Programs
a16z - Talent x Opportunity Initiative (TxO)
A new system of funding, training and mentorship for founders building cultural breakthroughs Talent x Opportunity Technology and culture are two of America’s enduring exports. We’ve nearly perfected the art, science, and business of scaling technological breakthroughs, but the ecosystem for cultural breakthroughs is much less developed. The Talent x Opportunity Initiative (TxO) is a step in that direction: a system that discovers and supports cultural geniuses who have the talent, drive and ideas to build breakthrough companies, but lack the networks and resources to do so. TxO is designed to help these entrepreneurs build durable, successful companies around their cultural innovations.
Arya Women - Open Call
Arya'nın bir parçası olarak kendi hayat girişiminin yatırımcısı ol. Arya Kadın Yatırım Platformu; kadın girişimci ve yatırımcılarla başarı hikayeleri yaratmayı, aynı zamanda kadınların ekonomiye katılımının bir fırsat olduğunu göstermeyi, Türkiye’den başlayarak daha fazla kadının sermaye sahibi olmasını, kadınların karar verici ve daha güçlü pozisyonlarda yer almasını sağlamayı amaçlıyor.
Unshackled Ventures - Immigrants
Unshackled Ventures, the only pre-seed venture capital fund that enables immigrant founders to start companies in the U.S., is pleased to announce the successful close of its $35 million Fund III, backed by high-profile limited partners, 73% of which is institutional LPs. Unshackled Fund III LPs include Cambridge Associates, Cendana, Emerson Collective, California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (IBank), and Sorenson Impact Advisory, more than doubling its assets under management (AUM). Immigrant founders are some of the strongest job creators out there and many work with top tech giants that fuel our economy. In fact, privately held billion-dollar startups with immigrant founders have created an average of more than 1,200 jobs per company, the vast majority in the U.S. We back immigrant founders at day 0—impressive people building revolutionary companies. We lead friends & family / pre-seed rounds in immigrant-led businesses. We invest between $150K- $1M.
Globalstars call with Japan
Start Date: 14 October 2025, 12:00 AM CEST End Date: 21 January 2026, 12:00 AM CET Apply Countries Austria 🇦🇹 Belgium (Flanders) 🇧🇪 Canada 🇨🇦 Denmark 🇩🇰 France 🇫🇷 Israel 🇮🇱 Japan 🇯🇵 Lithuania 🇱🇹 Luxembourg 🇱🇺 Norway 🇳🇴 Singapore 🇸🇬 South Africa 🇿🇦 South Korea 🇰🇷 Spain 🇪🇸 Sweden 🇸🇪 United Kingdom 🇬🇧 About this call ## Funding information This call is open for all R&D projects, excluding technologies associated with nuclear power and drug discovery. Examples of scope include, but are not limited to: quantum technology, artificial intelligence, robotics, semiconductors, electronics, energy and environment, biotechnology, new materials, medical devices, aerospace, mining, and other industrial technologies. ## Timeline Apply from: 14 October 2025 Submission Deadline: 21 January 2026 National funding procedures: 27 April 2026 or after Projects can begin (expected): 1 July 2026 ## Who can apply for this call Eureka has eligibility criteria for organisations participating in a Globalstars consortium: Your project idea must represent international cooperation in the form of a specific project. You must direct your project towards researching or developing an innovative product, process or service with the goal of commercialising your project results. Your project must have a civilian purpose. Your consortium must include at least two independent legal entities, from Japan and a minimum of one other Eureka country listed in this call. No single organisation or country can be responsible for more than 70% of the project budget. The duration of a project must be between 12 to 36 months. Prior to the start of the project, participants are required to have signed a project consortium agreement on the execution of the project and commercialisation of the projects results. This must be sent to the relevant national funding agencies after the results of the evaluation have been communicated and before project activities are conducted. This call for projects has additional criteria for organisations to be eligible to receive funding. Please see the country section for more information.
Seedcamp - Open Call
We've had the privilege of partnering with over 500 companies such as UiPath, Revolut, Synthesia, and Pleo. If you've got big ambitions, we want to hear from you. We review every single submission 🙂
Soulmate Ventures - 2025
For 2025 we are seeking 10 innovative companies that best fit our mission. We fund each company with an initial investment of up to €3,000,000 to improve systems and products that positively impact both people’s lives and the planet, focusing on key areas such as air, water, energy, mobility, education, healthcare, food and agriculture, and the circular economy. https://www.soulmatesventures.com/ https://www.soulmatesventures.com/our-program/
Geleceğin Kooperatifleri
