GOOD4NATURE START-UP PRIZE
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Any startup proposing nature-positive solutions in one or more of the following categories:
- Biodiversity Protection & Restoration;
- Climate Change & Energy Efficiency;
- Water;
- Resilient Food Systems;
- Circular Economy;
- Sustainable Infrastructure (Digital & Physical) & Urban Development.
NGOs or other not-for-profits, social enterprises, late-stage companies, or failed initiatives.
Simply submit your company’s presentation deck to natalia@summitofminds.com
- Written in English;
- Recent;
- Clarity on capital needs;
- Candour about objectives.
6 finalists enjoy:
- Complimentary invitation for 2 to participate at 3-day world class Summit of Minds in Chamonix (market value EUR 2100);
- Exclusive opportunity to pitch a very influential audience, which can (and has in previous years) lead to raising capital;
- Pitching and presentation coaching sessions;
- g4n winner takes home a unique handcrafted quartz trophy.
Full participation (meals, outdoor activities, and full Summit programme) for 3 days is complimentary.
Your travel to and from Chamonix and accommodation costs are for you to cover.
- Using a robust and proprietary methodology competing startups are assessed and ranked on 5 criteria:
Investibility, Innovativeness, Impact, Relevance and Sustainability. - 6 highest scoring startups go through to the final phase.
- 6 finalists are subject to in-depth interviews before the overall winner is selected.
- Based on interview feedback & analytical grid the good4nature jury selects the winner.
- January – mid-June 2024: Expression of interest from startups.
- Mid-June – end-July 2024: Phase I screening of applicants.
- Mid-August: all applicants are informed if they have made it through to the last six.
- Monday 12 August 2024: the six finalists are formally invited to participate at the MB Summit of Minds in Chamonix (13 – 15 September 2024).
- Mid-August – mid-September 2024: Phase II screening & interviewing of finalists and complimentary training.
- Saturday 14 September 2024: 6 finalists pitch MB Summit of Minds’ participants collectively (in-person) before the winner is announced at the Gala dinner.
Yes, if your startup is selected as one of the six finalists, 2 team members from each startup receive complimentary access to the 3-day Summit of Minds in Chamonix Mont-Blanc, France.
Yes, you may still attend the ceremony at the MB Summit of Minds by becoming a member of the Monthly Barometer community and then paying a participation fee at a special heavily discounted startup rate. Let us know if you are interested by emailing natalia@summitofminds.com
Yes, it is. Over the last 3 years good4nature has screened more than 2500 startups from over 100 countries.
See the full gallery of all past g4n finalists & winners HERE
Contact us at the emails below. We are here to help & happy to answer any other questions you may have.