# Non-dilutive funding

Concept · [Fundraising and equity](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/fundraising)

Also called: non-dilutive, nondilutive, non dilutive, non-dilutive capital, non-dilutive financing

Money a company receives without giving up any [ownership](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/equity). [Grants](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/grant), prizes, [loans](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/small-business-loan) and [revenue](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/revenue) from customers are all non-dilutive.

**For example:** A company wins a 50,000 dollar [pitch competition](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pitch-competition) prize with no [equity](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/equity) attached. The [founders](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) own the same percentage after the prize as before it.

## Connects to (24)

- [Grant](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/grant): Money given for a stated purpose that does not have to be repaid and does not buy any ownership.
- [Dilution](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/dilution): When the company creates new shares, each existing owner's percentage gets smaller, even though the number of shares they hold stays the…
- [Small business loan](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/small-business-loan): Money a business borrows and must repay with interest.
- [Bootstrapping](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/bootstrapping): Building a company with your own savings and the money customers pay you, instead of money from investors.
- [OCAST](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ocast): Short for the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology.
- [Hard tech](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hard-tech): Companies whose product rests on physical engineering or new science, such as machines, materials or devices.
- [CDFI](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/cdfi): Short for community development financial institution.
- [Pitch competition](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/pitch-competition): An event where founders present their companies to judges, who pick winners.
- [Rose Rock Bridge](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/rose-rock-bridge): A Tulsa program that connects energy companies with startups whose technology they might use.
- [TEDC Creative Capital](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tedc-creative-capital): A Tulsa small business lender, founded in 1979 as Tulsa Economic Development Corporation.
- [REI Oklahoma](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/rei-oklahoma): A statewide nonprofit that offers flexible financing and business development help to Oklahomans with limited access to resources.
- [MetaFund](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/metafund): An Oklahoma nonprofit community development financial institution, or CDFI.
- [Industry Innovation Program](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ocast-industry-innovation-program): An OCAST grant program that gives non-dilutive funding to Oklahoma companies for innovation projects.
- [OK Catalyst](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ok-catalyst): A free statewide program that helps Oklahoma small businesses and research teams apply for federal SBIR and STTR funding.
- [Government contracting](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/government-contracting): Selling products or services to a government agency under a formal contract.
- [NVIDIA Inception](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/nvidia-inception): NVIDIA's free program for AI startups.
- [OKBioStart](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/okbiostart): Life science commercialization support focused on the Oklahoma City ten-county region.
- [Oklahoma Quality Jobs](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-quality-jobs): Payroll-based cash rebates for eligible employers creating qualifying Oklahoma jobs.
- [Small Employer Quality Jobs](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/small-employer-quality-jobs): A payroll incentive for eligible small Oklahoma employers creating qualifying jobs.
- [21st Century Quality Jobs](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/21st-century-quality-jobs): An Oklahoma job-creation incentive for qualifying businesses with a highly skilled, knowledge-based workforce.
- [Oklahoma Rural Jobs Act](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-rural-jobs-act): A capital-access program for eligible small businesses in qualifying rural Oklahoma locations, using investments from approved rural funds.
- [Business Expansion Incentive Program](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/business-expansion-incentive): An Oklahoma incentive supporting major capital investments in equipment, machinery and buildings.
- [Oklahoma Research and Development Rebate](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-rd-rebate): A rebate for qualifying research expenditures in Oklahoma.
- [Oklahoma Innovation Expansion Program](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/oklahoma-innovation-expansion): Commerce and ODFA support qualifying capital investment and business expansion through payroll tax rebates.

> This glossary is plain-language orientation, not legal or financial advice. Before you decide on a company structure, a contract, taxes or a fundraising deal, talk with a lawyer or an accountant.

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