Deadline: 15 May 2025
The/Nudge Incubator Program is now open for applications to support early-stage nonprofit entrepreneurs who are solving India’s most critical livelihood challenges.
Benefits
- Innovation grant
- They offer an innovation grant of ₹20 lakhs that will enable you to develop your theory of change and make it work.
- Dedicated mentoring
- Hands on mentoring by The/Nudge CSI partners to help you achieve strategic clarity along with focussed support on fundraising.
- Sector connect
- Connect with an awesome peer group, and a network that is interested in your idea and eager to help you to grow.
- Bootcamps
- Face to face & virtual immersion events to facilitate interactions within the cohort, with CSI mentors and The/Nudge CSI ecosystem.
- Portfolio support
- Moving organizations along product readiness, capital readiness, and execution readiness.
Program Duration
- The incubator program is a 9 month high touch program with Bootcamps, masterclasses, 1:1 mentoring and portfolio support.
Uses of the Funds
- The innovation grant is to help you build a minimum viable product for your idea. This involves costs of experimentation such as refining your model based on the interaction with your first beneficiaries and visible impact, costs of building capacity that includes hiring and training early team members, product development, and any other costs.
Eligibility Criteria
- Early-stage startups (0-3 years) with a Proof of Concept or a Minimum Viable Product.
- Any social enterprise registered or planning to register as a Section 8 company, trust, or society by May 31, 2025.
- At least one founder must be working full-time on the initiative.
- The solution must focus on creating resilient livelihoods for marginalized communities.
For more information, visit The/Nudge Institute.
