Halcyon Future Builders Fellowship 2023

Deadline: October 20, 2023

Amplify your impact with the Future Builders Fellowship! Calling all Black and Latinx women and non-binary founders in the United States who are tackling pressing challenges in Health, Climate, and EquityTech. This fellowship offers more than support – it’s your launchpad for growth, impact, and a future shaped by you.

They are inviting solutions in the following sectors:

• Climate: Solutions addressing climate mitigation, adaptation, and resilience including but not limited to:
  • Renewable Energy Generation and Storage 
  • Green Building Technologies
  • Climate Data and Analytics
  • Climate Smart Agriculture and Food Systems
  • WaterTech
• Health: Solutions leveraging technology to reduce barriers to quality, affordable healthcare and to improve physical and mental healthcare outcomes. Subsectors include but are not limited to:
  • Telemedicine, Remote Patient Monitoring, and Digital Therapeutics 
  • Healthcare Operations
  • Health Data Analytics and AI 
  • MedTech
  • FemTech
  • Preventative Medicine
  • Health Finance
  • AgeTech/Longevity Tech
• EquityTech: Solutions leveraging technology to increase social and financial inclusion and closing equity gaps in wealth, education, and accessibility. Subsectors include but are not limited to:
  • FinTech 
  • Future of Work  
  • Assistive Tech 
  • EdTech

Program Structure

• Cohort of up to 10 ventures founded by Black, African American, Hispanic/Latinx, and Afro-Latina women and nonbinary-identifying entrepreneurs. Ventures receive training in Halcyon’s methodology on business fundamentals, leadership, investment readiness, and impact.
• Program is delivered in hybrid modality with participants engaging in both virtual and in-person sessions:
  • 1 Virtual Program Kickoff Meeting 
  • 4 Virtual Program Meeting Days
  • 1 week in-person residency in Washington, DC 
  • 1 week in-person residency in other U.S. city (specific location to be announced)

Benefits

Each program includes specific benefits to fellows. Fellows accepted into this program will receive the following:

• $10,000 USD in Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing credits
• Additional technical support from Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Access to a world-class network of mentors and advisors
• Bespoke training on:
  • Business fundamentals
  • Investment readiness
  • Impact definition and measurement
  • Leadership
• World-wide community of impact-driven entrepreneurs
• Workshops with legal experts
• $5,000 USD equity-free travel stipend per venture

Eligibility

They are looking for (for-profit) startups that are building scalable solutions that are tackling challenges related to Health, Climate, or EquityTech.

• Location: Must have operations in the U.S. or U.S. territories 
• Stage: Must have a Minimum Viable Product that has the potential to scale 
• Team: 
  • Must identify as Black/African-American, Hispanic/Latinx, Afro-Latina
  • Must identify as a woman or as non-binary
  • May apply with up to one co-founder
  • Applicant must be the CEO and/or hold primary decision-making power
  • Must be fluent in English
  • Must be at least 21 years of age by the start of the program
• Program Engagement: Must be able to participate in all activities and programming sessions 
• Impact: Must be developing a product and venture which contributes towards 1 or more of the UN’s 17 SDGs

Selection Criteria

• Impact: To what extent will the solution, if scaled, have a meaningful impact on society and/or the environment?
• Scalability: Could this venture scale to reach hundreds of thousands or millions of users in a 5-10 year time horizon?
• Innovation: Is the solution a novel approach to tackling the issue in their context?
• Talent: Is the team uniquely qualified to tackle the challenges they’ve identified?

Application

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For more information, visit Halcyon Future Builders Fellowship.