Latin America & the Caribbean Climate Fellowship (2024): (Deadline 22 March 2024)
Apply for Halcyon’s second Latin America & the Caribbean Climate Fellowship to drive climate impact. The program brings together founders from across Latin America & the Caribbean, empowering them to address climate challenges through Renewable Energy, Green Building, Climate Data, Agriculture, WaterTech, and Blue Economy solutions.
Gain expert training, critical resources to accelerate your venture, a one-week in-person residency in Washington, DC, and a one-week in-person residency in Mexico City, Mexico. They will run with support from Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Program Structure of Latin America & the Caribbean Climate Fellowship
- Cohort of up to 10 ventures founded by entrepreneurs from across Latin America and the Caribbean, working in the climate space. Ventures receive training in Halcyon’s methodology on product-market fit, investment readiness, and leadership.
- Program is delivered through:
- One virtual kickoff meeting
- A one week Washington, DC residency
- Monthly virtual meetings
- A one week Mexico City residency
Benefits for Latin America & the Caribbean Climate Fellowship
Each program includes specific benefits to fellows. Fellows accepted into this program will receive the following:
- A $5,000 USD per venture equity-free stipend to use toward travel expenses to attend the residencies
- One week long residency at Halcyon’s facilities in Georgetown, Washington, DC
- One week long residency in Mexico City with a culminating event featuring pitches from each venture and connections to investors, advisors, and media
- Bespoke training on:
- Product-market fit
- Investment readiness
- Leadership
- Skills development and mentorship
- Honing storytelling and pitching
- Connections to relevant impact investors
- $10,000 USD in Amazon Cloud credits
- A worldwide community of over 450 impact driven entrepreneurs
Eligibility
They’re looking for (for-profit) startups that are building scalable solutions that are tackling challenges related to Climate change.
- Location: Must have your venture based in and/or serving Latin America and the Caribbean
- Stage: Must have a Minimum Viable Product that has the potential to scale
- Team:
- 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
In addition to eligibility, Halcyon scores each application based on 4 criteria: Impact, Scalability, Innovation, and Talent.
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