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OpportunityOpen Source Project Sponsorship (OSPS) Program
Websitehttps://handbook.opencoreventures.com/open-source-project-sponsorship-program/
Funder/SponsorOpen Core Ventures (OCV)
Description

The OCV Open Source Project Sponsorship Program (the “OSPS Program”) provides funding and mentorship to open source authors and maintainers to catalyze project growth. The program aims to support open source projects with commercial viability by helping maintainers increase project usage, revitalize project activity, grow community contributions, and develop relationships with experienced open source experts.

The OSPS Program supports OCV’s mission to enable more people to become entrepreneurs and lower the barrier to starting an open core company and its vision to start the majority of venture-funded open core companies. Despite technical promise and utility, many open source projects face challenges such as insufficient resources or stalled community growth. The OSPS Program seeks to strengthen projects and the greater open-source developer community, as well as offer entrepreneurial opportunities to exceptional open source authors and maintainers.

The OSPS Program has three goals:
1. Support open source sustainability through financial support and mentorship.
2. Increase the number of open source projects that have the potential to become open core companies.
3. Foster relationships with high-potential open core founders.

Sponsorship will be awarded to contributors on a rolling basis.

Funding Range$5,000-$10,000 over three months
Deadline type (e.g. inquiry, full proposal, etc.)Rolling
Date12/31/2025
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