Halcyon EquityTech Fellowship 2025 for EdTech and Future of Work Entrepreneurs (Fully Funded)

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Application Deadline: Apr.il18, 2025

Applications are actually open for the 2025 Halcyon EquityTech Fellowship. The program will convey collectively entrepreneurs from throughout the U.S. and the globe leveraging know-how to shut gaps in schooling and the workforce. Founders will obtain professional coaching, vital sources to speed up their ventures, and an eight-week in-person residency at Halcyon in Washington, DC.

Requirements

Halycon is trying for (for-profit) startups which are constructing scalable options which are tackling challenges in EdTech and Future of Work.

• Location: Global
• Stage: Must have a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) that has the potential to scale. Must be working in your enterprise full-time. 
• Team: 
  • May apply with as much as one co-founder
  • Applicant should be the CEO and/or maintain main decision-making energy
  • Must be fluent in English
  • Must be no less than 21 years of age by the beginning of this system
• Program Engagement: Must be capable to take part in all actions and programming periods
• Impact: Must be creating a product and enterprise which contributes in direction of 1 or extra of the UN’s 17 SDGs

In addition to eligibility, Halcyon scores every application based mostly on 4 standards: Impact, Scalability, Innovation, and Talent.

Program Structure

• The cohort is chosen of as much as 8 ventures from throughout the U.S. and the globe
• Ventures obtain coaching in Halcyon’s methodology on product-market match, funding readiness, and management  
• The program is delivered by way of:
  • A digital kickoff assembly
  • An eight-week, in-person residency week at Halcyon in Washington, DC

Benefits

• $10K in Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) credit
• $10K equity-free stipend per enterprise
• Professional advisors
• Workshops with consultants in management improvement, funding readiness, and product-market match
• Networking with traders and assorted stakeholders
• Pro bono authorized assist
• A worldwide group of practically 600 impact-driven entrepreneurs

Sectors

Solutions leveraging know-how to shut fairness gaps in schooling and the workforce. Sub-sectors embrace:

• EdTech: Solutions that leverage digital instruments and know-how to enhance instructing and studying outcomes, improve accessibility and instructional entry, and take away monetary obstacles to schooling.
  • EdTech options span Okay-12, larger schooling, company coaching, and lifelong studying, integrating AI, knowledge analytics, and immersive applied sciences to counterpoint instructional experiences.
• Future of Work: Technological options that broaden job market entry for all communities, and applied sciences that allow people of all skills to thrive within the office.
  • Future of Work options embrace upskilling and reskilling tech, in addition to applied sciences and enterprise fashions that improve workforce analytics, collaboration, and well-being, usually leveraging AI, automation, and digital platforms.

Timeline:

• March 4, 2025: Applications open
• Apr. 18, 2025: Applications shut
• June 5-6, 2025: Finalists invited to a digital pitch
• June 13, 2025: Selected fellows might be notified
• Sept. 12, 2025: Virtual program kickoff
• Sept. 29-Nov. 21, 2025: Residency in Washington, DC

For More Information:

Visit the Official Webpage of the Halcyon EquityTech Fellowship