Blue Ridge Labs: Launch Fellowship

In an increasingly digital world, tech-based solutions are key tools to address real-world problems, like poverty. Blue Ridge Labs is Robin Hood’s poverty-fighting innovation lab, focused on supporting, incubating, and scaling community-driven tech solutions that address the problems of people experiencing poverty.

Blue Ridge Labs supports tech-driven solutions to poverty by providing funding, access, and community through three cohort-based programs.

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Who we’re looking for

We're looking for passionate founders who are committed to building tech ventures with the potential to make a big impact. Whether you're refining an early-stage idea or building conviction in your concept, you'll have access to expert mentorship, peer support, and real-world insights from our Design Insight Group (DIG)—people who have firsthand experience with the challenges you're aiming to solve. If you have a mix of technical know-how and lived experience, and you're eager to collaborate with like-minded innovators, this 13-week program will help you take your idea from concept to a scalable solution.

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What we provide

Funding: $18,000 stipend.

Mentorship: Hands-on coaching to help you hypothesize, validate, and launch.

Peer Cohorts: Work in small groups, sharing ideas and insights with fellow founders.

Design Insight Group: Collaborate with DIG members, who bring lived experience of the challenges your solution addresses.

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