Awards

20 winners are selected by an international jury. They receive a budget and tailor-made guidance to develop their project. 10 start-ups and designers win access to the accelerator developed by Social Enterprise NL. 10 students and moonshot ideas win mentor sessions to define next steps.

Local Partners

In each city, a local partner organizes sessions to help the winner connect with relevant partners, financers, customers and networks that can help bring their solution to market. The local partners are The Climate Collective (Delhi), StartUp Mexico (Mexico City), Metta (Nairobi), Climate Ventures (São Paulo) and Social Enterprise NL (Amsterdam).

Mentors

A mentor guides each winner through the program. During 4 sessions the mentor helps the winner translate their learnings into practice and define development needs, networking needs and next steps.

Challenge Sessions

Winners start the program with a Challenge Session: a 1,5 hour conversation with 3 or 4 experts. After the session, winners:

1.  are aware of the strengths and bottlenecks in their social business model
2.  are aware of the resources they need
3.  have the handles needed to develop an Action Plan for the accelerator

Action & Growth Plan

Winners write an Action Plan during the first week of the program. It describes their ambitions and how they plan to develop their social business model during the accelerator. The Action Plan and the Social Business Model Canvas serve as guidelines for the winners and their mentor. In the last phase of the accelerator, winners write a Growth Plan for the coming 3 years.