## Programın amacı nedir? Geleceğin Kooperatifleri Programı, Türkiye'deki kooperatiflerin değişimi ve dönüşümüyle; girişimcilik, liderlik, dijitalleşme, finans ve e-ticaret alanında kapasitelerinin artmasını, sosyal ve ekonomik etki alanlarının genişletilmesini amaçlıyor. Geleceğin Kooperatifleri Programı’nda kooperatifler; girişimcilik bakış açısı kazanacak, geniş network ağına dahil olarak potansiyel iş birlikleri geliştirecek, ihtiyaca göre temel-orta-gelişmiş eğitim seviyelerinde eğitimler alacak, eğitimlerde soru-cevap alanları ile eğitmenlerle birebir iletişim kurabilecek, teorik eğitimlere ek olarak pratik eğitimler ile öğrendiklerini uygulama fırsatı bulabilecek ve bir topluluğun parçası olarak desteklenecekler. Geleceğin Kooperatifleri Projesi ile sosyal kooperatiflerin gelişimi, sürdürülebilir olmaları ve ürettikleri ürün ya da hizmetleri hem yerel hem de global iş birlikleri ile satışa dönüştürmeleri hedefleniyor. Üyelerinin ekonomik ve sosyal ihtiyaçlarını karşılamak amacıyla kurulan, demokratik bir yapıya sahip, kar amacı gütmeyen bir işletme modeli olan sosyal kooperatifler; toplumsal dayanışmayı teşvik etmek, toplumsal sorunları çözmek ve ekonomik kalkınmaya katkıda bulunmak gibi amaçlar doğrultusunda faaliyet gösterirler. Elde ettikleri geliri genellikle işletmenin sürdürülebilirliğini sağlamak ve üyelere paylaştırmak için kullanırlar. ## Programa Hangi Kooperatifler Başvuru Yapabilir? Geleceğin Kooperatifleri, sosyal değer üretmeyi de gündemine almış kooperatifleri hedeflemektedir. Toplumsal alanda ekonomik ve sosyal kalkınmayı öncelikleri arasına almış kooperatifler programın hedef kitlesidir. - Ürün veya hizmet üreten, - Sosyo-ekonomik etkisi ya da etki potansiyeli olan, - Aktif olarak faaliyetlerine devam eden, - Ticaret veya Orman ve Tarım Bakanlıkları altında kurulmuş, sosyal etki üretmeyi hedefleyen kooperatif statüsüne sahip kooperatif ve bu kooperatiflerin ortakları başvuru yapabilir. *Türkiye sınırları içerisinde kurulmuş ve faaliyet gösteren kooperatifler başvuru yapabilir. ## Programa Nasıl Başvuru Yapabilirim? https://www.geleceginkooperatifleri.org/ adresinden başvuru formunu doldurarak Geleceğin Kooperatifleri Programına başvurabilirsiniz. Ardından kullanıcı adı ve şifreniz ile program katılımcısı ve program akışıyla ilgili bilgi sahibi olabilirsiniz. ## PROGRAM HAKKINDA Geleceğin Kooperatifleri, Türkiye Girişimcilik Vakfı (GİRVAK) tarafından Google.org desteğiyle hayata geçirilen 2 yıllık bir programdır. Geleceğin Kooperatifleri, Türkiye’deki kooperatiflerin girişimcilik ve e-ticaret kapasitelerinin artırılması yoluyla sosyal, ekonomik etkilerinin artmasını, sürdürülebilir ekonomik modele dönüşmelerini hedefler. ### Kooperatifler; Girişimci bakış açısı ve yaklaşımı ile tanışacak, E-ticaret, ihracat ve dijitalleşme yetkinliklerini artıracak, Girişimcilik yoluyla yenilikçi iş ve üretim yapma kapasitelerini geliştirecekler. Ürün ve hizmetlerini sınırlar ötesine taşıyarak global markalara dönüşecek, geleceğin iş modeli olacaklar. Türkiye ve dünyada kooperatifçilik ile ilgili doğru bilinen yanlışların düzeltilmesi ve farkındalık yaratılmasında etkili rol alacaklar. ### FAALİYETLER Program boyunca kooperatifler; eğitim ve kapasite geliştirme programı, mentorluk, iş birliği ve hibe desteğinden yararlanacaklar. Kooperatifler girişimcilik, e-ticaret, ihracat alanlarında eğitimler, buluşmalar yoluyla güçlenirken kooperatif ortakları birlikte üretme, gelişme fırsatları elde edecek. Başarılarıyla ilham olan girişimciler ve kooperatiflerle ilham buluşmaları, kooperatifler arası iş birliğini güçlendirecek etkinlikler programın bir parçası olacak. Programın ikinci döneminde eğitimleri başarıyla tamamlayan kooperatifler mentorluk ve hibe desteğinden yararlanarak etkilerini daha da genişletebilecekler.
Sequoia Capital’s Arc
For over 50 years, we have partnered with founders at the earliest stages to build category-defining companies. From navigating PMF pivots to unlocking an unparalleled network of talent, customers and advisors - we've helped founders successfully traverse the early days of company formation. We share these hard-earned lessons in Arc, a company building program designed to help Sequoia's pre-seed and seed-stage founders build businesses that endure. Applications for our Arc Spring ’25 cohort are closed. Sign up below to get notified when we open up new programs in the Americas and Europe.
Greylock - Edge Program
Greylock Edge - From Concept to Company Edge is a bespoke 3-month company-building program designed to advance select pre-idea, pre-seed and seed founders from inception to product-market fit, with fully flexible financing. Greylock Edge harnesses our decades of expertise in guiding founders from inception to IPO and beyond. Three-month access to Greylock's resources, AI Researchers in Residence, hiring and customer services. We don't require that Edge companies take capital from Greylock. We provide flexible funding ranging from a priced seed round to an uncapped SAFE note, to no capital at all. Additionally, we offer $500K+ in credits with AWS, Google, Microsoft and more. # Idea and Market Selection Identify and refine a new or existing company concept. Our market map highlights areas we believe are particularly fertile for innovation. # Problem Validation We leverage our customer and expert network to do in-depth pain-point discovery and validation together. # Customers and Design Partners We collaborate on constructing a design partner program, and leverage our network to identify the first five design partners. # Initial Team Building Our in-house recruiting team works to help recruit your first engineers, product managers and designers. # What we are - A bespoke company building program with direct access to Greylock investors, expertise and company building resources. - Flexible terms at the founder’s choice. Raise a full round, an uncapped note, or no capital at all. - Focused on a very select handful of founders on a rolling basis. - Ruthlessly prioritize your time advancing idea refinement, customer development, and recruiting. # What we are not - A scaled startup accelerator or incubator. - Set terms and required dilution upfront in order for you to join the program. - Structured as large batches across domains. - Generic programming on company building.
