Sage Impact Entrepreneurship Program – United States 2025 – YOA

Deadline: January 10, 2025

Applications are open for the Sage Impact Entrepreneurship Program – United States 2025. The program will concentrate on fostering a group of visionary leaders who can drive systemic change by innovation and collaboration. In partnership with Sage Foundation, annually, this system will help 12-13 early-stage and underrepresented startups primarily based within the US by its Annual Core Cohort providing tailor-made mentoring, Sage’s product help, grants, and strategic coaching.

An further 14-16 US-primarily based formation-stage startups will be part of the Annual Community Cohort and have entry to varied assets, together with a curated digital platform, asynchronous instruments, and visibility by Village Capital’s web site and social channels. All taking part startups will obtain two years of publish-program help to strengthen their impression and scale their options.

Benefits

Core Cohort

• Advice: An invitation to take part in mock board conferences with representatives from related establishments, firms, and traders that may assist scale their options and startups.
• Continued Learning: Four interactive workshops tailor-made to assist their startup establish early milestones and put together them for the subsequent spherical of capital (if related).
• Financial Analysis: Access to 1-to-one teaching with an funding analyst targeted on constructing a monetary mannequin, figuring out unit economics, and utilizing monetary metrics to drive their enterprise and investor diligence.
• Funding: The high two Core Cohort peer-chosen startups will obtain USD 50K in grant capital, and the subsequent two highest-ranked startups will obtain USD 25K every from Sage Foundation to additional scale their options. The remaining Core Cohort startups will obtain USD 10K in grant capital for milestone help.
• Mentorship: Ability to satisfy with and obtain mentorship from potential strategic companions, prospects, and different founders, in addition to mentors and founders throughout the local weather and sustainability house.
• Networking: Ability to community and obtain mentorship from outstanding US traders and enterprise leaders.
• Travel Stipend: Startups will obtain a stipend to cowl journey-associated bills for one crew member related to the Program Summit in Atlanta, GA, US.
• Sage Product

Both Cohorts

• Community Support: Join a group of help and a collection of funding-readiness assets, together with a curated digital platform, asynchronous instruments, and visibility by Village Capital’s web site and social channels.
• Exposure: The Core and Community cohorts will profit from publicity to Village Capital’s program web site and different communications collateral.
• Support Post-Program: All taking part startups will obtain two years of publish-program help to boost their impression and scale their options.

Eligibility

Eligible startups will need to have: 

• Legal incorporation as a for-revenue entity, together with B Corp-certified corporations.
• Headquarters or operations within the US.
• Market-based options that immediately sort out the next verticals:
  • Clean Energy Transition 
  • Biodiversity and Nature-Based Solutions 
  • Smart Mobility and Sustainable Infrastructure 
  • Sustainable Supply Chain and Manufacturing 
  • Circular Resource Solutions 
  • Climate-Resilient Health and Wellness 
  • Disaster-Resilient Housing and Community Planning 
  • Climate Finance and Insurance Innovation 
  • Environmental Justice and Social Equity 
  • Data Analytics and Climate Intelligence
• A minimal viable product (MVP) and have raised lower than USD 1.5M in fairness.
• At least one full-time founder primarily based within the US.
• Meaningful buyer or enterprise validation (not restricted to income, however may also be profitable pilot research, variety of customers, and/or strategic partnerships).

Note: Startups are inspired to apply even when they don’t meet all of the listed necessities. Applicants shall be assessed primarily based on their stage of maturity and the eligibility standards to find out placement in both the Core or Community Cohort. All chosen individuals shall be notified of their cohort placement upon choice.

Application

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For extra info, go to Sage Impact Entrepreneurship Program.