Fund Your Startup with 10,000 EUR Through the Innovating Justice Challenge

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Deadline:

5 August 2020

Location:

Online

(Award)

Description

Innovating Justice Challenge 2020

The Innovating Justice Challenge invites all startups that are transforming the justice sector to become part of our 2020 accelerator cohort. Since 2011, it has successfully funded, trained, and scaled over 110 startups globally. The Innovation Justice Challenge is the only accelerator worldwide dedicated to justice and SDG16.

More Details

They are the only accelerator in the world focussed entirely on justice and SDG16. They accelerate startups that show serious traction, have a strong team, and can scale to impact thousands and millions of people. They have regional hubs in East Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa, MENA, and Ukraine. They work with leading organisations (Justice Leadership Group, The Elders, and the Task Force on Justice) and international governments. They have supported 110+ justice startups globally since 2011.

Opportunity Focus Areas:

Business

Required Languages

English

Eligible Countries

Algeria, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Palestine, Yemen, Sudan, Iran & OTHER COUNTRIES ARE NOT FROM THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

Program Period

4 months

Eligibility Requirements (Criteria)

This program is for startups that:

have products or services that prevent or resolve justice problems (e.g. help people to get access to legal services, work on removing barriers for people to access financial services, or get a registered identity,
preventing (digital) fraud, tracking crime, etc.).
are already showing serious traction and measurable impact.
have a strong business model with the potential to become financially sustainable.
have the ambition and plan to scale across different markets.
are led by a strong team of experienced and inspiring founder(s).

Opportunity Cost

(Award)

The Justice Accelerator offers a four month long program that provides justice startups with:

Training, peer learning, coaching and mentorship
10,000 EUR non-equity funding
Access to a global network of justice institutions, impact investors, legal tech organisations and academics
Potential investment opportunities
International exposure (at the INNOVATING JUSTICE FORUM 2021)