Growth & Investment Program - Open Call
Developed by idacapital, invested in by various institutional investors, Innovate 21st Acceleration & Investment program offers a wide range of knowledge base and Venture Capital support in order to promote startups. Startups that meet our target areas and growth criteria can join the programme throughout the year. In order to maximise the returns of our participants, we run the return on investment with a model where founders earn more. As Innovate21st, we aim to invest in startups with strong and reliable teams that can produce digital and innovative solutions to conventional business verticals, enabling them to reach their growth targets more easily and constructively.
Turkiye Call for startups 2025
Win a €10,000 grant and accelerate your startup in Turkiye GoBeyond is looking for early-stage, purpose-driven startups ready to grow. We offer a structured journey including mentoring, training, exposure, collaboration with an international corporate group, and a €10,000 equity-free grant for the winner. If you’re building something that matters, this is your chance to move forward. What you get A startup journey focused on real outcomes: Training & Workshops Expert-led sessions to develop business and innovation skills. 1:1 Mentorship Dedicated support from Flutter SEA, Sisal, and Viveka’s mentor networks. Business Case Co-design Co-design real use cases and explore pilot opportunities. Visibility & Networking Pitch Day, networking and curated exposure. Final Prize The top startup will receive a €10,000 grant to scale their solution. Potential PoC & Strategic Partnership Access to post-program collaboration opportunities and international networks.
Techstars
Applications are now open for Techstars spring programs! 📣 Over the course of three months, we surround each startup with: 🤝 World-class mentors 🌐 A global network of corporate partners, investors, and alumni 💰 Funding and fundraising support 📚 Curated workshops and resources 🌱 Opportunities to learn, iterate, and grow with your cohort It’s a proven model that’s helped build thousands of successful companies across the globe. Apply by November 29th. ↓ http://tsta.rs/kUUY50WJWE1
4th Innowwide call for market feasibility projects – Autumn 2025
Innowwide is funded by the European Union as part of the European Partnership on Innovative SMEs Start Date: 25 September 2025, 12:00 AM CEST End Date: 25 November 2025, 2:00 PM CET Innowwide supports innovative SMEs to assess the viability of their commercial or research ambitions for internationalisation in a target country. By participating, SMEs can conduct market feasibility projects for their innovative solutions over a six-month period, working with local organisations based in their selected target country (in Africa, Americas, Asia or Oceania). Countries Austria 🇦🇹 Belgium (Brussels) 🇧🇪 Belgium (Flanders) 🇧🇪 Belgium (Wallonia) 🇧🇪 Bulgaria 🇧🇬 Croatia 🇭🇷 Cyprus 🇨🇾 Czech Republic 🇨🇿 Denmark 🇩🇰 Estonia 🇪🇪 Finland 🇫🇮 France 🇫🇷 Germany 🇩🇪 Greece 🇬🇷 Hungary 🇭🇺 Ireland 🇮🇪 Italy 🇮🇹 Latvia 🇱🇻 Lithuania 🇱🇹 Luxembourg 🇱🇺 Malta 🇲🇹 Poland 🇵🇱 Portugal 🇵🇹 Romania 🇷🇴 Spain 🇪🇸 Sweden 🇸🇪 The Netherlands 🇳🇱 Slovakia 🇸🇰 Slovenia 🇸🇮 Iceland 🇮🇸 Israel 🇮🇱 Norway 🇳🇴 Switzerland 🇨🇭 Türkiye 🇹🇷 United Kingdom 🇬🇧 About this call Funding information SMEs can carry out a market feasibility project at different stages. For example, when exploring or developing a research and development (R&D) project idea, or after a successful R&D project to understand whether their new product, process or service might be commercialised in targeted global markets. Are you an innovative SME wanting to carry out a market feasibility study in a country in the Americas, Africa, Asia, or Oceania? We have funding for you! What is a market feasibility project? A market feasibility project includes preliminary technical, market, legal and/or socioeconomic assessments intended to validate the feasibility of your international and innovative business solution (product-, process- or service-market combination) within new and emerging global value chains. Your market feasibility project must: Have a target country (a pilot market) where you intend to develop and validate your innovative business solution in collaboration with local counterparts. You should consider, where appropriate, frugal innovation. Be led by an innovative SME from a European Union Member State or Iceland, Israel, Norway, Switzerland, Türkiye, or United Kingdom. Have one local partner (e.g., a supplier, customer, end user, research provider, or complementary technology developer) in the selected target country, as main subcontractor for the market feasibility project. The expected outcome must have a high impact in the target country (pilot market). Feature product- (or process-, or service-) market development. Include a variety of activities to identify and assess key local technical and market framework conditions in the target country that may favour or impede the effective deployment of your innovation. What is funded The fourth Innowwide call has a 4.2 million euro budget to fund 70 projects (60,000 euro per market feasibility project). This call for projects is bottom-up, meaning you decide the focus of your project. Innowwide is mono beneficiary. The programme supports the organisation in the EU member state, Iceland, Israel, Norway, Switzerland, Türkiye, or United Kingdom, but entities in target countries that SMEs choose to collaborate with can benefit indirectly as subcontractors. The subcontractors are not party to the grant agreement i.e., they do not have a contractual relationship with the Funding Authority. Funding for each project is a maximum of 60,000 euro. Since the Innowwide maximum funding support rate is 70%, the total eligible project costs must be at least 86,000 euro, with beneficiaries self-funding any project costs beyond 60,000 euro. Eligible costs include personnel, subcontracting, purchasing costs – travel and subsistence, equipment depreciation, other goods, works and services; and indirect costs (automatically calculated on the basis of a 25% flat-rate of the total direct eligible costs, excluding subcontracting). Each successful market feasibility project will receive a fixed grant of 60,000 euro. The funding to each SME market feasibility project coordinator