This is your chance to explore new Entrepreneurship-based opportunities offering cash prizes/ stipends, skill-building activities, networking opportunities and more. With these, you will get numerous investment opportunities and a chance to pitch in front of the leading industrialists, globally acclaimed and highly successful entrepreneurs, investors and Industry Experts, and professional service providers. Check the list below:
Abhyuday 2020-21: Action Plan, Social Entrepreneurship Competition (India)
Deadline: 20 November 2020
Abhyuday 2020-21 brings to you, Action-Plan, the social entrepreneurship contest which revolves around the 3I’s mantra: Ideate – Innovate – Implement.
Benefits
- Cash Prize of INR 3,00,000.
- An exciting chance to get selected by ICICI Foundation for Project Internships focussed on Social Initiatives.
- Top 3 teams will be directly selected into the Mentorship program 2021 by Knowledge Partner, iB Hubs.
- An opportunity to be mentored by successful seasoned entrepreneurs and mentors from worldwide, experienced industry professionals and faculty.
- The mentors from their very prestigious Knowledge Partners like EdelGive Foundation, Eprenz, ILFAT, iB Hubs, Ecochirp, ChildFund India, Villgro would not only help build your startup but also to provide many networking opportunities and real-time advice.
- A learning opportunity through the rigorous training sessions and speaker sessions hosted by reputed organizations- Navayuvak Entrepreneurs and Vruksh Foundation in realising the idea for your startup.
- Numerous Investment opportunities and a chance to pitch in front of leading angel investors, Venture Capitalists, and Industrialists with India’s leading Venture Capital.
- Firms: Unicorn India Ventures, Equanimity Investments, Cumulative Ventures LLP. Networking Opportunities with potential partners, investors, and world-class Entrepreneurs.
- Incubation opportunities for social ventures in various incubation centres like NSRCEL-IIMB, StartUp Oasis, Amity Innovation Incubator, AIC-RMP, 3i Zones, GCEC Global, and SCEI.
- Content-rich feedback on the business model from globally acclaimed and highly successful Entrepreneurs, investors and Industry Experts, and professional service providers on their Judging Panel.
KIIT- Technology Business Incubator announces NIDHI-EIR Program (India)
Deadline: 15 November 2020
The KIIT-Technology Business Incubator (TBI) has announced a call for applications for the NIDHI-Entrepreneurs-in- Residence (EIR) Program to inspire the best talents to be entrepreneurs, to minimize the risk involved in pursuing start-ups, and to partially set off their opportunity costs of high paying jobs.
Benefits
- The Programme thus encourages enterprising individuals to venture out and pursue daring entrepreneurial ideas as well as enhances the quantity and quality of startups.
- Grant Stipend maximum of Rs.30,000/- per month with a minimum level of Rs.10,000/- per month for a period of 12 months.
- Supports from faculties and mentors, assigned as mentor to individual EIR Fellow in business planning and execution.
- Participation of EIR fellow in any programme organised by KIIT-TBI.
- Office space, administrative support and a stipend to work on their entrepreneurial idea and turn the innovative idea into viable businesses.
- Provide mentorship and handholding for activities related to IP management, legal and contract, mobilizing resources and other business development related activities.
US: Proposals for Enterprise Organizations & Changemaker Entrepreneurs
Deadline: 7 December 2020
MOZAIK Philanthropy has announced proposals for Social Enterprise Organizations and Changemaker Entrepreneurs to solve critical social problems and address basic unmet needs through innovation. Their entrepreneurial endeavors create systems change through regenerative economics, improving the lives of underserved or marginalized groups.
The $70,000 NEW ECONOMY fund will support innovative social enterprise organizations with 501(c)3 nonprofit status, working to deliver social, environmental and economic returns through a sustainable revenue-generating business model. The fund is also open to individual social entrepreneurs with an innovative social enterprise idea, who are working to bring their plan to life.
Funding Information
- Fund Total: $70,000
- Grants between: $5,000 – $10,000
Aviral Plastic Waste Innovation Challenge – India
Deadline: 15 November 2020
Do you have a Great Solution that will Change the Future of Plastic Waste Management? If yes, then join the Aviral Plastic Waste Innovation Challenge! The Aviral Plastic Waste Innovation Challenge is an innovative businesses competition to support and showcase innovative solutions in the field of plastic waste management.
