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Opportunities for entrepreneurs are resources, funding, and programs designed to support innovators and visionaries in launching and scaling their business ventures. These opportunities are tailored for startup founders, aspiring business owners, and individuals with innovative ideas who need access to seed funding, incubator programs, and mentorship networks.
Find a curated list of updated entrepreneurship opportunities from around the world here.
Applications are now open for the 2025 Irish Tech Challenge South Africa. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 10 Jul, 2025
Applications are now open for the 2025 DBN Entrepreneurship Training Programme (DBNETP). Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 10 Jul, 2025
Applications are open for the Chat for Health & Al Accelerator 2025. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Date Posted: 09 Jul, 2025
The 2025 Business Partners Limited SME Toolkit SA Competition is designed to empower and support aspiring young entrepreneurs.
Date Posted: 09 Jul, 2025
The Jasiri Talent Investor programme is dedicated to discovering and investing in promising entrepreneurs with the potential to establish high-impact businesses
Date Posted: 09 Jul, 2025
The E2 1 Hotels Fellowship helps support and invest in young entrepreneurs and emerging business leaders who seek to make the world a better place through projects that accelerate smart climate policies that are good for our economy and our environment.
Date Posted: 08 Jul, 2025
Application for the Tech Transfer Showcase is designed to elevate academic innovations, support the next generation of entrepreneurs and industry leaders, and connect institutions with strategic partners
Date Posted: 08 Jul, 2025
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
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.