will be processed as follows: A pre-financing of 70% (42,000 euro) provided at the beginning of project implementation. The remaining 30% (18,000 euro) transferred at the end of the market feasibility project after its obligatory 6 months duration, upon delivery and acceptance of a complete Final Report by the Eureka Innowwide team. If the report is not acceptable, the market feasibility project beneficiaries could be requested to present additional information within one month. Should the information provided still be insufficient, the grant could be reduced, or the market feasibility project could be declared as withdrawn and the beneficiaries required to repay the pre-financing. Who can apply To apply, you must fulfil nine eligibility criteria: The application is complete. It includes the application form itself, the annex (workplan) in the template provided and all declarations, including your main subcontractor’s commitment. The applicant SME is a legally constituted SME according to EU recommendation 2003/361, in an eligible country participating in Innowwide (EU Member States, Iceland, Israel, Norway, Switzerland, Türkiye, or United Kingdom). The project includes an independent subcontractor (local counterpart) in the target country. The project has an exclusive focus on civil applications. None of the participating organisations have convictions for fraudulent behaviour, other financial irregularities or unethical and illegal business practices; is bankrupt or in the process of being declared bankrupt; or is ‘undertaking in difficulty’ according to the EU definition (Article 2, no. 18 of COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 651/2014 of June 2014). The project duration is six months. The minimum total eligible project costs is 86,000 euro. The subcontracting cost are above zero euro. The project includes a combination of eligible activities. Please read all our guidelines before submitting a project application. If you do not meet all the eligibility criteria, your application will be rejected. Some of these criteria are automatically validated by the system upon submission. The automatic completeness check is only a support tool and does not confirm eligibility. Applicants must verify compliance with the eligibility criteria by other means.
Founders Boost Kenya
Since 2017, FoundersBoost has helped to pre-accelerate 600+ pre-seed startups chosen from over 8000 applicants globally. Our alumni have gone on to the world's top accelerator programs including YC & Techstars and they have raised $350M+ to date. We are a global tech startup pre-accelerator aimed at working with great early stage entrepreneurs to prepare them for accelerator programs, seed investment, and revenue through a six week part-time program. Weekly Focus Sessions One-on-One Mentorship Expert Speakers Pitch Coaching Week 1: Customer Development & Problem-Solution Fit People in a meeting Define your Ideal Customer Profile Learn the best practices for collecting, analyzing and acting on customer feedback in an objective manner to refine your product offering. *Refine your customer persona using demographic and psychographic data *Capture feedback and prioritize feature roadmap without scope creep *Metrics to assess product value delivery
Founders Boost LA
We find the best founders globally and prepare them for accelerators, investment and revenue. Since 2017, FoundersBoost has helped to pre-accelerate 600+ pre-seed startups chosen from over 8000 applicants globally. Our alumni have gone on to the world's top accelerator programs including YC & Techstars and they have raised $350M+ to date. We are a global tech startup pre-accelerator aimed at working with great early stage entrepreneurs to prepare them for accelerator programs, seed investment, and revenue through a six week part-time program.
UDHAM-RS-2025-01: RAYLI SİSTEM TEKNOLOJİLERİ ÇAĞRI PROGRAMI
Bakanlığımız görev alanına giren konularda ihtiyaç duyulan elektronik haberleşme, elektrifikasyon, enerji verimliliği, otonom, malzeme ve yapı teknolojileri vb. temelli raylı sistemler alanında Ar-Ge çalışmalarının desteklenmesi amacıyla “UDHAM-RS-2025-01 Raylı Sistem Teknolojileri” Ar-Ge Projeleri Destek Çağrısına çıkılmıştır. Çağrı kapsamında Ar-Ge desteği verilecek projeler ile • Raylı sistem teknolojileri alanında Ar-Ge faaliyetlerinin desteklenmesi, • Yerli üretimin teşvik edilmesi; • İleri teknoloji ürünlerde dışa bağlılığın azaltılması, hedeflenmektedir. Çağrı Kapsamındaki Toplam Destek Bütçesi : 500 Milyon TL(Beş yüz milyon Türk Lirası) Proje Başına En Fazla Destek Miktarı :40 Milyon TL (Kırk milyon Türk lirası) Destek Başvurusu Açılış Tarihi: 14.07.2025 Saat 09.00 Destek Başvurusu Kapanış Tarihi: 31.10.2025 Saat 16:00'ya kadar. Başvuru Yeri: Ulaştırma ve Altyapı Bakanlığı B Blok Giriş Kat Gelen evrak servisi. Hakkı Turayliç Cad. No:5 Emek/Çankaya/Ankara (Başvurular ıslak imzalı/kaşeli/paraflı olarak elden teslim edilecektir. Ek olarak aynı belgeler 2 adet USB içerisinde belirtilen sıralama ile ayrı ayrı dosyalanarak ıslak imzalı belgeler ile teslim edilecektir.) Ayrıntılı sorularınız için: [email protected] Destek başvurusu ile ilgili usul esaslar ve ilgili belgeler için aşağıdaki linklere gidiniz.
Creator Fund
We invest in inspiring student, academic, and recent graduate founders, and help them build businesses on the frontier of what's possible. Europe's leading deep technology network Creator Fund is a pre-seed and seed VC fund. We partner with scientific founders at the earliest stage and give them the support they need to scale. Creator Fund provides our founders with a unique talent network. We have PhD teams on-the-ground across 25+ universities. This allows our portfolio to tap into the specialist talent they need to scale. We have also been backed by leading Venture Capital investors across Europe and the USA, who invest in CF to see the most exciting university founded companies. We are highly involved in helping founders raise future rounds, and allow them to tap into a network of high-quality capital. We invest across sectors and focus on AI, Deep Tech, and Life Science. We back businesses led by founders who are domain experts in their field: We invest up to £750k/€850k as a first cheque in European startups. One member of the founding team is a professor, PhD, student, or recent graduate.
