Women’s Cohort for Social Enterprises this February 2023 – UnLtd India’s Incubation Program

UnLtd India We believe that creating social impact is an art. UnLtd India serves as a canvas for early-stage social entrepreneurs in India to nurture their ideas and grow as true artists of change. We find and support entrepreneurial individuals with passion to bring about long-lasting solutions to pressing problems in India. To bring their ideas to life, our Incubation Program provides one-on-one coaching, access to mentors and funders, and peer learning.

At the core of our Incubation Program are early-stage social entrepreneurs. We provide our social entrepreneurs with opportunities to maximise their potential as leaders, accelerate the growth of their organisations and deliver high-impact.

UnLtd India is starting a Women’s Cohort for Social Enterprises this February 2023.

UnLtd India’s Theory of Change is that social entrepreneurs will sustain and scale if they get an enabling ecosystem in their early stages. Through our 9 months  Incubation Program, we provide our social entrepreneurs an opportunity to enhance their knowledge.  The program is designed to focus on the following aspects:

• Validate beneficiary-solution fit, quantify value proposition
• Build  business model and plan, including budgeting and costing
• Hone leadership and entrepreneurial skills
• Leverage a growing network of investors, experts and peers

Thus, helping lay the foundation for a Sustainable & Scalable Social Impact organisation.

An Entrepreneur’s Journey with Us

February 2023 cohort is for Women Founders, CoFounders in a lead role only.

     Eligibility Criteria

• You are a Women Founder, CoFounder* of a Social Enterprise, committed to growing your organisation for social change.
  *In case the organisation has both male and female co founders, only female co-founder (in a key decision making role) is eligible to apply and be part of the program (if selected)
• You need to be an Indian Citizen above 18 years of age.
• You need to be the Founder/Co-Founder of a Social Enterprise, registered on or after 1st January 2018. The organisation should be legally registered as any one of the following:
  • Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)
  • Private Limited (Pvt Ltd)
  • One Person Company (OPC)
  • Sole Proprietorship
  • Partnership
• You must be working full-time or if part-time, upwards of 3 days a week. If part time currently, you need to have a plan for becoming full time within the year.
• The Social Enterprise you are applying for must be at an early stage of Prototyping / Developing a Minimum Viable Product / Piloting the product or solution.
• Your organisation should have a strong focus on measurable social impact.

Please Note: Our program is currently not designed to support Farmer Producer Organisations, Federations, or projects that are a part of academic research.

Selection Criteria

While selecting social entrepreneurs, we look for four key ‘I’s’:

Individual

We look for individuals who are motivated by a social problem, are committed to solving it in the long term, exhibit entrepreneurial characteristics, demonstrate leadership qualities, have an unwavering commitment to create social change and the ability to garner resources to support their work.

 

Innovative Idea

We look for innovative ideas that are focused solutions to fit specific social problems, address an unmet need or under-served sections of society.

 

Investability & Impact

We look for ideas that have the potential to create long-term and sustained impact within their communities, at a city/state level and at scale, the business model is profitable, the solution is scalable with external investment and is unique in comparison to the competition.

 

Incubation

We look for individuals who are open to feedback, can gain from our incubation support and can give time-commitment to engage in the intensive program.

Selection Process

Application Form

You need to complete & submit our online application form

Application Review

Eligible applications are reviewed for accurate information and meeting the incubation program selection criterion.

Screening Call

Shortlisted Applicants and all Co-Founders (if any), will be invited for a screening call (via zoom/ google meet video call)

Final Selection Round

All applicants shortlisted in the screening round will pitch to a panel of investors, industry & sector experts (via zoom call).

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