Unable to see Azure credits for verified startup business

TL;DR: Business verification only completed a few weeks ago (Feb 2026), can't see Azure for Startup credits anywhere on my account, would like to activate my $5000 credits and put them to use building my application which will leverage Azure in a number of ways. Help needed!

Details:

I have an early stage startup, pre-money, pre-product.  Building a native Microsoft/Windows 11 application for AI data analysis with cloud hosted private LLMs. 

I signed up for a business M365 account back in September 2025 which was fine for my M365 Office Suite access (OneDrive, OneNote, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint), however my business verification ran into mysterious obstacles (it is a Delaware C Corp, incorporated in 2025), so I couldn't setup my corporate developer accounts. 

Fast forward to February 2026, and I finally push through the business verification steps, and am now working full time on my business (as of late January 2026).  I am "in" the Azure for Startups program, but I can't access this "Founders Hub" area that I'm reading about, and I can't see in my Azure Billing/Invoicing area anything other than my corporate credit card for payments -- no evidence of $1000 or $5000 startup credits for Azure. 

What am I missing? 

What did I do wrong? 

Is there any way I can activate these now that I'm actually in a position where I need them, now that I have my business verified with Microsoft?

Thank you in advance for any assistance anyone can provide on this point!