More credible rolls of the dice
AI does the hours. An experienced bid-writer does the judgement. You get two or three winnable applications for what one used to cost.
The honest bit
Grant applications are a roll of the dice. Anyone who says otherwise is selling you something.
You can outscore another applicant and still lose. Funders like Innovate UK take a portfolio approach, they balance sectors, regions and risk, not just marks. That’s the system, and no consultant can change it.
So the job isn’t to promise you a win. It’s to give you more credible rolls: only entering competitions you’ve a real shot at, making every application as strong as it can be, and doing it at a price that lets you go again.
You had two bad options. We've built a better one
Here’s what GrantHero is here to save you from.
Big fees up front, incentivised to oversell.
- They oversell your chances, they’re paid when you engage, not when you win.
- Thousands charged before a word is written, whatever the outcome.
- You still fill in most of the forms and dig out most of the information yourself.
Words that look right and don’t win.
- Fluent, generic output with no idea what a given competition rewards.
- It doesn’t know the right questions to ask you, so it can’t surface what matters.
- No honest read on whether you should be applying at all.
On your side, from the first question to the last.
- A clear go / no-go on whether to apply, free, before you spend a penny.
- AI for breadth and speed; experienced grant people for judgement and what good looks like.
- Top-quality applications at sensible prices, so you can afford to go again.
- Less time writing, more time on the business, with the savings passed on to you.
It isn’t the AI. It’s the combination.
AI gives you the breadth. Experienced grant expertise gives you the judgement. Three things, together, that a grant database or a generic model can’t offer.
Built for serious R&D companies
Not a grant finder for every UK SME. A funding platform for deep-tech and scientific companies, which means we understand complex R&D at the level a generic tool never will.
The right grants, not just more grants
Most discovery tools promise you won’t miss anything. We promise to tell you which opportunities are actually worth your time. AI matching and eligibility, then expert scoping, then a recommendation.
We have your back
Consultancies have an incentive to get you into an application. Databases have an incentive to show you more of them. Our incentive is for you to win, so sometimes the honest answer is “not this one”.
One guided process, discovery to submission
The same four steps you’ll see in the product. Discovery finds and qualifies the competition. A scoping call gives you the go or no-go. Then an expert drafts, reviews, and gets it submission-ready.
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Step 01 · Matching
We find it
Live competitions across funders, scored against your company and R&D goals. Every match shows its reasons.
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Step 02 · Qualify
We check you fit
Eligibility checked inline on each competition. What your profile already answers is ticked off; the rest is asked once.
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Step 03 · Scoping call
We tell you straight
Thirty minutes with a bid-writer who has read your project. A go or no-go, free. If it’s a no, we’ll say what would change it.
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Step 04 · Draft & review
We help you win it
An expert drafts or rewrites the answers that score, an assessor-style check runs before export, and it goes to the portal in the funder’s format.
Two to four times cheaper. So two to four times the shots.
We lean on technology wherever it genuinely does the work, keep people for the parts that need judgement, and pass the saving on to you. A top-quality application costs a fraction of a traditional consultancy fee.
Which matters, because if grants are a roll of the dice, the question isn’t just “how good is this bid?” It’s “how many good bids can I afford to make?”
Illustrative. Inference-level pricing is typically 2-4x below consultancy fees for an equivalent application.
Our promise
If we don’t think you should apply, we’ll say so.
Consultancies are paid when you engage. Databases win when they show you more. We only do well when you do, so a clear, free go / no-go is where every conversation with us starts.