Challenge Overview

We invite Indian social enterprises working on innovative solutions that can demonstrate:

• Positive social, environmental and economic impact
• Ability to scale across Indian geographies
• Business model sustainability
• Up to four start-ups will receive grants and a wide range of innovative, technology and business support through TRANSFORM and its partners.

Up to 4 selected start-ups will receive the following

• Innovation grants of up to ₹ 1.30 Cr per start-up, for the duration of the 12–18-month project.
• Hands-on support from Unilever Professionals, including an opportunity to test products or services in Unilever’s Value Chain
• Hands-on support from EY Professionals, including the opportunity to access EY Professional Consulting (EY Teams work with enterprises for up to 12 weeks, offering support to improve their businesses’ productivity, resilience, and capacity to scale), dedicated 1:1 business Coaching, skills development workshops and training.
• Network Access – Exposure to the wider network of stakeholders (corporates, government agencies, international development agencies etc.) as well as high visibility opportunities offered by TRANSFORM, through its partners Unilever, the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and EY.
• Knowledge Services – Monitoring and evaluation technical assistance to enable evidence-led socio-economic impact assessment

Timeline

• 15^th  Nov ‘24 – Applications open
• 15^th Dec ‘24 – Applications deadline
• 31^st Jan ‘25 – First Round of Evaluations
• 31^st March ‘25 – Grand Jury Round Pitch Day
• April ‘25 – Announcement of selected start-ups