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Brainforest
Brainforest Venture Program
Amount
$125K for 7% equity
Deadline
Aug 16, 2025
Odds
~5% per cohort
Can you get this?
✓Pre-seed or seed stage with existing product/prototype
✓Solution deployable in biodiversity hotspot or threatened ecosystem
✓Biodiversity must be core to the business model
✓Financially viable venture with scaling revenue and impact
✓Global headquarters accepted
Your real odds
Across all cohorts, 50+ founders have participated out of 1,000+ applicants, putting acceptance at roughly 5% or less per cycle.
The program has run at least 7 cohorts and takes a small group each time, so the field is tight by design. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis before the August 17 close, meaning earlier submissions get more consideration time.
What it takes
Prepare and submit pitch deck and application
Attend shortlist interview with team
Complete 10-week intensive program10 weeks
Present at Pitch Event in Zürich
Worth knowing
The $125K investment goes to one selected winner at the end of the program, so finishing the cohort does not guarantee funding. Biodiversity also needs to be structurally built into how you make money, and applicants who treat it as an impact add-on are the most common disqualifier.
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