Solutionshop – Hackathon
Elektrik Perakendesinde Dijital B2C Çözümler Geliştiren Teknoloji Tabanlı Girişimci Firmalara Özel: Solutionshop – Hackathon Başvuruları Açıldı! ⚡ Bilkent CYBERPARK ve Enerjisa Enerji iş birliğiyle Ankara Teknoloji Köprüsü Kuluçka Merkezi’nde gerçekleştirilecek Solutionshop – Hackathon Programı kapsamında, elektrik perakendesi alanında dijital B2C çözümler geliştiren teknoloji tabanlı girişimcilerle çalışmalar yürütülecektir. Program sonunda başarılı bulunan girişimci firmalar, projelerini Enerjisa Enerji bünyesinde hayata geçirme fırsatı elde edeceklerdir. 🔋 💡 🌐Odak Alanları: Solutionshop – Hackathon programı kapsamında, kullanıcı deneyimini kişiselleştiren ve etkileşimi artıran dijital çözümler; sürdürülebilirlik odağında geliştirilen sistemler, oyunlaştırma ve akıllı servislerle desteklenen entegre hizmet modelleri önceliklendirilmektedir. Ayrıca finansal analiz, performans takibi, karar destek sistemleri ve güneş enerjisi gibi yenilikçi enerji çözümleri ile operasyonel mükemmeliyet ve sürdürülebilir büyümeyi destekleyecek projelere de destek verilecektir. 🌟 Program Kazanımları: ✅Elektrik perakendesi ve dijital B2C çözümler alanında uzman isimlerden eğitim ve mentorluk desteği, ✅Enerjisa İVME Programı’na erişim imkânı, ✅Bilkent CYBERPARK desteğiyle girişimcilik ekosistemine dâhil olma fırsatı. ⚠️ Başvuru Şartları: – Son 36 ay içerisinde şirketleşmiş ve en az bir fatura kesmiş olmak, – Elektrik perakendesi alanında dijital B2C çözüm geliştirmiş olmak ve dijital çözümünün kullanıcı testine açık bir prototip ya da demo sunumu yapılabilecek bir versiyonuna ulaşmış olması gerekir. 🔗Girişimci Başvuru Formu: https://bit.ly/3GGG8R2 Program eğitim süreçleri çevrim içi olarak gerçekleştirilecektir. Solutionshop - Hackathon Programı 07 - 08 Kasım 2025 tarihi arasında Ankara Teknoloji Köprüsü Kuluçka Merkezi'nde düzenlenecektir. 🤩 🗓️Son Başvuru Tarihi: 30 Eylül 2025 ⚠️Detaylı bilgi ve sorularınız için [email protected] ve [email protected] adresinden bize ulaşabilirsiniz.
L’Oréal's Sustainable Innovation Accelerator
APPLICATION FORM: SUSTAINABLE INNOVATION ACCELERATOR L’Oréal Groupe, the world’s leading beauty company, paves the way for a more sustainable future in seeking, advancing and scaling pioneering solutions through a Sustainable Innovation Accelerator programme. Building on its long-standing culture of innovation L’Oréal partners with the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)’s Canopy innovation experts to scout, identify, pilot, and scale breakthrough technologies addressing critical solution gaps within the industry in support of its sustainability transformation. L’Oréal has partnered with the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)’s innovation team to scout, identify, pilot, and scale disruptive solutions within the beauty industry. CISL’s extensive network of over 40,000 senior leaders and experts driving impact and deep knowledge in sustainable business models and solutions, will provide pivotal support to selected applicants through an up to 12-month cohort-based programme, facilitating pilot projects and scaling of innovative solutions within the L'Oréal ecosystem. We are seeking deployment-ready sustainability innovation from startups, scaleups, SMEs and established companies from around the world, at TRL 7 or higher, that align with one or more of the seven key innovation areas1 outlined below: Low carbon, climate-smart technologies Water resilience solutions Nature-based solutions Alternative ingredients and materials Eliminating fossil plastic use & plastic waste Circularity and resource management Sustainable & inclusive business models Targeted Technology Readiness Level (TRL): Ideal TRL: 7 to 9 Consideration for TRL 5-6 if significant potential is identified Key Dates Applications: Opens 23 June 2025 & closes 30 September 2025 Cohort Selection: November 2025 Tailored acceleration & mentoring: Starts November 2025- closes February 2026 Execution of pilots, if applicable2: Starts February 2026 (expected 6 to 9 months) The estimated time to complete this application is 1.5 - 2 hours. On applying, you will be given a unique application code, which will be used to anonymise your application in the review process by our panel. How CISL uses your personal data The University of Cambridge will store your personal information to liaise with you as a consequence of your interest in our work, and (with your consent) keep you up to date with University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) news and let you know of future programmes and events. By completing this form you are agreeing that you are happy to be contacted by us about the Sustainable Accelerator Programme. We do not share your personal information with any third parties outside the University of Cambridge and L’Oréal or parties responsible for delivering all or part of a group, initiative, or event, except with your explicit permission. At times, personal data may be sent, including internationally, via email and other platforms for the purposes of efficiency. 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For more information, please see our link to our Privacy Policies: L'Oréal Groupe :Privacy Policy for our Business Partners L'Oréal Groupe: Privacy Policy for Consumers If you have any questions regarding completing the application, please email [email protected]. 1 Challenges may evolve and do not constitute binding commitment 2 Participation in the programme does not guarantee future collaboration
