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STARTUP WISE GUYS SUSTAINABILITY ACCELERATOR PROGRAM

Application Deadline: January 18, 2024.

LOCATION: USA

Applications are now open for the Sustainability program. Empower a Green Future: Elevate Your Startup with the Sustainability Acceleration Program.

ELIGIBILITY:

Goal orientated, ambitious and aspiring to build your business for the long term future. 

This Sustainability accelerator program is designed for teams who meet one or more of the requirements listed below.

You are an early-stage B2B Sustainability startup working in

Climate-smart agriculture

Regenerative agriculture

Circular economy

Circular waste management

Sustainable land management

You have a working MVP

Your startup has at least 2 co-founders or team members

You are building initial customer traction, MRR or revenues.

There are no geographical restrictions on who can apply, but you have to take into account that the workshops, mentoring sessions, and other program activities will happen according to the EET time zone, so you might have to adapt to this schedule.

Also, it’s a hybrid program with online and onsite modules, therefore, some parts of the program will happen onsite, and you’ll be expected to be there.

BENEFIT:

Get up to €120K convertible investment (85K cash + 35K program) with a €250K follow-on possibility.

Learn top sales and product development tricks from leading Sustainability mentors and experts.

Access a community +350 mentors, +200 investors and collaborate with 600+ fellow visionary founders growing in the same industry as you.

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SBN NOURISH NIGERIA CHALLENGE: NUTRIPITCH

Application Deadline: 3 December, 2023

LOCATION: Nigeria

The Scaling Up Nutrition Business Network (SBN) is hosting the 2023 Edition of SBN’s Annual pitch competition in partnership with FATE Foundation. The project is a Business Model Research project and is part of a larger program grant of EUR80m focussed on six African countries (Benin, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, and Uganda)

ELIGIBILITY:

Must be a Nigerian citizen (male or female).

Must be between the ages of 25 and 50 as of January 2024.

Must be the Founder, Owner manager, or CEO of a growth-stage agribusiness. venture. (Only one applicant per business will be accepted).

Should have their Agribusiness focused on Nutrition and Innovation.

Should have a good business model that focuses on reaching low-income consumers.

Should have a unique/innovative marketing strategy.

Should have a minimum of three (3) full-time highly skilled staff in a managerial capacity (excluding part-time staff and low/semi-skilled staff).

Must have their Agribusiness venture registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and be currently operating and generating income.

Must be available to participate FULL-TIME in the one-week boot camp and ALL other activities required throughout the program.

BENEFIT:

One Week Pitch Readiness Bootcamp

GAP Advisory Sessions

Growth Plan Development

Pitch Competition

CEO Fireside Chat

Series of Workshops and Masterclass Sessions (see program highlights for details on this)

4 months Hand-holding Mentorship Community.

Access to our Alumni Community post-graduation

N 10,000,000 Naira to be shared amongst winners of the Pitch Competition

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