Oct 2, 2020

Impact Entrepreneurship - The Opportunities Issue

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Impact Entrepreneurship

The latest trends and insights on impact entrepreneurship and investing.

Hello!

There are three big determinants of success for entrepreneurs: skills, network and capital. The latter is a combination of the first two and often difficult to crack. Despite the increasing interest we are seeing from investors towards impact, there are still some misconceptions around the potential of impact investing.

In this newsletter, we present some initiatives - open calls for grants, incubators, accelerators, competitions - that were created to help impact entrepreneurs succeed.

We are glad to see this many on the right side of history. Do you know of more? Send them our way.

Tina & Yonca

Cox Enterprises Social Impact Accelerator Powered by Techstars

Trying to make a difference? Techstars Accelerators can help you make an impact on your community. Learn more.

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Apply | Halcyon

The Halcyon Incubator program equips early-stage social entrepreneurs with the support they need to transform audacious ideas into scalable and sustainable ventures. We do this by providing three things: space, community, and access. The application for the Halcyon Incubator Spring 2021 Fellowship is now open through Monday, October 12th at 5pm EDT.

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GSMA | GSMA Innovation Fund for Assistive Tech | Mobile for Development

The GSMA is looking for start-ups, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and social enterprises in Africa and Asia that are driving the digital inclusion of people with disabilities. Successful projects will receive an equity-free grant of between £100,000 and £250,000 to scale their innovation over a 15- to 18-month period.

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LAUNCHING THE EUROPEAN AI FUND

The European AI Fund is a philanthropic initiative to shape the direction of AI in Europe. Our long-term vision is to promote an ecosystem of European public interest and civil society organisations working on policy and technology, based on a diversity of actors and a plurality of goals that represents society as a whole.

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Maze X Startup Accelerator - Impact unicorns in the making

Maze X is is a pan-European startup accelerator programme for impact tech-based solutions. Applications for the next cohort open mid-October. Are you the next Impact unicorn?

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Home - Rapid Recovery Challenge

With the UK officially in recession, economic recovery is now a major challenge. There is an urgent need to support people at risk of losing their livelihoods and financial security so that millions do not find themselves out of work, out of pocket and out of prospects.

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Katapult Accelerator - An Impact-Tech Accelerator

Build the world you want to live in. We believe in making a positive impact. We believe in technology as the key driver for change. We believe in the untapped talent of the world.

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Apply with your project to the iF SOCIAL IMPACT PRIZE to contribute to our society. | iF WORLD DESIGN GUIDE

Twice a year the iF SOCIAL IMPACT PRIZE aims to support projects that contribute to our society. iF design distributes a prize money of EUR 100,000 in total for up to 25 projects per year.

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Techstars Startup Digest Impact Entrepreneurship is curated by:

	Yonca Braeckman - Founder Impact Shakers yonca.braeckman@startupdigestmail.com
	Cristina Almeida - Head of Communications at MAZE cristina.almeida@startupdigestmail.com

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