2025

Impact Report 2025

Real Impact. Real Results.

We’ve helped Northern California founders raise over $1B to date. Here’s how.

TFG Creates Real Impact

To Date

We’ve helped founders raise capital, secure grants, and build companies that matter.

$0

Capital Raised

$0

Grants Secured

$0

Cost to Founders

SBIR/STTR Grants

TFG Founders Outperform

TFG clients significantly outperform peers in winning Small Business Innovation Research grants.

Phase I

$295,924

6 months – 2 years

Phase II

$1.97M

1 – 3 years

0%

TFG Founders

VS

0%

CA State Average

Grant Funding

$70M+ Secured

Non-dilutive capital that doesn’t cost equity.

By Agency

NIH

$28M

NSF

$21M

DOE

$14M

DOD

$7M

TFG Advantage

0%

Win Rate

Only 15% of Phase I California applications receive funds. TFG founders win at nearly 4× the state average.

3.8× better odds

$70M+ secured

0% equity cost

Northern California

Across the Region

We serve tech founders throughout the NorCal SBDC network coverage area.

Bay Area

0

Founders Advised

San Francisco72

South Bay58

East Bay41

Peninsula16

Sacramento Region

0

Founders Advised

Sacramento42

Davis14

Roseville / Folsom12

North State

0

Founders Advised

Chico23

Redding18

Other16

Founder Spotlight

Real Stories

Behind the numbers are founders building the future.

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Dr. Sarah Chen

CARBONGRID · CLIMATE TECH

$3.2M

Seed Raised

12 wks

Time to Close

“TFG helped us reframe from ‘cool technology’ to ‘$4B compliance problem.’ That shift was everything.”

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Marcus Kim

NEURALPATH · BIOTECH

$1.97M

SBIR Phase II

0%

Equity Given

“David walked us through every section of the NIH application. Funded on the first submission.”

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