Amplifying Impact by Growing Lebanese Social Ventures

Creating a social impact by enabling Innovation Support Organizations to grow promising social ventures in Lebanon.

The program in brief

Empowering local startup ecosystems to support social and green innovation, create employment, and drive economic growth

The goal of this program is to strengthen the capacities of both established and emerging innovation support organizations, such as tech hubs, accelerators, incubators, university entrepreneurship centers, and organizations, by providing them with the targeted knowledge and tools to support the development and growth of social and green ventures. This will enable these organizations to enhance their services for startups, making them more oriented towards impact.

Building the capacities of local Innovation Support Organizations

Empowering them to enhance and diversify startup services and support

Developing the capacities of local and regional startups

Reinforcing their skills in access to market and financing opportunities

Strengthening the ties among startup ecosystems

Promoting collaborations across local players and with European counterparts

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The program in numbers

Committed to the following milestones & achievements

Innovation support organizations from Lebanon to be empowered

Capacity building train-the-trainers bootcamps one for social innovation and one for green innovation

Experts to train on supporting social & green startups

Startups to supportin growing their social and environmental impact

In Support Grants to disburse to startups

€ 49 K

Soft landing missionsin Europe for Lebanese support organizations

The program's partners

From Innovation to Creation project funded by the European Union in collaboration with Berytech and SPARK.

The program's activities

A 360-degree approach to support innovation stakeholders across Lebanon

Throughout the program, Berytech will implement a range of activities for selected innovation stakeholders, including:

Social and green entrepreneurship train-the-trainer bootcamps covering specialized methodologies and support tools to support the development and growth of sustainable ventures that create social and environmental impact.

Tailored capacity building workshops, expert clinics and coaching sessions targeting representatives of innovation organizations and affiliated experts and coaches, overseeing the application of their skills and knowledge with their assigned startups.

Ecosystem development modules, covering topics for business and technical support related to impact entrepreneurs including business model, market and product validation, acceleration, access to market and finance, impact strategies.

Access to grant management services for startups with grants worth 5,000 euros per startup.

Softlanding activities for selected beneficiaries to visit innovation structures in Europe, gain expertise, and build potential partnerships.

Eligibility Criteria

The program is open to established and emerging innovation support organizations in Lebanon

Tech hubs, accelerators, incubators, university entrepreneurship centers, and organizations looking to support scalable green or social startups and SMEs are invited to apply and join the program.

To be eligible for participation, organizations must demonstrate their commitment to the program timeline by nominating eligible coaches, technical staff members, and startups who will take part in the support activities.

For each selected Innovation Support organization, it is required to nominate a team consisting of 2 coaches, 2 staff members, and 4 startups to participate in the program. The coaches and the staff members will have the opportunity to attend a comprehensive 3-day bootcamp, designed to provide them with specialized methodologies and support tools to effectively coach and support the chosen startups throughout the duration of the program.

Apply to the green track (applications are closed)
Apply to the social track (applications are closed)
Learn more about the eligibility criteria for the coaches, staff, and startups

Applications are now closed.

Register your organization to join the program, boost your innovation support capacity, and diversify your services for startups

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Amplifying Impact by Growing Lebanese Social Ventures

The program in brief

Empowering local startup ecosystems to support social and green innovation, create employment, and drive economic growth

Building the capacities of local Innovation Support Organizations

Developing the capacities of local and regional startups

Strengthening the ties among startup ecosystems

The program in numbers

Committed to the following milestones & achievements

The program's partners

The program's activities

A 360-degree approach to support innovation stakeholders across Lebanon

Eligibility Criteria

The program is open to established and emerging innovation support organizations in Lebanon

Applications are now closed.

Register your organization to join the program, boost your innovation support capacity, and diversify your services for startups

Meet the Coaches

Sarah Makhoul

Nour Sardouk

Lynda Achkouty

Annie M. Seferian

Anthony Bou Rached

Meet the Startups

Biotech

AYKI

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Meet the ISOs

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