☰
The Fulbright Canada Short-term Entrepreneurship Award supports American entrepreneurs at any stage of their business journey, seeking to explore new markets, develop strategic insights, and strengthen cross-border collaboration through a four-week residency in Canada.
Date Posted: 05 Jul, 2025
The Kickstarter Challenge is a competition for female entrepreneurs with a new business idea.
Date Posted: 05 Jul, 2025
The new MEST AI Startup Program is a seven-month intensive experience led by global experts in AI and business
Date Posted: 05 Jul, 2025
The MANTRA project is launching an Expression of Interest (EoI) to identify tech-savvy SMEs across Europe that can support traditional manufacturing SMEs in their green, digital, and social transformation
Date Posted: 04 Jul, 2025
One Young World is excited to collaborate with IKEA Social Entrepreneurship to offer scholarships to inspiring young social entrepreneurs to attend this year’s One Young World Summit.
Date Posted: 03 Jul, 2025
The EDHE Absa Innovation Challenge is a strategic initiative aimed at catalysing innovation and entrepreneurship within South Africa’s 26 public universities
Date Posted: 03 Jul, 2025
Rémy Martin’s This is My City grant program is seeking visionary artists, musicians, designers, DJs, radio personalities, fashion creatives, community space operators, and entrepreneurs who are driving cultural change and creating economic opportunities in their communities.
Date Posted: 02 Jul, 2025
Spearhead Global has partnered with the Enthuse Foundation to support US women entrepreneurs in the food and beverage sector.
Date Posted: 02 Jul, 2025
The Global Citizen and PayPal Small Business Impact Awards were established to celebrate entrepreneurs and small business owners.
Date Posted: 02 Jul, 2025
The ‘Dream Startup Challenge’ is an initiative that promote Entrepreneurship & Innovation in Central India.
Date Posted: 02 Jul, 2025
Johannes Phumani Phungula (JPP) Local Municipality invites local entrepreneurs, informal traders, co-operatives, and SMMEs to apply for Grant Funding as part of their commitment to Local Economic Development (LED).
Date Posted: 02 Jul, 2025
Young Leaders Union Paris 2025 is a global initiative bringing together emerging leaders from across the world to collaborate, exchange ideas & unite under a shared mission to make the world a better, more inclusive place.
Date Posted: 01 Jul, 2025
The Flat6Labs Riyadh Seed Program will support startups with high growth potential and will annually provide more than 20 Saudi startups with seed funding over the next three years.
Date Posted: 01 Jul, 2025
The Allan Gray Scholarship Programme offers high school entrepreneurial scholarships to learners who have a curious, entrepreneurial mindset; have the potential to excel academically and are financially deserving.
Date Posted: 01 Jul, 2025
They are excited to be launching a new round of businesses in Lawra
Date Posted: 01 Jul, 2025
Ignite is the UK’s flagship social enterprise competition for student and graduate entrepreneurs ready to scale solutions that tackle the world’s toughest problems.
Date Posted: 27 Jun, 2025
Elev X! Ignite Venture Studio Program is designed for passionate entrepreneurs in the ideation or prototyping phase
Date Posted: 25 Jun, 2025
The Startup Challenge of The Gap in Between is an international call designed to boost entrepreneurship as a driver of social and environmental transformation
Date Posted: 25 Jun, 2025
MerageNext is a national startup competition empowering visionary entrepreneurs to create bold, scalable solutions that support the renewal of Israel.
Date Posted: 25 Jun, 2025
Start Path Emerging Fintech program opens its doors to high-potential fintech and climate startups that share in their mission to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy.
Date Posted: 25 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.