Deadline: 15-May-22
Early-Stage Enterprises are invited for the Green Growth Accelerator program to promote equitable economic growth in India through the application of dignified work, climate mitigation, and circular economy principles.
To support social entrepreneurs committed to boosting dignified employment and creating positive environmental impact, Acumen’s new Green Growth Accelerator Program will prepare a cohort with the grit, character, and competence to build scalable, inclusive, and sustainable solutions.
The program will culminate with a closing session where you’ll have the opportunity to pitch your venture for up to $50,000 USD in seed funding from Acumen and other investors.
What’s Included?
- Six peer virtual Learning Labs
- Three one-on-one Coaching Consultations
- Video tutorials on customer discovery, sales and marketing, financial modeling, pitching, and more
- Case studies from social enterprises tackling similar challenges
- Two workshops on marketing and cash management facilitated by NSRCEL
- Pitching opportunity to investors on demo day
- Eligibility for 2-3 startups to receive up to $50,000 in funding from Acumen
- Graduation into Acumen Academy’s Foundry: an alumni community designed to accompany leaders from around the world by connecting them with resources and relationships to amplify their work
Learn How To:
- Refine and develop a profitable and scalable business model
- Think critically about your environmental impact and embed decent work principles into your business model
- Develop robust strategies to bolster your financial sustainability
- Sharpen your presentation skills and pitch your business to investors and other stakeholders
- Build a professional network and lifelong community of social entrepreneurs who are committed to tackling injustice
Modules
- Module 1: Visions of Scale
- Module 2: Dual Impact and Circular Economy Business Models
- Module 3: Customer Insights
- Module 4: Aligning a Pricing, Sales, and Marketing Strategy to Your Value Proposition
- Module 5: Financial Model
- Module 6: Operational Model and Partnerships
- Module 7: Pitching the Strategic Story of Your Business
- Module 8: Marketing (NSRCEL)
- Module 9: Cash Management (NSRCEL)
Who is qualified to apply?
This is an intensive online program for entrepreneurs and c-suite executives leading for-profit/hybrid social enterprises that:
- Have business models in the following sectors and value chains:
- Textile and apparel: Examples include models focused on alternative materials, up-cycling and recycling of textile waste, eco-friendly dyes, etc.
- Construction: Examples include sustainable building material that result in lesser emissions or energy consumption
- Waste management: Examples include solutions across municipal solid waste, plastic waste, electronic waste, and agricultural waste including solutions focused on tech based recycling or up-cycling, end-to-end or specialized waste management service providers, PROs and alternative packaging solutions
- Sustainable mobility: Examples include EV/mobility solutions and logistics solutions
- Have a strong commitment to serving informal workers (including waste pickers, construction workers, weavers, potters, gig workers etc.) with evidence of action
- Have solutions with a positive environmental impact through reduction of greenhouse gas emitted, energy consumed, waste diverted from landfills, amount of waste recycled etc.
- Have a demonstrated track record of at least 12-18 months, evidence of market traction and are preparing to scale
- Favorable consideration will be given to teams who are working on solutions impacting women informal workers.
For more information, visit https://app.acumenacademy.org/target-green-growth-accelerator