Deadline: November 2, 2026
Applications are open for the 100x Impact Accelerator 2027/2028. They are looking for future social unicorns—organisations capable of improving the lives of hundreds of millions of people, if not billions.
Selected ventures will receive £150,000 in catalytic funding and a long-term partnership with 100x, including tailored strategic support, LSE’s research expertise, and connections to a global community of funders, advisers, and peers. They also cover the costs for up to two people from your team to join in person at the London School of Economics for the first week of the programme and to attend the pitch day at the end of the programme.
Benefits
- £150,000 in catalytic funding to strengthen your pathway to scale
- A long-term partnership, beginning with a tailored 16-week programme, to sharpen your funding and impact measurement strategy, strengthen your leadership and support you as you scale
- Connections to advisers, funders, partners and peers to exchange ideas, build relationships and explore opportunities
- Potential follow-on funding for selected ventures, subject to fit and funding availability
Eligibility
- Venture is explicitly focused on social or environmental impact. You may be structured as a non-profit or a for-profit.
- You are delivering impact in at least one of the eight impact areas
- Climate and Environment
- Democracy
- Happiness and Wellbeing
- Education
- Equitable Economies
- Health and Social Care
- New Frontiers
- Refugees and Cohesion
- You should have a proven model, beyond ideation, with clear evidence of positive impact
- You can be registered and/or operating from anywhere in the world
- You have a clear vision for reaching hundreds of millions of lives through your intervention, that may also shift an entire system or market. They prioritise ventures with a credible route to systems-level change, whether through replication, open infrastructure, market transformation, or integration into public or private delivery systems
- Impact achieved to date that has reached at least 10,000 end-users (B2C) or indirectly impacted at least 100,000 people (via B2B or B2G channels)
- If you’re operating with a team of 4 or more full-time paid employees
Application
For more information, visit 100x Impact Accelerator.
