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Applications are open for the Google for Startups Accelerator: Africa 2024. This is a three-month hybrid accelerator program for Seed to Series A Black-led technology startups. Apply now!
Date Posted: 03 Oct, 2024
Applications for the BryteBridge Cares Microgrant Program 2024 are now open. The mission of this program is to help nonprofits thrive by providing the education, technology, and expert support they need. Don't miss your chance to receive a $1,000 cash grant or $1,000 in service credits! Apply for the BryteBridge Cares Microgrant Program: Cycle 2.
Date Posted: 03 Oct, 2024
Applications are invited for the Meta Data Center Community Action Grants 2025. Meta's annual Data Center Community Action Grants program provides direct funding to schools, registered nonprofits and community organizations in locations where they have an operational data center. Apply now!
Date Posted: 03 Oct, 2024
Are you an early-stage startup working on innovative climate solutions? Apply now for the Climate Symposium at HBS Startup Pitch Competition 2024. They offer you the chance to accelerate your journey.
Date Posted: 03 Oct, 2024
Applications are open for the Ennovate Ventures TheNextFund for Disruptive Companies East Africa 2024. TheNextFund is a bespoke venture capital-ready programme that is investing in the most promising tech and tech-enabled startups across East Africa. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 03 Oct, 2024
Applications are open for the My 500K Agribusiness Idea Competition 2024. The 500k Agribusiness Idea Competition aims to motivate young entrepreneurs to turn their agribusiness ideas into comprehensive business plans and scale them into thriving ventures, regardless of their initial size. Apply now for this opportunity!
Date Posted: 03 Oct, 2024
Are you ready to take your business idea to the next level? Don't miss your chance to join Orange Corners South Sudan Cohort 2 and get the support, training, and network you need to turn your vision into reality.
Date Posted: 03 Oct, 2024
The IOM Innovation Facility is a dynamic platform that supports novel and transformative initiatives on migration. By offering seed funding, building innovation capacities, and nurturing an innovation ecosystem, it enables the creation and expansion of impactful and innovative projects. Apply now!
Date Posted: 02 Oct, 2024
Applications are open for the Global Business Coalition for Education Youth Skills and Employment Accelerator 2025 for Nonprofits in the U.S. The Youth Skills and Employment Accelerator helps nonprofits working with young people from underserved communities to connect with other organizations, businesses and funders to improve young people's skills and employment prospects.
Date Posted: 30 Sep, 2024
Nominations are open for the Foundation for Black Communities Canada Community Selection Circles 2024. Click here to learn about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 28 Sep, 2024
Applications are open for the PowerUp Program 5.0. The PowerUp Program, sponsored by Access and fully implemented by NerdzFactory Foundation, is a comprehensive training platform focused on job creation and entrepreneurship. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 27 Sep, 2024
Applications are open for the Women Digital Entrepreneurship Program (WDEP) 6.0! The Women Digital Entrepreneurship Program (WDEP) is targeted towards existing and aspiring female entrepreneurs interested in learning and opportunities to grow an online business. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 27 Sep, 2024
Are you a visionary GreenTech entrepreneur with a groundbreaking business solution or innovation to transform green and climate sector in Africa and committed to leveraging technology to contribute towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Do you have an impact driven, financially sound and scalable solution with clear growth strategy to solve Africa's energy challenges? Apply now to join the United Nations Development Programme Timbuktoo GreenTech Hub in Kenya.
Date Posted: 26 Sep, 2024
Applications are open for the India Acumen Fellowship 2025. Acumen invests in social entrepreneurs across the capital continuum and accompanies them on the journey to create transformational change. At Acumen Academy, they identify and prepare these leaders with the hard skills required to build scalable solutions to poverty and the harder skills of moral leadership to re-imagine and build a better world.
Date Posted: 26 Sep, 2024
Are you ready to shape the future of social enterprise? Apply for the Social Enterprise World Forum (SEWF) Policy Forum 2024 today!
Date Posted: 26 Sep, 2024
Are you an entrepreneur with a solution focused on improving water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and/or sexual and reproductive health (SRH) in Nigeria or Kenya? The Access Accelerator could be the program for you! This program could help take your idea to the next level with expert mentorship, network expansion, and seed funding. Don't miss this opportunity!
Date Posted: 25 Sep, 2024
Are you ready to take your startup to the next level? The HubSpot Meta Accelerator is your gateway to growth! Gain exclusive access to cutting-edge resources, expert mentorship, and a vibrant community-all at no cost. Transform your ideas into reality and accelerate your success with them. Don't miss this opportunity to innovate and thrive. Apply now and watch your startup soar!
Date Posted: 25 Sep, 2024
Applications for the Pear Accelerator W25 Cohort are now open. PearX is an accelerator for early-stage companies. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 23 Sep, 2024
Applications are now open for the 2024 FCMB-SheVentures Fempreneur Accelerator Program. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 21 Sep, 2024
Applications are open for the Black Venture Institute (BVI) Cohort 8. Black Venture Institute (BVI) is a curriculum-based program that teaches Black operators and executives the foundational elements to become angel, scout, and venture investors.
Date Posted: 20 Sep, 2024
Here is a list of some notable entrepreneurship programs, the organizations that offer them, and what participants can achieve through each program:
1. Y Combinator (YC) Startup Accelerator
• Organization: Y Combinator
YC is one of the most prestigious startup accelerators in the world. Startups receive seed funding, mentorship, and access to a vast network of investors and successful entrepreneurs. Participants work intensively on their ideas for three months and present them to investors at Demo Day.
2. Techstars
• Organization: Techstars
Techstars provides early-stage startups with access to mentorship, funding, and a worldwide network of entrepreneurs and investors. The program offers hands-on mentorship and culminates in a demo day where startups pitch to potential investors.
3. Google for Startups Accelerator
• Organization: Google
This program supports early-stage startups through mentorship, access to Google resources, and hands-on guidance from industry experts. Participants gain the technical expertise needed to grow their businesses using Google's tools and infrastructure.
4. MIT LaunchX
• Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
This program targets high school students and focuses on building real startups from scratch. Participants learn the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, from ideation to market research and product development, while receiving mentorship from successful entrepreneurs.
5. Hult Prize
• Organization: Hult International Business School
The Hult Prize is a global competition that encourages university students to solve pressing social challenges through entrepreneurship. The winning team receives $1 million in seed capital to launch their startup.
6. Seedcamp
• Organization: Seedcamp
Seedcamp is a European seed fund and accelerator program that provides early-stage startups with mentorship, funding, and access to a global network of investors. Participants benefit from Seedcamp's support in refining their business models and scaling their startups.
7. Stanford Start Accelerator
• Organization: Stanford University
Start offers Stanford-affiliated startups access to a strong community of founders, investors, and mentors. The program supports founders with the resources they need to scale their companies, from fundraising to product development.