D-Prize

Deadline: 05/16/2021

The world has already invented products and services to end poverty. Yet millions of people still don’t have access. Can you design a business or NGO that solves one of the Distribution Challenges below?

D-Prize Challenges
+ Health Access
+ Clean Water
+ Education
+ Agriculture
+ Livelihoods
+ Energy
+ Public Services
+ Custom

We will award a monetary prize to the most promising teams to launch a pilot version of your new organization wherever extreme poverty exists, with a goal to serve millions in the years ahead.

Concept paper due May 16, 2021

Duration

1 year

Funding

Upper $20,000USD

We will award the most promising teams with up to $20,000 USD to launch a pilot version of your new organization wherever extreme poverty exists.

Eligibility

D-Prize is for aspiring entrepreneurs from anywhere in the world, of any age, and any background. The majority of our awardees have not launched nor raised any funding.
We will consider funding existing organizations only if you are piloting a new distribution-focused initiative, and you have a need for high-risk capital that cannot be supported by your current donors or revenue.
Existing organizations applying to D-Prize should have operated for no more than 18 months and raised no more than $30,000 in outside funding.

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