Discover Opportunities
The Entrepreneurial Support Hub has diverse opportunities for taking a leap into entrepreneurship. Filter below by the categories that apply to you and your ideas.
Opportunities that accept applications on a rolling basis are listed as an "all-year" deadline.
Current Opportunities


Zane Venture Fund: Pitch

Our fund specifically targets bold founders in the (American) Southeast who are creating tech-enabled solutions with innovative business models and early signs of traction. Accepting pitches on a rolling basis.


Genius Guild: Pitch

Genius Guild invests in innovations that improve the health and wellbeing of diverse communities. We look for high growth companies with scalable business models, and exceptional founders.

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IFEL: Free Grow Your Business Workshop
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We specialize in pairing business owners with the expertise needed to strengthen their business core, connecting entrepreneurs to networks of influence, and breaking down barriers that limit access to capital. Best of all, many services are FREE of charge due to grant support.


#LatinaGeeks Membership

Membership is free. You will join a vibrant community of builders, dreamers, and doers who support each other’s professional growth.

Lightship Capital: Pitch
Lightship Capital invests in remarkable businesses led by FOC (Founders of Color), LBGTQ+, Women & Innovators with Disabilities. We're interested in Consumer Packaged Goods, E-Commerce, Sustainability, Artificial Intelligence, and Health Tech.


Plain Sight Capital: Pitch

Pitch Plain Sight on a rolling basis. We invest in pre-seed and seed product-led B2B SaaS companies that can scale horizontally.


Plug In Ventures: Pre-Accelerator

Designed for Black and LatinX founders in Southern California, our Pre-Accelerator Program equips you with the essential tools to validate your business ideas and prepare for growth.


Plug In Ventures: Accelerator

Designed for Black and LatinX founders in Southern California, our Accelerator Program is for founders ready to take their startups to the next level. Hybrid participation options and up to $100K in equity investment are available.


New Profit: Discovery Grantee Interest

We provide funding to nonprofit organizations led by high-impact social entrepreneurs who are expanding access and opportunity in America by leveraging their proximity to the genius, talent, and vision of the communities they serve. Discovery forms are accepted on a rolling basis.


Startups on the Blocks Community

Startups on the Blocks was created to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem for historically marginalized black and brown communities so that they may recognize, utilize, and benefit from the resources that surround them in creating and building their businesses.


National Grassroots Organizing Program

Rolling applications for grants from the Ben & Jerry's Foundation for National Grassroots Organizing. Applicants must be based in the U.S. and must have non-profit status.


Vermont Community Action Teams (CATs)

Rolling applications for grants from the Ben & Jerry's Foundation for National Grassroots Organizing. Applicants must be based in the U.S. and must have non-profit status.
Stay Tuned. New Opportunities coming your way soon! In the meantime, please check out our Past Opportunities for an idea of what’s to come.
Past Opportunities

Hosting nearly 300 youth aged 18 to 25, the Academy will feature a series of targeted plenaries alongside advocacy visits on Capitol Hill.
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