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Impact Shakers Ventures
Impact Shakers Accelerator
Amount
Up to €1,500,000
Deadline
Rolling
Odds
~8 per year
Effort
1 to 3 hrs
Can you get this?
✓Must have a for-profit legal entity
✓Headquartered in Europe including UK
✓At least one underrepresented founder with significant shareholdership
✓Pre-seed or seed stage; raised under €2M
✓Operates in Climate Tech, Inclusion Tech, or Impact Infrastructure
Your real odds
They select roughly 8 companies per year, so competition is tight.
Selection runs through external experts scoring on four criteria: founder team, problem and market, impact, and user focus.
What it takes
Sign up and submit your application1 to 3 hrs
Receive feedback and complete selection processUp to 4 week
Negotiate terms and pay €40k fee2 to 4 weeks
Worth knowing
Budget for the €40,000 programme fee before you apply, because it sits on top of the equity investment and catches most founders off guard.
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