Applicant criteria
- 18 - 40
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
The Startup Roadshow is calling on Founders in Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon, and Iraq to participate in our Virtual Incubator, and have the chance to be trained, incubated, funded, and mentored by leading experts in the field. Jusoor Virtual Incubator is a 3-month program.
50 Startups and Small-Businesses will be enrolled as part of our Roadshow Incubator 2021 cohort, which includes 12-weeks of advanced training, incubation and mentorship. The 50 entrepreneurs will then compete to pitch at the final Roadshow Demo Day, where the top 6 companies will receive cash prizes of $15,000 for first place, $10,000 for second place and $5,000 for third place winners.
Benefits
- a world-class network of mentors from Google, Microsoft, WBG, UN, etc
- tailored training Bootcamp created by the best entrepreneurs
- In-Kind Business support for marketing and legal technical assistance
- Up to $15,000 in cash prizes for three winners in each track
- Pitch your company to our investors in the final Demo Day
- Access our partners' network of VCs and Accelerators
Eligibility criteria
• Have a team of Syrian, Iraqi, Lebanese, Jordanian, Palestinian, or Turkish founders, aged 18 and up. Must be based in Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon or Iraq.
• Pre-established (existing) businesses, Older than 6 months.
• Both registered and unregistered businesses are able to join the program.
• Applications can be in any industry with a focus on social and economic development impact.
• Have the needed computer and internet skills, as well as an entrepreneurial mindset.
• Be able to commit for 10 Hours a week between March-June to be part of an intensive 3-month program.
• Business founders must have expertise and knowledge in their industry and show the motivation and skills needed to grow their business.
• Businesses must be dealing with legally allowed goods and/or services.
• Business must already have an existent product/service (or MVP) which provides a solution to the community's needs.
• For tech startups, the project has to be innovative in its field and present a novel solution to an existing problem. It has to be scalable and the team should be able to demonstrate a clear understanding of their revenue and profit model.
• For SMEs, have a pre-established business (anywhere from 6 months to 2 years old) that is based in one of the 4 focus countries.