Are you a startup entrepreneur with an innovative tech solution that works to end global hunger? Apply for the WFF Startup Innovation Awards before 15 July 2023
Are you a startup entrepreneur with an innovative tech solution that works to end global hunger? Apply for the WFF Startup Innovation Awards before 15 July 2023
The World Food Forum, an independent, youth-led global network of partners, invites applicants for the WFF Startup Innovation Awards powered by Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC). The awards were established to support and showcase innovators and entrepreneurs harnessing the power of technology to drive the sustainable transformation of agrifood systems in support of ending global hunger and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Successful applicants will have the opportunity to win the following awards:
- Better production startup award
- Better nutrition startup award
- Better environment startup award
- Better life startup award
- Startup innovator of the year award
Additionally, finalists and award winners will have the opportunity to gain global visibility, raise capital, network with international entities, and identify membership opportunities to support pioneering tech breakthroughs.
Interested applicants must fulfil the following to apply:
- Be legally incorporated as a business enterprise
- Not a publicly-traded company
- Agree that only non-confidential information is being submitted and there is no confidentiality agreement implied between XTC, its partners, and applicants regarding submitted pitch decks
For more information on the awards and application details, visit: WFF Startup Innovation Awards
Are you a start-up with a proven poverty intervention in need of funding? Apply for the D-Prize Challenge before 4 June 2023
Are you a start-up with a proven poverty intervention in need of funding? Apply for the D-Prize Challenge before 4 June 2023
D-Prize, a United States-based non-profit organisation, invites applicants for the D-Prize Challenge for social entrepreneurs with innovations to end poverty. Through the Challenge, D-Prize will identify effective interventions to support with seed funding of USD 20,000.
Interested participants should have innovations in at least one of the D-Prize focus areas, which include health, access to clean water, education, agriculture, livelihoods, energy and public services. Additionally, interested participants must fulfil the following to apply:
- Deliver an existing intervention with a need for high-risk capital that cannot be supported by your current revenue or donors
- Be operational for not more than 18 months and have raised no more than USD 30,000 in outside funding
- Application must be submitted in English (it does not have to be perfect, as long as it is enough to understand your idea)
For more information on the Challenge, visit D-Prize Challenge Application Packet
To apply for the Challenge, visit: Application