Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/13/2022
Are you a woman creative aged between 25 – 40years and have been running your creative business for at least 3years and need a bit of extra assistance running your business? Then the ResiliArt Accelerator is for you.
The ResiliArt Accelerator project innovatively responds to the existing knowledge and capacity gaps in entrepreneurial skills and the formalization of creative businesses expressed by thousands of stakeholders during the debates organized in the context of the UNESCO ResiliArt movement.
The project’s focus on women creative professionals addresses the persisting challenges that women face in the creative industries, further worsened by the COVID 19 pandemic. Therefore, five women from Zimbabwe leading an existing creative business with a limited or informal capacity will:
- Receive customized online mentorship from international women creative professionals from Africa and regular face-to-face sessions from a team of local coaches;
- Subjects will range from project planning, pitch, fundraising, marketing and financing;
- will collaborate to enhance the mentees’ business skills and professional capacities and improve the reach and scale of their creative businesses…[More]
The/Nudge Accelerator offers 40 crore Startup Fund – India
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/29/2022
Are you a non profit startup working on resilient livelihoods, and looking for mentoring, ecosystem connects & grants to accelerate your scale & impact? The first of its kind ?40 crore startup fund designed to accelerate livelihoods focussed nonprofits that are ready to grow and scale.
The/Nudge Accelerator is a philanthropic fund to accelerate early-stage nonprofits. across the year on a rolling basis, they select organizations that have potential to achieve outsized impact, sustainably and invest deeply in them for a period of 12-24 months. During this time, The Nudge CSI Partners work closely with the founders while the The/Nudge CSI Mentors work closely with the organisations’ core teams to get their ideas in the best possible shape – ready to fundraise, hire and scale. Alongside, they offer a grant of INR 50 lakhs in the first year and upto INR 150 lacs in the second year, a network of world-class mentors, and connects to potential partners who can accelerate their path to scale readiness…[More]
Call for Applications: NEX-LABS Summer School
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/22/2022
Calling innovators and researchers from Lebanon and the Mediterranean to apply to Berytech’s regional Entrepreneurship Summer School in the Water Food Energy NEXUS Sector under the NEX-LABS project and develop novel startups.
The summer school will provide new business perspectives to NEXUS innovators, create potential collaboration across borders in the Mediterranean and help the entrepreneurs develop their entrepreneurial mindset and relevant skills to successfully launch and grow their business.
The summer school will feature 13 to 15 teams from 7 countries: Spain, Italy, Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan, Cyprus and Lebanon. Teams will be selected to attend the summer school and develop their innovation management, commercialization strategy of NEXUS technologies, business model, IPR and investment pitch deck.
What Will You Learn?
The summer school will allow the entrepreneurs to gain skills and techniques that will improve their venture’s chances of success in the WEF NEXUS Field…[More]
Plaid Fintech Accelerator Program in the US
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/31/2022
Plaid Accelerate is a fintech accelerator program supporting early-stage fintech founders who are Black, Indigenous, or People of Color.
They believe it is vital that those building the future of financial services reflect the rich diversity of the consumers who can benefit from that innovation. Plaid Accelerate aims to directly support a diverse and inclusive fintech community.
Plaid Accelerate brings you together with other founders at similar stages for a concentrated 5-month long program. They tailor each program to your needs and offer hands-on assistance and a supportive community to accelerate your startup’s momentum.
Access to Plaid expertise and technology
Work alongside Plaid’s team of industry-leading experts who will provide mentorship and training, including a 4-day virtual bootcamp covering sales, marketing, product and more. You will have ongoing access to feedback and guidance from the Plaid team via dedicated office hours and an internal demo day. You will also enjoy 5 months of free access to Plaid’s technology.
Guidance in your fundraising journey
Their fundraising workshop series brings in investors from leading fintech venture capital firms who will offer a peek behind the VC diligence process; discuss term sheets and valuations; help you identify critical business milestones, and more. The workshop series culminates with a practice pitch day where you can get direct feedback from the investors in their network…[More]
LevelUp – Call for Early-Stage Companies Aiming for Rapid Growth (Finland)
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/31/2022
Are you ready to LevelUp your business? LevelUp is a year-long programme offering all of the mentorship, training, and networking you need to jump-start the growth of your business — completely free of charge. The programme is open to early-stage companies aiming for rapid growth.
The programme consists of nine workshops that focus on different themes vital for successfully developing your business. The workshops are facilitated by several experts in their field. Each team is guided by their own coach, who has wide-ranging experience from all facets of business life. Teams will also benefit from the support and networks provided by the other participating teams and the pool of mentors.