Mangusta Capital Scout Program
🚀 Mangusta Capital is launching a Scout Program We’re excited to expand Mangusta’s reach by partnering with exceptional individuals who are deeply plugged into cutting-edge tech ecosystems. If you’re: ✅ A current scout for another fund ✅ At a top university or MBA program ✅ Building or working at a startup ✅ Or otherwise closely connected to emerging founders and talent …and you’d like to collaborate with us to source high-potential early-stage companies in AI, I’d love to connect. Mangusta focuses on vertical AI, with co-investment access to some of the most competitive rounds in the market. Our goal is to build a world-class network of scouts who can help us identify and back the next wave of transformational companies. If this resonates with you, please fill out this quick form and we’ll be in touch: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfqPKzp0Xr5G6EhNQZIsJKqKBmnly0_L50fbo4ryuZFuwVdog/viewform #VentureCapital #AI #ScoutProgram #MangustaCapital
B-Stars Mobilite Hızlandırma Programı
B-Stars Mobilite Hızlandırma Programı, mobilite sektöründe faaliyet gösteren girişimlere yönelik tasarlanmış bir programdır. Mobilite alanında yenilikçi fikirlere ivme kazandırmayı hedefleyen programın 4.’sü 2024 yılında Türkiye Mobilite Kümelenmesi çatısı altında gerçekleşti. Akıllı ulaşım, elektrikli araçlar, otonom sürüş teknolojileri ve diğer mobilite çözümleri üzerine çalışan girişimlere özel destekler sunuyor. Mobilite alanındaki yenilikçi projeleri teşvik ederek sektörlerine özgü mentörlük, eğitim, atölye çalışmaları ve network olanakları sağlıyor. B-Stars Mobilite Hızlandırma Programı İmkanları Eğitimler Mentörlükler Vaka Çalışmaları Atölyeler Teknoloji Seminerleri ** Program Avantajları** Anadolu Isuzu ile PoC imkanı Anadolu Isuzu GSYF’den Yatırım Alma Fırsatı Yandex Cloud’tan 20.000 $’a Kadar Cloud Kredisi
1711 - Yapay Zekâ Ekosistem 2025
Başvurular 15 Mayıs 2025 tarihi itibariyle alınmaya başlanacak. Yapay zekâ teknolojilerinin müşteri kuruluşların ihtiyaçları doğrultusunda ürün ya da çözümlere dönüştürülmesine katkı sağlamayı ve Türkiye Yapay Zekâ Ekosistemini harekete geçirmeyi amaçlayan Yapay Zekâ Ekosistem Çağrısının ilki 2022 yılında açılmıştır. Bugüne kadar her yıl açılan periyodik çağrılarda 41 proje 215.530.447 TL ile desteklenmiştir. Yapay Zekâ Ekosistem çağrısının dördüncüsü 15 Mayıs 2025 tarihinde açılacaktır. Yapay Zekâ Ekosistem Çağrısı, üniversite/kamu araştırma merkez ve enstitülerindeki bilgi birikiminden faydalanılarak, Türkiye’de yerleşik ve proje sonuçlarını Türkiye’de uygulamayı taahhüt eden şirketlerimizin geliştirdiği yapay zekâ teknolojilerinin; yapay zekâ çözümlerine kendi bünyelerinde ihtiyaç duyan şirketlerimizin ihtiyaçları doğrultusunda ürün ya da çözümlere dönüştürülmesine katkı sağlamaktadır. 2025 Yılı çağrısında Program kapsamında beş öncelikli alan desteklenecektir. Bu öncelikli alanlar: Akıllı Üretim Sistemleri, Akıllı Tarım, Gıda ve Hayvancılık, Finans Teknolojileri, İklim Değişikliği ve Sürdürülebilirlik Akıllı Eğitim Teknolojileri olarak belirlenmiştir. Bu destek modelinde, yapay zekâ çözümlerine ihtiyaç duyan şirketlerimizin, teknoloji sağlayıcı olarak en az bir şirket, bu konuda tecrübeli en az bir üniversite araştırma laboratuvarı/merkezi ya da kamu araştırma merkezi/enstitüsünün bir araya gelerek bir konsorsiyum oluşturmaları gerekmektedir. Konsorsiyumun başvuru öncesi TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Yapay Zekâ Enstitüsü ile bir iş birliği sözleşmesi imzalaması gerekmektedir. TÜBİTAK BİLGEM Yapay Zekâ Enstitüsü projelerden elde edilecek kazanımların anonimleştirilerek ekosisteme kazandırılmasından sorumlu olacak, proje geliştirme aşamasında izleme faaliyetlerine aktif katılarak konsorsiyumlara proje yönetimi ve yapay zekâ alanlarında teknik destek sağlayacaktır. Proje başvuruları TEYDEB Proje Değerlendirme İzleme Sistemi (PRODİS) üzerinden 15 Mayıs 2025 - 31 Ağustos 2025 (saat 23:59) tarih aralığında alınacaktır. Ön kayıt işlemlerinin 27 Ağustos 2025, saat: 17:30’a kadar tamamlanması ve gerekli belgelerin TÜBİTAK’a iletilmesi gerekmektedir. Ön kayıt işlemlerini tamamlamış olan kuruluşlar ise, proje önerilerini ilgili tarihe kadar PRODİS üzerinden TÜBİTAK’a sunabilirler.