Benefits
- Up to 50,000 EUR grant directly tied to an immediate pilot implementation in the Urban Local Bodies.
- Consulting support by Aviral Team during pilot testing your innovation in the Urban Local Bodies.
- Partnership opportunity with public-private and public-private-civil society.
- Recognition of your solutions as exceptional innovation in urban areas.
- Engagement with stakeholders, accelerators, incubators & mentors.
- Deep dive into the challenges and strategy designing.
Sangam’s Emerging India Acceleration Program 3.0 to improve Investments in Value-Addition Assets
Deadline: 2 December 2020
The Sangam’s Emerging India Acceleration Program 3.0 is designed to promote institutional cooperative structures and rural agriculture SMEs to improve investments in value-addition assets closer to the farm-gate. The program believes these SMEs can provide livelihood opportunities for local communities and drive local wealth creation while aiding sustainable energy technology adoption and climate change resilience at scale.
Benefits
- Infield support (To the extent possible due to COVID-19);
- Financial support of up to INR 10 lakhs per organization;
- Assistance to set up a governance structure, build management capabilities and formulate a business plan;
- Assistance to improve Operational efficiency and provide market linkage opportunities;
- Connects with local eco-system partners and advisors from Govt, financial and development institutions;
- Access to long term assets and working capital investments (debt or equity) through Sangam and partner organizations.
KIIT-Technology Business Incubator: NIDHI PRAYAS Grants (India)
Deadline: 20 November 2020
National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI) is an umbrella programme conceived and developed by the Innovation and Entrepreneurship division, Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, for nurturing ideas and innovations (knowledge-based and technology-driven) into successful startups.
Benefits
- The project term for the PRAYASEE will be for up to 18 months, at the end of 18 months the progress review shall be done by local PRAYAS monitoring committee at KIITTBI and based on the decision of the PRAYAS monitoring committee the project term of PRAYASEE may be extended by 6 months.
- Prototyping grant up to 10 lakhs.
- But at KIIT-TBI, the preferred duration period shall be 12 months.
- Dedicated furnished and well equipped Fabrication Lab facility.
- Technical guidance, business mentorship and IP facilitation support.
- Open access facility 24 X 7.
- After the prototyping stage, the grantees will be eligible for further funding/incubation support at KIITTBI for successful commercialisation.
- Access to KIITTBI startup ecosystem and participation in various start-up/entrepreneurship based events.
- All the office facilities like co-working space, internet, meeting rooms, cafeteria.
India: Seed Support System for Startups in Incubators
Deadline: 15 November 2020
TBI@KEC is hosting a Seed fund under the scheme “Seed Support System for Start-ups in Incubators” of the National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), Department of Science & Technology. The basic idea of seed support is providing financial assistance to potential startups with promising ideas, innovations and technologies.
The proposed seed support disbursed by an incubator to an incubatee is positioned to act as a bridge between development and commercialization of innovative technologies/ products/ services in a relatively hassle-free manner.
Broad Areas to be covered under the financial assistance include:
- Product development;
- Testing and trials;
- Test Marketing;
- Mentoring;
- IPR issues;
- Manpower for day to day operations;
- Professional Consultancy (To attract Professors/ Experts of institutions to work with small firms);
- Any other area as deemed necessary and recommended by the Management Committee.
Funding Information
- Investment amount: Maximum Rs.50 lakhs (Avg: 25 lakhs).
Invitation for ground-breaking Solutions from Entrepreneurs to empower Disability Sector
Deadline: 15 November 2020
The ARTILAB Foundation has announced a call for applications for Empowering the Disabled through Gifted Entrepreneurs to provide intensive mentorship and funding support to entrepreneurs who are creating sustainably growing businesses to impact lives of people with disabilities.
ARTILAB Foundation, in collaboration with partners, have designed a program to incubate and empower entrepreneurs creating technology solutions for the disability sector.
Benefits
- 3-year Incubation Support;
- Extensive Funding Support;
- State-of-the-Art Prototyping Facilities;
- Networking and Other Opportunities.