About the Program
The programme is targeted at early-stage companies that aim for rapid growth with the help of a scalable product, service, or other solution
The programme provides the best resources to support the growth of your business…[More]
Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council announces Rural Business Development Grant Scheme (UK)
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/31/2022
Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council (LCCC) is delighted to announce that the Rural Business Development Grant Scheme is now open for applications from rural micro-businesses.
The grant scheme, which offers these businesses up to £4,999 of capital funding, is part of the Tackling Rural Poverty and Social Isolation (TRPSI) Programme, funded by the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).
Eligible applications must be from existing micro-businesses with less than 10 full time employees. The total capital costs of the projects must be between £1,000 and £20,000. The capital grants are capped at £4,999 at a match-funding rate of 50% from DAERA and 50% from participating businesses. Mainstream agricultural activity is ineligible for support under the scheme. The minimum grant awarded will be £500…[More]
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council launches Rural Business Development Grant Scheme 2022 (UK)
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/31/2022
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council has launched Rural Business Development Grants to support the recovery, sustainability and development of existing micro businesses based in rural areas who have not previously received funding under the TRPSI Rural Business Development Scheme 2021, which was administered by local Councils.
Funding Information
The minimum spend on one, or a combination of, eligible items is £1,000 and your project must not cost more than £20,000.
Eligible Expenses
Examples of eligible expenditure includes:
- Computer equipment, eg computer, laptop, printer.
- Computer software (outright purchase; ongoing license fees are not eligible).
- E-commerce Websites to allow online purchase capabilities.
- New equipment/ machinery.
- Mobile machinery, such as scissor lifts, forklifts, ride-on lawn mowers.
- Covid-19 business recovery equipment, including free standing screens and hand sanitizer units (the hand sanitizer is not eligible)…[More]
Business Recovery Grant (Round 4) – US
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/31/2022
The City of West Linn is offering a fourth round of unrestricted Small Business Grants to assist West Linn businesses and non-profits adversely affected by economic conditions associated with the Covid-19 pandemic and ongoing business recovery.
Funding Information
For this round, the City will distribute awards in the amounts equaling $2,500 (brick and mortar) and $1,000 (home-based businesses).
Grant awards are expected to be distributed as follows:
- $1,000 for qualifying Home-Based Businesses, defined as a proprietor/operator and up to 1 employee, with an active home-based business in West Linn (on line virtual businesses, such as selling on eBay or the like are excluded).
- $1,000 for qualifying Non-profit Businesses having fewer than 25 FTE employees.
- $2,500 for qualifying brick and mortar West Linn Small Businesses, including sole proprietorships, defined as having 0-25 FTE (full-time employee equivalent) employees Eligible Expenses…[More]
Studio 55 Startup Incubator for the Next Generation of Media Ventures(UK)
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/16/2022
Do you have a strong idea of what young audiences want from apps, services, and content? This is your chance to build an Innovative Business, with ITV backing you all the way.
How it Works
Phase 1:
- Build your Business Case
- Six weeks to turn your idea into a business case. You’ll then pitch this to investors and successful models will be selected to develop further.
- Participants: 14-16
- Every team will receive a one-off £10K payment
Phase 2:
- Create a Prototype
- Teams will work full-time for 3 months with us to user-test and develop their idea into an actual prototype. They will choose the best to come onboard with us.
- Participants: 6-8
- Teams will get a stipend and a prototyping budget
Phase 3:
- Start Your Business with us
- Successful teams will be given full backing to turn their prototype into a fully scaled business within ITV.
- Participants: 3-6
- Full-time senior ITV role, scale-up founder salary + bonus, significant investment backing to grow your business
Why Studio 55 Ventures?
They will give you full support to take you from idea to investable business. If you’re selected, you’ll receive:
Financial Support
10K in Phase 1, a stipend and prototype budget in Phase 2, and a full-time senior position at ITV, a competitive salary, and significant…[More]
Applications Now Open for Startmate Accelerator in Australia and New Zealand
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/29/2022
Are you one of most ambitious founders and company builders in Australia and New Zealand? Are you ready to take your startup to the next level? The Startmate Accelerator unleashes the ambition of Australia and New Zealand’s best founders, and propels them toward their goals.
Benefits
- Haven’t raised any capital
- If you’ve never raised, they will invest $120k at a $1.5m valuation
- Raised capital already?
- If you have raised a bona fide round before they will invest $120k at your latest valuation
Who is right for the Startmate Accelerator?
Solo founder to founding team
From solo founders to teams of five, they have seen it all. Regardless of the make-up of the founding team, Startmate will bolster your company’s growth by surrounding you with equally ambitious peers ready to share the founder journey with you…[More]
