Deadline: 3 August 2025
The SDG Sprint Program supports impact startups by providing access to global networks and industry expertise, aiming to amplify impact-focused entrepreneurship across the Asia-Pacific.
Led by the UNDP Seoul Policy Centre as part of Youth Co: Lab, co-led by UNDP and Citi Foundation.
SDG Sprint 2025 Themes
- Green
- Startups offering solutions for environmental sustainability
- Digital
- Startups offering digital-based solutions to enhance access, inclusion, and create a positive impact
Benefits
- Accelerating Programs
- A comprehensive online course series with 80 lectures dedicated to the growth of impact businesses, integrating social and economic value.
- Provision of in-depth mentoring and tailored expert matching
- Workshops
- Support with IR coaching and impact measurement to strengthen fundraising readiness and impact strategy, along with a session with UNDP personnel.
- Networking
- Opportunities to build networks with experts and peers from Korea and across the region
- Demo day in Seoul
- Demo Day in Seoul with VCs, impact investors, UN Agency, and stakeholders
- Follow-on opportunities
- Potential follow-on programme opportunities
- Support follow-on investments through partnerships with domestic and international impact investors
- Entitlement to apply for various Youth Co:Lab activities
- Partnerships & cooperation opportunities
- Opportunities for ESG open innovation through partnerships with large corporations, including those based in Korea.
- Support for technology transfer from social ventures and the development of joint venture businesses with participating organizations.
Award and Prize Information
- The award and prize will be announced at the Demo Day
Eligibility Criteria
- While there are no strict limitations on revenue, incorporation date, applicants should:
- Offer a Green or Digital solution aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- Be beyond the ideation stage, with a tangible or intangible solution already in place — ideally at least a working prototype or pilot-tested
- Have a key leader (founder, co-founder, or legally registered representative) who holds the nationality of an Asia–Pacific country
For more information, visit UNDP Seoul Policy Centre.
