Startup Founder (Founding to Give)

Overview

Are you interested in launching your own company? Our brand-new pre-incubator can help you launch a high-growth company with the goal of donating to effective animal charities. This is a fully cost-covered program that will help you go from idea to strong co-founder pair ready to pitch to the best incubators and investors in the world

What we offer: 

• People: A highly selective cohort of exceptionally talented and value-aligned potential co-founders to complement your skills and experience.
• Training: A 1 month intensive full-time cost-covered program (£1900/month stipend) to build your skills, knowledge, and confidence as you zero in on the best ideas and build concrete plans.
• Time: An additional 2 months of funding to cover living and office costs so you can work with your new co-founder and experts to iterate on your pitch, apply to incubators, do further research and/or raise seed capital.
• Community: A strong community of mentors, entrepreneurs and others who want to make the most difference with their careers and can support you and your project through the early years

What kind of companies would we be particularly excited about?

Companies that can compete & scale, but combine this with positive flow-through effects, e.g. in the areas of:

• Health Tech
• HR tech, and specifically technological solutions that aim at increasing the flow of people and money between countries
• Fintech and Supply Chain tech in LMIC countries
• Food tech or Agri Tech companies
• Biotech companies

For more details see our report: https://9475dbf4-555e-4808-9886-5f8ee815cc82.usrfiles.com/ugd/9475db_801e84aff34f4a2ab393eb9f1f56af04.pdf

Potential good fit for

• We’re looking for outliers and talent that goes beyond the normal job requirements: independent thinkers, willing to learn and ready to work hard.
• We are particularly excited about those with a technical or entrepreneurial background.
• Our candidates ideally have some altruistic track record (e.g., have taken the Giving What We Can pledge) and, upon a major exit, would plan to donate a significant % of their personal profits (e.g., 50% or more, in line with the Giving Pledge).

Application

Apply: You can apply via this form by April 14, 2024
Program dates: The program will run  January-March 2025

You can use the same joint application form to apply for our two additional programs: Research Program and CE Incubation Program.

About us

Ambitious Impact (AIM) is an organization created to help individuals like you make a large positive difference in the world. Our goal is to assist you in finding and transitioning to a high-impact career path by providing comprehensive support to help you succeed. To do this, we created a multi-program ecosystem to remove the barriers to maximizing good and help accelerate your impact journey.

So far, we have launched over 30 nonprofits through our flagship CE Incubation Program, trained multiple foundations in impactful grantmaking, and successfully launched a Research Program that helped participants advance their careers in the field. Our most successful startups include GiveWell grantees Fortify Health, Suvita, Family Empowerment Media (all having the potential to become the most effective charities in the world) as well as ACE recommended (top animal charities in the world): Shrimp Welfare Project and Fish Welfare Initiative.

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