Funding the next generation of open source software
Empowering 1 billion developers
GitHub aims to accelerate human progress through developer collaboration and innovation and create one billion software developers. We believe the open source economy is central to this and is poised for growth.
Fueling open source growth
GitHub Fund is partnering with M12 to provide the capital, connections, access, and benefits to help open source companies grow. We’re thrilled to partner with and invest in the next generation of open source entrepreneurs.
Powering AI innovation
The open source software movement has brought rapid change to the developer community through the free exchange of ideas among distributed and diverse teams of developers. Open source is powering advancements in AI and leading the way.
Investment themes
We invest in pre-seed to seed stage paradigm-changing companies that will transform the open source economy.
AI
Technology that accelerates human productivity and progress, responsibly and ethically
Cloud infrastructure
Cloud and data architecture and tools
Developer tools
Enabling unparalleled collaboration at scale and speed, globally
Cyber security
Investing in cutting-edge security standards
Portfolio
ByteWax
Python framework that enables you to build streaming data pipelines and real-time apps.
CodeSee
Cloud-based code visualization software that allows you to visualize, review, automate, and collaborate on your code.
Guardrails
Open source Python package for specifying structure and type and validating and correcting the outputs of large language models (LLMs).
Mermaid Chart
Text-based diagramming and charting tool that enables you to create and modify diagrams dynamically, built on top of the open source tool, Mermaid.
Nixtla
Open source library for building time series forecasting models and a proprietary time series LLM.
Novu
Open source notification infrastructure platform that provides a single API to manage all communication channels from one place.
Rubbrband
Provides a Python API to automatically evaluate AI-generated images from Stable Diffusion, SDXL, Midjourney, or DALLE-3.
OpenSauced
A platform that identifies the best developers and engineers by their code contributions and trending open source projects.
Tooljet
Low-code platform for building business applications using a drag-and-drop application builder.
Unify AI
Open source tool that unifies ML framework, infrastructure, hardware, and libraries to maximize the portability of ML codebases with one line of code.
Updates
Tooljet
ToolJet helps users build more intelligent and custom applications, and our investment will enable us to accelerate our growth and reach more customers.
Novu
Provides open source notification infrastructure for developers. Simple components and APIs for managing all communication channels in one place: email, SMS, and chat.
Sharing on GitHub isn’t just about showing off code. It’s about building bridges.
Let's invest in open source together
If you’re investing or building in open source, we look forward to hearing from you.
Frequently asked questions
How much does GitHub Fund invest?
GitHub Fund, in partnership with M12—Microsoft’s venture capital fund—started with a $10 million commitment to invest in eight to ten companies each year.
What projects qualify for the GitHub Fund?
Our investment focus will be on open source developer tools in their early stages. We also focus on AI, security, infrastructure, and DevOps and are excited by the generative AI, LLM, AI-powered developer tools, and security trends we’re seeing.
What stage does GitHub Fund typically invest in?
We invest in pre-seed and seed stages. By partnering with companies early, we can support founders as the roots of their community form and their products take shape.
Is the investment dilutive?
It is an equity investment. We typically do not lead investment rounds. For non-dilutive funding, please check out GitHub Accelerator or GitHub Sponsors.
How do I apply for funding?
Contact us to apply.