The WICxTop100 spotlight campaign will recognize this year’s leading women tech founders who are developing cloud solutions that consider environmental sustainability and foster economic and social development. This digital spotlight series will highlight the Top 100 awardees and their solutions that are accelerating innovation, changemaking, and championing collective impact that’s helping to advance ESG and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Top 100 will be announced at WICxUNGA on October 13, 2022. Submissions Due October 7. More information here.
Women in Tech World Series is returning to BCEC, Boston MA on October 20-21. Women in Tech Boston will be celebrating the power of resilience as they unite 1000+ leading women in tech, from global leaders to disruptive start-ups, to shine a spotlight on the technology, people, and businesses that are driving change. More information here.
EmPower Massachusetts offers multiple stages of investment in communities and community-based organizations so that they can explore, develop, and implement program models or projects that provide access to the benefits of clean energy for previously underserved populations. This MassCEC program crowd-sources new and innovative ideas, then helps put them into action. Application deadline is October 21. More information here.
2022 Massachusetts Jobs and Workforce Summit
The Workforce Solutions Group (WSG) is excited to bring everyone together in-person for the 13th Annual Massachusetts Jobs & Workforce Summit on Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at the Devens Conference Center in Devens. As we return in-person, the summit will feature opportunities for networking, celebration and recognition of leading partners, and engaging panel and breakout sessions with topics of interest to employers, diverse talent sources, academia, training providers and practitioners, government partners, non-profits, and more. More information here.
The latest edition of the FORGE Product Development Grant program will award non-dilutive grants up to $25,000 in partnership with the Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2). The winning startups will be able to use the FORGE Product Development Grants to address a specific product development challenge critical to the company’s ability to scale and reach the marketplace. The application deadline is October 28, 2022. Learn more.
The Greentown Labs Climatetech Summit 2022: Catalyzing Commercialization – November 2-3
The Greentown Labs Climatetech Summit is a deep dive into accelerating deployment through collaboration. Climatetech entrepreneurs are developing the solutions that are the core of global decarbonization, yet they need support and partnership from investors, policymakers, and the growing climatetech workforce in order to scale their critical technologies. The energy transition is here, and the climatetech ecosystem needs your involvement to propel climatetech out into the world. More information here.
Raise Capital on Your Own Terms – Build It, Fund It. Grow It! November 2-4
Get the tools you need to grow your business without compromising your vision or values. Don’t miss The Kassan Group’s 3-day virtual learning opportunity for social entrepreneurs. During this event, you’ll gain critical insights from an expert panel of presenters — business coaches, lawyers, fundraisers, and impact investors. Learn how to design an effective investment offer, identify values-aligned investors, and build resources and confidence — all while connecting with a supportive community of professionals! Register today.
FinTech Sandbox is a nonprofit which enables financial technology entrepreneurs to build robust products by providing access to critical data, development tools and a curated network of customers, entirely for free. FinTech Sandbox is open to all startups innovating in financial services that can use financial data products we offer for product development and testing. The spirit of the program is to offer data to start-ups that could not otherwise afford it. More information here.
The NAACP Power Forward Small Business Grant is available for Black-owned businesses with one to 25 employees located in New England (Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, and select areas of Connecticut (more details in the application). $25,000 in grants are available on a rolling basis. More information here.
The Seed Investments Program is a two-stage investment program that provides up to $250,000 in convertible notes to pre-seed or seed-stage clean energy startups. The program exists to support companies as they advance and commercialize clean energy technologies and business models. More information here.
Venture Lane is piloting a new virtual membership called Venture Lane Connect. The membership will enable B2B startup founders based in Boston to tap into Venture Lane’s curated network, weekly programming focused on go-to-market strategy, $400K in perks like AWS and Microsoft Azure and other resources for early-stage growth. Interested B2B startup founders and their teams can sign up for the private beta here.
P&G Ventures is an early stage startup studio within Procter & Gamble that partners with entrepreneurs to accelerate billion dollar ideas that improve consumers’ lives. Focus areas include nontoxic home and garden, women’s health, anti-aging, daily wellness, and cleaning/sanitizing. More information here.