideas supports high-potential entrepreneurs with non-dilutive innovation grants, venture investment, strategic partnerships and long-term ecosystem development designed to accelerate innovation across both developed and emerging markets.
Under the partnership, eligible founders participating in the MoonshotNX ecosystem may be considered for non-dilutive innovation grants of up to US$10,000, followed by pre-seed and seed investments ranging from US$100,000 to US$1 million through the Million Ideas Innovation Fund's regional investment network. Companies demonstrating exceptional commercial traction may also be considered for follow-on investment through MAXF1, MoonshotNX's Cayman Islands-based investment fund focused on Series A and later-stage growth companies.
Together, the partnership creates a connected founder journey that bridges one of the innovation ecosystem's biggest challenges—the gap between investment readiness and access to capital—while providing investors with better-prepared companies and more consistent investment opportunities.
"Around the world, exceptional entrepreneurs continue to face one fundamental challenge—not a lack of ideas, but a lack of connected pathways to capital," said Jill Godden, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of MoonshotNX. "MoonshotNX was built to improve how founders prepare for investment and how investors evaluate opportunity through transparent, structured and technology-driven assessment. By partnering with the Million Ideas Innovation Fund, we are extending that journey beyond investment readiness to include grants, venture funding and institutional growth capital within a single connected global ecosystem."
Daniel Tan, Managing Partner of the Million Ideas Innovation Fund, said, "Entrepreneurship is one of the world's greatest drivers of economic growth and innovation, yet access to capital remains one of its greatest barriers. Million Ideas was established to address that challenge through a global ecosystem of philanthropy, grants, regional investment funds and strategic partnerships. By partnering with MoonshotNX, we can identify investment-ready founders earlier, support them more effectively and create a stronger pipeline of investment opportunities across our US$250 million regional fund network."
The partnership will initially support founders across sectors including artificial intelligence, climate technology, healthcare, financial technology, education, agriculture, advanced manufacturing, energy and social innovation, while continuing to strengthen collaboration with governments, universities, development organisations, accelerators and corporate innovation programmes worldwide.
Together, MoonshotNX and the Million Ideas Innovation Fund combine a global founder platform operating across more than 140 countries, a community of more than 76,000 active investors and five regional investment funds with US$250 million in committed capital, creating one of the world's most comprehensive innovation ecosystems supporting entrepreneurs from investment readiness through to institutional growth funding.
About MoonshotNX
MoonshotNX is a New York-headquartered global innovation platform with offices in New York, Dubai, London and Amsterdam. Operating across more than 140 countries, the platform has evaluated more than 12,000+ startups and growth companies, helping founders become investment ready while enabling investors, governments, universities, accelerators and corporate innovation programmes to identify and evaluate high-potential ventures through structured, technology-driven assessments. MoonshotNX connects entrepreneurs with a global community of more than 76,000+ active investors, including venture capital firms, family offices, angel investors and institutional investment organisations.
About the Million Ideas Innovation Fund
The Million Ideas Innovation Fund is a global innovation investment platform committed to democratising access to entrepreneurial capital through philanthropy, grants and private investment. Operating five regional investment funds across the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Middle East & North Africa (MENA) and Asia, the Fund manages US$250 million in committed capital supporting high-potential entrepreneurs through innovation grants, venture investment, strategic partnerships and long-term ecosystem development.
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