EDP Hope Fund Incubation Program 2026 for Early-Stage Venture

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The EDP Hope Fund Incubation Program 2026 is requesting applications to help early-stage entrepreneurs transform their ideas into scalable and sustainable social businesses with global impact.

This Program is here to help you validate, structure, and grow your early-stage venture. Through a hands-on methodology, industry-expert mentorship, and a global community, you’ll gain everything you need to transform your project into a high-impact and sustainable business.

Bridge for Billions in partnership with EDP launches the 3rd edition of their EDP Hope Fund Incubation Program. This 5-month, online, free and flexible initiative aims to support social entrepreneurs all over the world in the Fair Energy Transition sector benefitting underserved communities.

EDP Hope Fund Incubation Program Benefits

A program designed to unleash the potential of your business project!

Global Community of Next-Generation Impact Innovators
- Build meaningful connections with other social entrepreneurs, EDP experts and other professionals. Here, you’ll learn, share, and grow together.
Mentorship
- Receive personalised mentorship from a team of industry-experts who will offer guidance during the program. Their expertise will be great for testing and structuring your idea while keeping your progress accountable.
Investment Readiness & Social Impact Measurement
- Master financial planning and sharpen your go-to market strategy to unlock future investment. Simultaneously, define a clear social impact vision and the KPIs needed to prove your venture’s success.
Validated Step-by-Step Methodology
- Apply a practical, hands-on framework to validate your business model. Master your growth through real-world case studies, best practices, and structured learning tools.

What You Will Learn?

Discover how to make your business unique, and how to attract more customers.
Learn how to calculate your costs and price points, to drive your profits and growth.
Master the best way to communicate and promote your business.
Acquire skills to calculate your business finances for the next 3 years, so you can make more informed decisions.
Uncover how your business can positively impact your community, and attract collaborators and investors.
Strategize to expand your business, scale your operations, and attract new customers.

Eligibility Criteria

This program is perfect for you if…

Your project creates social impact in at least one of the following areas: access to clean energy, energy efficiency, green job creation and re/up-skilling, environmental preservation.
You have a business project in its early stages of development but with a vision for impact and financial sustainability.
Whether you have a business idea or an MVP and want to validate it with your potential clients, or you are already selling your product or service but have not found a sustainable model.
Your business contributes to access, affordability, inclusion, or resilience for underserved communities in the local context.
You can dedicate a minimum of 6-8 hours per week throughout the 5 month program.
You have access to a computer and a stable internet connection.
You are proficient in English, only applications in English will be evaluated*
Open to founders from all countries and no restrictions of age or education/background.