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27 impact founders

90 days of learning and fun

Season 2 of our impact accelerator has come to an end!

S2 featured a motley crew of participants (We had an NLP coach, a couple of AI developers, Financial wizards, an actual wizard, a psychologist, a community builder, and an SEO expert, and that’s just scratching the surface!)

The second edition of the impact accelerator birthed 15 startups. From sustainable footwear to making credit readily available for MSMEs, each startup worked towards impacting a UN SDG.

3 startups reached the end of the accelerator and received Rs 25 lakhs of seed funding each from build3 with the potential to raise more from external investors during our demo day. They are -

OnHire: Aditya and Rashid are leveraging AI to build a freelancer platform that accurately matches workers to companies hiring for specialised roles.

Bolofy : Santosh is creating an AI receptionist that frees up time for small business owners, preventing dropped calls and increasing revenues.

RenewCred : Abhimanyu is creating a tech-enabled carbon offset registry that makes it easier for companies to reduce their carbon footprint.

It’s not the end of the road for startups who did not make it to the end of our accelerator. To paraphrase the great Dumbledore

“Help will always be given at build3 to those who ask for it”

Any startup in our impact accelerator may pitch again once they feel ready.

Keen to know what other founders from our impact accelerator are building?

Watch the video below 😄 

If you would like to apply to S3 of our impact accelerator, please click here 🤗 

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It’s time we incentivise people to build startups for profit AND purpose 💪 

We organised a “Freedom Carnival” last weekend at the build3 villa where artists, wellness leaders and business savants gathered to celebrate human ingenuity and freedom😃 

Here are some scenes from the carnival!