Our incubation is an all-encompassing experience that will give you the support needed to build a successful venture. While the most promising ventures of the incubation take home the Social Impact Award, the experience provides all finalists with skills and knowledge that will help them throughout their entire social entrepreneurship journey.

The incubation provides participants with the following benefits:

• Individualized support: our group of experts and mentors offer you personalized guidance in finalizing and prototyping your business and impact models at every step of the way.
• Meaningful connections: you are part of a cohort of like-minded youth with whom you can build lasting relationships and exchange ideas.
• Global exposure: you can generate your first followers and gain visibility with our community voting, a yearly campaign where thousands of people vote for their favorite ventures.
• Key resources: The most promising ventures take home one of our awards, which include funding, recognition, and a ticket to our annual SIA Summit. You will also have access to additional perks that could include a co-working space, unique opportunities from partners, and more.

The incubation ends with the Award ceremony. Winners of our internationally-recognized award are granted a lump sum of pre-seed funding to help cover their venture’s initial costs. Our award also gives founders exposure to a wide variety of stakeholders both nationally and internationally, while serving as proof of reliability to potential funding partners. Finally, winners of the award come together at our yearly Summit to celebrate the end of the program and the start of their journey.