WBENC Industry Accelerator Program 2025 ($10,000 in funding) – YOA

Deadline: August 15, 2025

Applications are open for the WBENC Industry Accelerator Program 2025. WBENC and Kroger are bringing entrepreneurs an thrilling Industry Accelerator program this fall from September 11 by way of October 17. The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) Industry Accelerator | Kroger Feeding Growth Opportunities is a cohort-fashion accelerator program that includes schooling periods, mentoring, pitching alternatives, and extra.

Through this dynamic Industry Accelerator, dropped at you by Kroger, candidates accepted into the cohort will take part in a devoted accelerator program with 2 further schooling periods. Once accepted, cohort contributors will:

• Attend a sequence of digital periods led by Kroger staff members on a wide range of subjects similar to enterprise pitching, presenting to a class supervisor, advertising suggestions, and extra.
• Be matched with a Kroger mentor for a 1:1 dialogue to happen throughout this system.
• Have their functionality statements reviewed by Kroger provider variety professionals and patrons for consideration to pilot a contract with Kroger. (This OPPORTUNITY is predicated upon particular standards, vendor capabilities, and Kroger sourcing wants, and doesn’t assure a contract might be awarded).

Benefit

• The program will culminate with a LIVE digital pitch competitors that includes all cohort contributors, and a possibility for one enterprise proprietor to obtain $10,000 in funding.

Eligibility

• Applicant have to be an proprietor of the corporate.  
• Elevator pitch movies submitted in the application are restricted to 60 seconds. Any movies longer than 60 seconds is not going to be accepted, and the application have to be resubmitted.  
• The enterprise resolution featured in the application pitch video have to be an present enterprise resolution that’s at the moment prepared for market or already in market, not a future endeavor in want of funding.  
• If the corporate has a couple of proprietor, just one consultant could apply and pitch/take part in all program elements.  
• Company is registered in Kroger’s vendor administration system Supplier Hub previous to application submission.
• Cohort contributors might be notified of acceptance into this system no later than 9/1/25. 

Application

Applications are open till August 15, 2025. This application have to be accomplished in its entirety and can’t be saved or returned to at a later time.

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For extra info, go to WBENC Industry Accelerator Program.