Girişimci Destek Programı (2025)
Ülkemizin stratejik öncelikleri doğrultusunda belirlenen sektörler öncelikli olmak üzere yeni kurulan işletmeleri destekleyerek sürdürülebilirliklerini sağlamaktır. Bu program kapsamında; İş Kurma Desteğine KOSGEB tarafından desteklenen sektörlerde faaliyet gösteren tüm işletmeler, İş Geliştirme Desteğine NACE kodu; C-İmalat 61-Telekomünikasyon 62-Bilgisayar programlama, danışmanlık ve ilgili faaliyetler 63-Bilişim altyapısı, veri işleme, barındırma ve diğer bilgi hizmeti faaliyetleri 72-Bilimsel araştırma ve geliştirme faaliyetleri sektörlerinde faaliyet gösteren işletmeler başvurabilir. Destek programına buradan başvuru yapabilirsiniz. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzBZAUivDKw&source_ve_path=OTY3MTQ ## İŞ KURMA DESTEĞİ Kuruluş Desteği (*) Gerçek kişi işletme 10.000 TL 100% (Geri Ödemesiz) 36 Ay Sermaye şirketi işletme 20.000 TL Personel Giderleri Desteği İşletmenin vergi mükellefiyetinin devam etmesi şartıyla iş kurma desteği başlangıç tarihinden itibaren 1 inci yıl birinci dönem, 2 nci yıl ikinci dönem ve 3 üncü yıl üçüncü dönem olmak üzere; işletmede çalışan personelin tahakkuk eden prim gün sayılarının toplamı 360 ve üzeri olduğu her bir dönem için 1 aylık brüt asgari ücretin işverene toplam maliyet tutarı kadar destek sağlanır. (*) Girişimcinin genç, kadın, engelli, gazi veya birinci derecede şehit yakını olması durumunda kuruluş desteğine 10.000.-TL ilave edilir. ## İŞ GELİŞTİRME DESTEĞİ Personel Giderleri Desteği 1.500.000 TL(*) %80 (Geri Ödemeli) 36 Ay Makine-Teçhizat ve Kalıp Giderleri Desteği Yazılım Giderleri Desteği Hizmet Alımı Giderleri Desteği (eğitim, danışmanlık ve yönderlik, belgelendirme, test ve analiz, pazarlama, tasarım, sınai mülkiyet hakları giderleri) (*) Girişimcinin genç, kadın, engelli, gazi veya birinci derecede şehit yakını olması durumunda destek üst limitine 150.000.-TL ilave edilir.
Designer Fund Partnership
The best design support and investment offer of up to $1 million for Pre-seed to Series A startups ## What we offer Designer Fund is a design and venture partner investing in early stage tech companies using design to improve health, sustainability, and prosperity for all. We approach our relationship with founders and companies as long-term partnerships, not deals. When we invest in you, we become an extension of your design team and apply the best practices we’ve learned over the past decade investing in multi-billion dollar companies like Stripe, Gusto, Notion, Commure and Netlify. Through Designer Fund Partnership, founders receive: Up to $1M investment with flexible ownership terms Guidance on creating a world-class product and brand Help hiring and managing exceptional design talent Fundraising support to close more investors Access to our network of top design leaders across tech Intros to angel investors from companies like Figma, Notion, Stripe ## How we work with founders We help you create a world-class product and brand Meet with our team and network of design experts for on-demand office hours tailored to what you need most. Instead of cookie cutter advice, we provide feedback based on the unique context of your product, team, and company including: - Product testing and reviews of end-to-end flows - Guidance on key initiatives like establishing a design system and rebranding - How to leverage design strategically across your company from product to sales, recruiting, and culture
Social Shifters Global Innovation Challenge
We are supercharging young impact founders. Young leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs everywhere are rising up to take action on the social and environmental issues that matter to them most. If you’re a young founder (18-30 years) leading a project or startup with a focus on social impact – our Global Innovation Challenge is for you. WHY ME, WHY NOW? Unlock Our Potential 1) GRANT FUNDING AWARDS Multiple grant awards available – from $3,000 to $15,000 USD – one submission makes you eligible for multiple award opportunities. Accelerate Your Idea 2) FREE Founder & Project Support We’ll help founders to develop a strong submission, provide access to exclusive learning materials and a pitch coach to all finalists. Make an impact 3) GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES NETWORK Applicants gain exclusive access to all-year-round opportunities including more grants, paid work and training opportunities. The Sustainable Development Goals To enter the Social Shifters Global Innovation Challenge your idea must contribute to at least one of the United Nations’s Sustainable Development Goals. https://sdgs.un.org/goals
The Validate Your Startup Idea Program
Get US$10,000 in funding to test your startup idea in 6 weeks The program for people who have startup ideas – and need to know what to do next. Get funding, real customer feedback, and support from experienced founders, all in just 6 weeks. Apply by Wed 27 August. You’re asking yourself if your idea is good enough, but you don’t know how to get the answer. Or you’ve been working on your startup and you’re stuck on what to do next. If you’re asking yourself these questions, or doubting what you’re building, you’re likely missing a way to test your ideas. Most founders don’t need more motivation, they need a clear way to test whether their idea actually works. You bring the idea. We’ll help you figure out if people want it and whether it’s worth pursuing. The biggest regret we hear founders say all the time? “I should’ve tested my idea earlier.” Too many founders spend months—even years—building something no one actually wants. It’s a costly mistake. You don't have to make it. The Validate Your Startup Idea Program gives you the tools, structure, and support to run real experiments to figure out if your idea is worth pursuing. ## In 6 weeks, you’ll: Test your idea with real people Get US$10,000 to fund your experiments Talk to customers to learn what they really want Work with experienced founders who’ve been through it before Gain a repeatable process you can use every time you have a new idea ## What you’ll avoid: Wasting time and money building features no one uses Chasing growth without understanding why it happened (or how to do it again) Sitting on an idea because you're unsure if it’s “good enough” Falling in love with your own product before you’ve talked to your customers Burning out on something that was never viable to begin with
