The SOCAP Global Fellowship Program 2025 for Social Impact Leaders – YOA

Deadline: May 26, 2025

Applications are open for the The SOCAP Fellowship Program 2025. The SOCAP Fellowship Program is designed to bridge the hole between visionary founders and strategic funders, creating significant connections that drive transformative change. This distinctive program emphasizes the ability of peer-to-peer assist, creating an area for Fellows to attach with friends who’re navigating related challenges and alternatives within the social influence area. They can change insights, provide recommendation, and supply encouragement to at least one one other in a trusted setting.

SOCAP Fellows have the OPPORTUNITY to current their ventures to the SOCAP viewers on the annual flagship occasion — SOCAP25 takes place from October 27 to 29 in downtown San Francisco. Fellows acquire unique entry to a dynamic community of influence-pushed leaders, innovators, and funders, facilitating partnerships that amplify their ventures’ potential for social and environmental influence. Through curated networking alternatives and thought-scary digital classes, the Fellowship empowers each founders and funders to share insights, forge lasting relationships, and co-create sustainable options.

Benefits

Selected SOCAP Global Fellows will obtain:

• 1 ticket to attend SOCAP25 
• Accommodations from Sunday, October 26, 2025, to the morning of Thursday, October 30, 2024 (SOCAP25 runs from October 27 to 29)
• Virtual Orientation Sessions, which function a welcome in addition to preparation for getting essentially the most out of your SOCAP expertise (for each the digital and in-particular person actions supplied)
• The alternative to current on stage in entrance of all SOCAP attendees (Presenting on stage relies on energetic participation in our digital programming main as much as the SOCAP occasion
• Four months of digital programming (open to all the workforce of the group that participates in our program):
  • Peer Community Building
  • Investment Readiness
  • Impact Measurement
  • Storytelling, Pitching, and Networking
• Individualized highlight on LinkedIn about your enterprise and being part of our SOCAP25 cohort
• Curated connections with funders, both nearly earlier than SOCAP and/or in particular person on the occasion
• A devoted SOCAP workforce member who is obtainable for 1:1 advisory calls and to reply any questions you could have earlier than, throughout, and after the in-particular person convention and who serves as your liaison and level particular person for SOCAP25

Eligibility

The SOCAP25 Global Fellows should come from organizations which might be:

• For-Profit 
• Late-seed- to Series A-stage 
• Actively fundraising 
• Direct service suppliers (these which might be immediately creating influence within the communities that they serve — accelerators, funds, and third-get together organizations usually are not good matches for this program)
• Legally included and have been in operation for a minimum of two years
• Integrating influence as core to their enterprise mannequin
• Introducing a very distinctive, sustainable, and scalable resolution to a difficult downside
• Looking to boost between $150,000 and $2M USD
• Generating annual revenues of a minimum of $200,000 USD

Application

Each 12 months, SOCAP selects its personal cohort of entrepreneurs to take part in its Fellowship Program. These people symbolize essentially the most modern and impactful ventures from all over the world. The application course of is extremely aggressive, with an acceptance charge of lower than 10%. Applications are fastidiously reviewed to establish founders who provide essentially the most modern options to the world’s hardest challenges and who’re devoted to totally participating in all facets of this system whereas driving deep, scalable influence. Approximately 10-15 ventures shall be chosen for our 2025 cohort.

Click here to apply.

For extra info, go to SOCAP.