Org profile: sourced & linked
Organization Profile
Sovereign Tech Agency
aka Sovereign Tech Fund / Agency, Sovereign Tech Fund
A German public entity (subsidiary of SPRIND) administering the Sovereign Tech Fund, which makes strategic investments in foundational open-source software components critical to digital infrastructure, security, and innovation. It runs multiple funding programs including direct investments, resilience/bug bounties, fellowships, standards support, and challenges, and has deployed over EUR 24M to 60+ projects globally since 2022, operating under public procurement rules with a focus on open-source sustainability.1,2
Programs
4 programs on fileSovereign Tech Fellowship
0 grants tracked · Active · In rounds
2026 cohort: Closed, deadline 2026-04-06
Sovereign Tech Fund
0 grants tracked · Active · Not recorded
No cadence on file
Sovereign Tech Resilience
0 grants tracked · Active · Not recorded
No cadence on file
Sovereign Tech Standards Network applications
0 grants tracked · Ended · In rounds
2026 pilot applications: Closed, deadline 2026-05-19
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Sovereign Tech Fellowship2026 cohort: Closed, deadline 2026-04-06
0 grants tracked · Active · In rounds
No cadence on file
No cadence on file
Sovereign Tech Standards Network applications2026 pilot applications: Closed, deadline 2026-05-19
0 grants tracked · Ended · In rounds
Awards
91 on fileShowing 26-50 of 91, newest dated evidence first
RecipientProgramAmountDateEvidence
- GNU libmicrohttpdProgramUnspecifiedAmount€300,000.00Date–
- GPShell & GlobalPlatform Smartcard SoftwareProgramUnspecifiedAmount€114,000.00Date–
- GStreamer (2023)ProgramUnspecifiedAmount€203,000.00Date–
- Haskell CabalProgramUnspecifiedAmount€320,000.00Date–
- IncusProgramUnspecifiedAmount€85,500.00Date–
- JUnitProgramUnspecifiedAmount€180,000.00Date–
- KDEProgramUnspecifiedAmount€1,285,200.00Date–
- Let’s EncryptProgramUnspecifiedAmount€402,800.00Date–
- libmicrohttpd3ProgramUnspecifiedAmount€234,000.00Date–
- LodashProgramUnspecifiedAmount€199,920.00Date–
- Log4jProgramUnspecifiedAmount€596,160.00Date–
- LogbackProgramUnspecifiedAmount€180,000.00Date–
- MambaProgramUnspecifiedAmount€349,875.00Date–
- MastodonProgramUnspecifiedAmount€614,454.15Date–
- Nix ecosystem supply chain securityProgramUnspecifiedAmount€226,000.00Date–
- Open Cloud MeshProgramUnspecifiedAmount€100,000.00Date–
- Open Web DocsProgramUnspecifiedAmount€300,000.00Date–
- Open Web Docs (2025)ProgramUnspecifiedAmount€220,000.00Date–
- OpenBGPdProgramUnspecifiedAmount€200,000.00Date–
- OpenBLASProgramUnspecifiedAmount€263,000.00Date–
- OpenJS FoundationProgramUnspecifiedAmount€874,940.00Date–
- OpenMLSProgramUnspecifiedAmount€195,000.00Date–
- OpenPGP documentation for application developersProgramUnspecifiedAmount€136,800.00Date–
- OpenPGP.js/GopenPGPProgramUnspecifiedAmount€172,860.00Date–
- OpenPrintingProgramUnspecifiedAmount€190,750.00Date–
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Programs
91
Awards
91
Grantees
–
Known USD
0
Current rounds
3
Active programs
Active
Status
Focus Areas
open source software, digital infrastructure / base technologies, programming-language libraries, package managers, communication protocols, developer tooling, encryption / security, maintenance & sustainability.
Typical sizeVaries widely by project; published examples range from ~EUR 99,060 (coreutils) to ~EUR 1,436,729 (Prossimo/Rustls)