Ecopreneur Network Class of 2024 with $100,000 USD Investment for Startups by Sustainable Ocean Alliance
Applicant criteria
- No specific age required
- Both
Opportunity criteria
Opportunity description
Sustainable Ocean Alliance is accepting applications for Ecopreneur Network Class of 2024. The Ecopreneur Network is a program of lifetime support that is advancing the world's most ambitious ocean startups for life, and amplifies their efforts to achieve transformative planetary impact.
SOA's Ecopreneur Network goes beyond the bounds of a standard startup accelerator. Accelerators offer support to startups for a fixed, short period of time with intensive and rapid programming to accelerate the life cycle of early-stage companies. The Ecopreneur Network breaks apart from this time-bound system to offer lifetime support to startups to benefit from custom-tailored services that expand and grow alongside their ventures—no matter where they are in their startup journey.
Benefits
- Members of the Ecopreneur Network benefit from tailored services that expand and grow alongside their ventures, with exclusive access to mentorship, strategic guidance, networking events, workshops, SOA's digital platform the Alliance, and more.
- Eligible startups will also have the opportunity to receive up to $100,000 USD investment from Sustainable Ocean Alliance while accessing our exclusive network of founders, mentors, investors, and partners—each lending their expertise at every step of the startup journey.
Eligibility criteria
- We define an ecopreneur as an entrepreneur whose business models include a focus on creating a positive impact on the environment.
- SOA is a globally recognized organization and ecopreneurs from around the world are welcome.
- SOA invites startups to join our Ecopreneur Network who are incorporated and building a for-profit company You are eligible if you are a for-profit, incorporated startup that is having a positive impact on ocean health, with at least a Pre-Seed or Seed-stage financing round completed. Ecopreneurs of all ages and geographies are welcome to apply.
You should apply if your startup is having an impact in any of these areas:
- Greenhouse Gas Reduction: Blue Carbon & CO2E Removal or Avoidance
- Pollution Reduction: Circular Use, Waste Removal or Avoidance
- Ecosystem and Species: Preservation and Restoration
- Blue Foods: Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Seafood Alternatives
- Ocean Data, Literacy, and Research
- Accept ecopreneurs of all ages
- Please have your startup’s deck, incorporation documents, relevant one-pagers, and case studies ready to share.
About Sustainable Ocean Alliance:
Founded in 2014, SOA has cultivated the world's largest network of next-gen leaders, entrepreneurs, advocates, mentors, and partners—all working to create solutions for the largest challenges facing our ocean.
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