Deadline: 25 November 2023
The Spark Fellowship, a four-month long program that includes an equity-free grant and is open to all female founders who are in the early stages of starting up.
The Spark Fellowship aims to inspire more women to become entrepreneurs by increasing their access to knowledge and capital.
Spark is a four-month long fellowship program that includes regular check-ins with your investment advisor, and mentorship from a curated set of industry experts, startup founders, and Peak XV specialists across hiring, marketing, product, legal and finance.
What’s in it for you?
- Access to like-minded founders
- Mentorship from Investment Advisors, Operators and Founders
- $100,000 grant for 15 startups each year
Criteria
- The Spark fellowship is open-architecture. They aim to collaborate with partners across the greater startup ecosystem, and welcome the participation of seed funds, angel investors, and other VC firms.
- They are looking for driven female founders leading recently launched startups on a mission to create large-scale impact by solving problems across AI, deeptech, SaaS, FinTech, climate tech, consumer tech, Web3, HealthTech, and more across India, Southeast Asia, and Australia.
- The Spark program is specifically designed for early-stage startups and is focused on empowering female founders by providing them with access to capital, knowledge, mentorship, and networks to supercharge the first steps of their company-building journey.
- If you are yet to launch your startup, they would love to see a business plan on your product or service, as well as details on your Go-to-Market (GTM) strategy.
- They only accept applications from full-time founders.
- You are welcome to apply if you are currently a student but can commit to running your startup full-time by the time the next Spark cohort is in session.
For more information, visit Peak XV.