FFPlus Europe - Business Experiments
This announcement is the second call for proposals to address the uptake of HPC by SMEs in order to solve specific business challenges of SMEs that have had no prior use of, or experience with, HPC services. The resulting sub-projects will perform “business experiments” (also referred just as experiments) that should demonstrate to the broader European SME ecosystem that HPC uptake solves business challenges and leads to positive business impact through the use and deployment of HPC-based computational methods. Thus, their key outputs are success stories that promote, communicate, and disseminate the business impact of HPC uptake to the SME ecosystem. Proposals are sought that address business challenges from European SMEs from varied application domains, whereby SMEs whose adoption of advanced HPC services will create the highest business impact will be prioritized. SMEs with an academic focus,or activities with a potential impact only in the long term are not within the scope of the call. This FFplus call is complementary to the open call for proposals for the Development of Generative AI Models (Identifier FFplus_Call-2-Type-2). It should be noted that SMEs, with the role of main participant, may only participate in one of the two types of sub-projects; i.e. participation is mutually exclusive. KEY CALL DETAILS Submission Deadline: August 26th, 2025 at 17:00 Brussels local time Expected duration of experiments: maximum 15 months with targeted commencement January 1st, 2026 The indicative total funding budget for all sub-projects funded under this call is € 4M. A number of funding constraints and eligibility conditions apply, which are detailed in the full announcement text. Proposals that do not adhere to these conditions will be rejected without further evaluation. Expectations for the experiments and for proposals The expectations for the proposed experiments are detailed in the full announcement text, a summary of which is as follows: Be fully aligned with the FFplus call objectives Define the business challenge and the need for HPC to address it. Present the positive business impact to be achieved by solving the challenge. Define specific objectives that must be achieved. Explain the inclusion of all parties required for the effective and efficient execution of the experiment and the demonstration of the impact on SME business challenges through the use of HPC systems or advanced HPC services. Define the resources needed to meet objectives and the associated costs. Address any data protection issues that might impact the proposed work plan. Support the FFplus project in the generation of publishable success stories which discuss how the SME’s real-world problems were addressed and clearly identify the business benefits realised or obtained. Be complementary to past Fortissimo experiments. The complete announcement and proposer’s guide for the current open call can be downloaded as a document "Announcement and Proposer’s Guide" here. https://www.ffplus-project.eu/file/1616182142749803_ffplus-call-2_type-1-announcement---proposers-guide-20250603.pdf
The National Entrepreneurship & Innovation Programme
The National Entrepreneurship & Innovation Programme, under the hashtag#AdwumaWura initiative, is calling on innovation and entrepreneurship hubs to apply as Training Partners for its upcoming program cycle. This initiative, shaped through stakeholder engagement including the Ghana Hubs Network, offers hubs the chance to support Ghana’s youth and startups through training, incubation, mentorship, and technical support. This is more than a partnership; it’s a shared mission to build capacity, expand impact, and drive sustainable job creation in Ghana’s entrepreneurship ecosystem. 👉🏽 Apply now: https://lnkd.in/dmTNswv8 📩 Let’s build the future, one hub, one idea, one entrepreneur at a time.
Kızılay Etki ile Başla
1868’den beri Türkiye’de ve dünyada yürüttüğü çalışmalarıyla, bir insani yardım çınarı olan Türk Kızılay’ın insan odaklı yaklaşımı ile geliştirilen bilgi ve deneyimlerini daha iyiliksever bir dünya için nasıl yaygınlaştırabiliriz sorusuyla başlıyor hikayemiz... Sıkı sıkıya bağlı olduğumuz Kızılaycılık ilke ve değerleri doğrultusunda, faaliyet gösterdiğimiz sektördeki yerel, ulusal ve uluslararası iş birlikleri ve geniş saha operasyonları ile uygulamalı olarak gelişiyor; teorik bilgi ve pratik saha uygulamaları ile harmanladığımız deneyimlerimizi sektördeki projelere de dahil etmeyi ve aynı zamanda elde ettiğimiz gelirlerle Kızılay’ın insani faaliyetlerine ekonomik katkı sağlamayı amaçlıyoruz. ## Neler Yapıyoruz? ### Danışmanlık Deneyimlerimizi, uzman kadromuz ve iş birliği ağlarımız ile gerek Türkiye’de gerekse uluslararası alanda paylaşıyoruz. ### Toplum Temelli Kalkınma Farklı lokasyonlarda sosyoekonomik kalkınma projeleri geliştiriyor ve uyguluyoruz.
Girişimcilik Vakfı Fellow ve Challenger Programları | Ön Başvuru
Girişimcilik ekosistemindeki önde gelen uzmanlarla tanışmak, ilham almak ve geleceği inşa eden genç liderlerden biri olmak ister misin? ## GENÇLİK PROGRAMLARI Gençlik Programları ile Türkiye'nin girişimcilik ekosistemine katkıda bulunmak amacıyla gençlerin girişimcilik potansiyelini ortaya çıkarmayı, onları geleceğin liderleri olarak yetiştirmeyi ve girişimcilik kültürünü yaygınlaştırmayı hedefliyoruz. Gençlerin sadece fikirlerine değil, potansiyellerine yatırım yapıyor, girişimcilik ekosistemine katılma fırsatı sunarak farklı profesyonellerle tanışma imkanı sağlıyoruz. Programlar etrafında bir araya gelen gençlerin güçlü bir topluluk oluşturmalarını teşvik ediyor ve birlikte beslenme alanlarını destekliyoruz.