Deadline: 4-Mar-22
Are you a migrant or refugee business owner? Is your business making a difference in your community? If yes, then apply for 2022 First Gens Accelerator program to provide business owners from a migrant or refugee background with tailored business development coaching, masterclasses run by industry experts, access to professional networks and mentoring across a 14 week virtual program.
In Australia, migrants and refugees continue to face increased challenges when starting a business, participating in the community and searching for employment.
ygap developed the First Gens program to address these challenges by providing funding, world-class training and access to ygap’s extensive network of mentors, investors, advisors and supporters, and a supportive community.
Since launching in 2018, the ygap First Gens Program has supported 48 migrant and refugee-led impact ventures representing founders from 20 different countries and distributed over $175,000 in funding. These ventures have gone on to multiply their revenues, raise investment, create new jobs and impact thousands of lives in Australia.
Challenges Include
These challenges include:
- Access to funding
- Access to social networks
- Access to information
- Discrimination
Who they Are looking For?
- Migrant or Refugee-led: There must be at least one migrant or refugee owner aged 18 years or older who will participate in the program.
- Engaged: The owner(s) must intimately understand their business and be looking to grow.
- Currently operating and post-revenue: The business must be currently operating and generating revenue.
For more information, visit https://ygap.org/firstgens/