Nepal Young Social Entrepreneurs Competition 2009

ChangeFusion Nepal is proud to launch “Nepal Young Social Entrepreneurs Competition 2009”to identify talented young Nepali whose social enterprise innovatively solve social and/or environmental problems. The finalists will be invited to the capacity building workshop to sharpen their social business plans, the output of the workshop will be rated and the winners will receive incubation supports as well as USD 5,000 quasi-loan for seed/startup level and fund raising support for scale-up level social enterprise needing USD 50k - 400k to scale their operation.

As Nepal just reemerged from a prolonged civil war, the high unemployment rampages the country. Social entrepreneurship for sustainability is a viable option for young Nepalese who are prone to political and economic abuse.  

 Please click here to fill-in the short application form

Who’s eligible

● Young Nepalese (20-35 years old)
● Started a social enterprise that innovatively solves social/environmental problems in an innovative manner.
● Example; fair trade, cultural preservation, organic and sustainable agriculture, alternative energy, professional service for non-profit (such as web development, communication and consulting).

Key Selection Criteria

● Innovativeness
● Social and environmental     
   impact
● Financial sustainability
● Scalability
● Morality

Focused thematic areas

● Grassroots-level sustainable agriculture
● Fair-trade / E-commerce
● Professional services for non-profits
    (web development, communications
● Community-level renewable energy
● Social outsourcing

Click here to see examples of social enterprise we've supported. 
 

Investment as a prize (in USD)

Seeding or Start up level

● 5k quasi-loan per venture
● 15% royalty from the second year   
  revenue onwards until total   
  repayment.
● The fund will revolve to the next fellows.

Scale up level

● Scale-up fund raising program (50 to 400k).
● Assist in investment case development.
● Brokering investment case to potential investors.
● Cost as fees & equity

 Short application forms

 Please click here to fill-in the short application form

For more information about ChangeFusion Nepal go to : http://nepal.changefusion.org

 
 
 

Contact info

ChangeFusion
444 Olympia Thai Tower, 22nd. Fl., Ratchadaphisek Rd., Samsemnok, Huaykwang,  Bangkok 10310 Thailand.
Tel. +662 938 2636 , +662 513 4192 
Fax +662 938 1877