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🌱⚡️ 12 Opportunities for impact ventures and young entrepreneurs
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1. 100x Impact Accelerator powered by LSE: for social enterprises or non-profits who raised at least USD100K from any source and delivers impact in climate and environment, health and social care, education, wellbeing, refugee & cohesion and more – https://lnkd.in/gDhydbZk
2. lululemon Here to Be Grant(~$50K): seeks organizations that are community-led, creating equity in wellbeing, and serving populations most impacted by systemic inequity – https://lnkd.in/grmRdHcW
3. The OPPO Inspiration Challenge (~$50K): funds solutions for digital health, accessible technology, environmental protection and low-carbon development – https://lnkd.in/gPwXf8PB
4. SHE (Spark Her Enterprise) Accelerator by The Spark Project: supports female entrepreneurs in enhancing their social impact through crowdfunding and skills development training – https://lnkd.in/gq2FbNgW
5. The Global Good Fund Fellowship: for entrepreneurs, and leaders of for-profit and non-profit social impact organizations that has been in operation for min 2 years – https://lnkd.in/gQgVk4qF
6. Be.Seen Accelerator Program: for businesses based in India that are at least 51% owned and led by women, persons with disability, minority communities, and transgenders – https://beseen.co.in/
7. Startupbootcamp‘s Sustainability Accelerator: looks for startups that focus on health, social inclusion, environment, sustainable goods and services – https://lnkd.in/gMYNK4-P
8. The Meaningful Business 2023: open for nominations of sustainability leaders, impact investors, entrepreneurs and micro-entrepreneurs who combines profit and purpose to help achieve the UN Global Goals – https://lnkd.in/gUVcUru7
9. D-Prize Challenges (~$20K): for business or NGO that delivers a proven poverty intervention at scale – https://d-prize.org/
10. The Iris Project (up to $15K): for youth (aged 14-24) who are leading the way in finding solutions to the climate and ecological crisis. – https://lnkd.in/gGVF8ptm
11. Venture Cup Denmark‘s University Startup World Cup Program 2023: for student entrepreneurs who is affiliated to a university or a recent graduate within 2 years – https://lnkd.in/gGex9XZM
12. TiE 2023 Gobal Program for Women: for early stage and late stage startups founded or co-founded by women entrepreneurs – https://tiewomen.org/
Source: Yaqi Chu