€1 Million Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge for Entrepreneurs in Netherlands

The Dutch Postcode Lottery invites applications for the Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge for entrepreneurs with an innovative start-up that contributes towards a more sustainable planet in 2019.
The Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge is one of the world’s largest competitions in the field of sustainable entrepreneurship. Green start-ups from all over the world can submit their promising sustainable business plans.
The Dutch Postcode Lottery started the competition in 2007, after being inspired by President Clinton to look for those dedicated entrepreneurs with brilliant green business plans. Plans that are ready to speed up the transition towards a low carbon economy. The answers to the issues of our time are already in front of us. But it takes entrepreneurs like the Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge finalists to present us with sustainable solutions and get them out into the world.
With the contribution of the Dutch Postcode Lottery, the DOEN Foundation launched at the Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge 2016 the Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge Fund. The former prize winners have good benefit with the prize money of the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge, but it often occurs that new funding is necessary to obtain further growth. Former finalists who have sufficient potency are eligible for further investment to enable further development. In addition to financial support, the DOEN Foundation also provides substantive added value by connecting the right parties in its network and therefore assisting these companies further.
Worth of Award
  • The winner will receive €500,000 to further develop the product or service and to bring it to market.
  • The runner-up will receive €200,000  and the three other finalists receive €100,000 each. An international jury selects the winner and runner-up.
  • In addition to the prize money, all finalists will receive over six months of expert coaching to optimise their business opportunities.
Eligibility
  • Your business solution should contribute towards a more sustainable planet. For example: stop plastic pollution, reduce food waste or fight climate change by reducing co2 emissions. And your solution should be ready to go to market within the next two years.
  • should be developed enough to execute
  • should be realisable as a usable product or service within the next two years
  • should preferably have integrated Cradle2Cradle principles in the designs
  • Besides these criteria, the jury will also look at factors such as: communication potential, courageousness and creativity. You should also:
  • Be willing to bring your idea to market yourself and to commit to working with any organisation necessary for developing the product and/or implementing the service
  • be 18 years or older
  • agree with all their Terms & Conditions
  • fully complete all the questions on the entry form in English
  • be willing to attend the Postcode Lotteries Green Challenge in the Netherlands if you are selected as a finalist to present your idea to the jury (reasonable travel and lodging expenses for one person per finalist will be reimbursed)
How to Apply
The application is online by filling out their entry form before the deadline.
Deadline: Complete application by May 1, 2019.

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