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Embark on the 9th edition of SLINGSHOT, a global deep tech startup competition from Singapore to the world, and make the pitch of a lifetime in the presence of key industry leaders and a global audience of investors.
Date Posted: 13 Jun, 2025
Kickstart is an initiative of the International Breweries Foundation with a focus on enterprise growth and development for young entrepreneurs
Date Posted: 13 Jun, 2025
The Foundry Fellowship is a transformative experience for accomplished entrepreneurs who are committed to leading the acceleration and interconnection of Africa’s innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystems.
Date Posted: 13 Jun, 2025
The Graça Machel Trust’s Women Creating Wealth-Intergenerational (WCW-I) edition, in partnership with the MasterCard Foundation, is designed to build women entrepreneurs’ confidence, skills, and networks to scale their businesses and transition from income generation to wealth creation.
Date Posted: 13 Jun, 2025
Rooted Pathways is a program that aims to provide resources and stability to an ecosystem of Native arts and cultural organizations through unrestricted general operating support, empowering organizations to define and advance their own organizational well-being.
Date Posted: 12 Jun, 2025
Now in its fifth year, the competition seeks to bring together the brightest minds in technology innovations
Date Posted: 12 Jun, 2025
The BGV Pitch program flips the traditional pitch experience on its head: we coach entrepreneurs, host a live crowdfunded pitch competition, and connect you to community and professionals to support you on your journey.
Date Posted: 12 Jun, 2025
These internationally acclaimed prizes recognize and support innovative city strategies, projects and ideas that can make an impact on citizens’ lives and turn our cities into better places to live.
Date Posted: 12 Jun, 2025
The Do You Fellowship is a high-impact business growth accelerator program designed for entrepreneurs who are scaling fast and aiming high.
Date Posted: 12 Jun, 2025
The Western Union Global Fellowship Program is a fully-funded Impact Fellowship, empowering individuals supporting or hailing from refugee, highly-marginalized, or forcibly displaced communities around the globe.
Date Posted: 12 Jun, 2025
The Ecopreneur Network is SOA’s platform for investing in and supporting bold ocean startups for the long term. It is designed for Pre-Seed to Series A companies with market-driven innovations that restore ocean health.
Date Posted: 12 Jun, 2025
It Takes A Village is ATV’s commitment to leveling the playing field for underrepresented founders, especially women, Black, Latinx, and other marginalized entrepreneurs.
Date Posted: 11 Jun, 2025
In 2018, the 100+ Accelerator was launched to support the achievement of the UN SDGs and exponentially fuel the growth of startups developing critical sustainability solutions.
Date Posted: 11 Jun, 2025
The FATE Institute Fellowship Program is a two-year, non-residential fellowship designed to engage policy experts, economists, academics, and development professionals in producing evidence-based research and insights
Date Posted: 11 Jun, 2025
Canada's biggest small business contest is back, and they’re looking for owners who have Made it in Canada
Date Posted: 10 Jun, 2025
AgriBlue.AI bridges the gap between farmers and AI innovators to revolutionise agriculture and aquaculture, ensuring a resilient and regenerative food system.
Date Posted: 10 Jun, 2025
Applications are open for the Global Good Fund Fellowship 2026. This 12-month hybrid leadership program is open to social entrepreneurs around the world.
Date Posted: 09 Jun, 2025
A 6-week program to support black men in business across 5 focused business streams.
Date Posted: 09 Jun, 2025
HASTEN business incubation programme now open for youth-led enterprises from in Lesotho, Rwanda and Sierra Leone.
Date Posted: 09 Jun, 2025
This program will provide training, mentorship, microgrants and support to four grassroots and community activists who are interested in promoting and implementing the data values manifesto.
Date Posted: 07 Jun, 2025
Here is a list of some notable entrepreneurship programs, the organizations that offer them, and what participants can achieve through each program:
1. Y Combinator (YC) Startup Accelerator
• Organization: Y Combinator
YC is one of the most prestigious startup accelerators in the world. Startups receive seed funding, mentorship, and access to a vast network of investors and successful entrepreneurs. Participants work intensively on their ideas for three months and present them to investors at Demo Day.
2. Techstars
• Organization: Techstars
Techstars provides early-stage startups with access to mentorship, funding, and a worldwide network of entrepreneurs and investors. The program offers hands-on mentorship and culminates in a demo day where startups pitch to potential investors.
3. Google for Startups Accelerator
• Organization: Google
This program supports early-stage startups through mentorship, access to Google resources, and hands-on guidance from industry experts. Participants gain the technical expertise needed to grow their businesses using Google's tools and infrastructure.
4. MIT LaunchX
• Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
This program targets high school students and focuses on building real startups from scratch. Participants learn the fundamentals of entrepreneurship, from ideation to market research and product development, while receiving mentorship from successful entrepreneurs.
5. Hult Prize
• Organization: Hult International Business School
The Hult Prize is a global competition that encourages university students to solve pressing social challenges through entrepreneurship. The winning team receives $1 million in seed capital to launch their startup.
6. Seedcamp
• Organization: Seedcamp
Seedcamp is a European seed fund and accelerator program that provides early-stage startups with mentorship, funding, and access to a global network of investors. Participants benefit from Seedcamp's support in refining their business models and scaling their startups.
7. Stanford Start Accelerator
• Organization: Stanford University
Start offers Stanford-affiliated startups access to a strong community of founders, investors, and mentors. The program supports founders with the resources they need to scale their companies, from fundraising to product development.