100x Impact Accelerator

04/03/2025

IMPACT ALERT! 📣

Time to dive into some of the big impact highlights from the past year! 🚀

🔥 We backed 11 new social ventures tackling critical challenges in health, migration, education, climate, and financial inclusion.

🌏 We deepened our commitment to Southeast Asia, securing a $2M expansion with UBS Optimus Foundation to scale impact-first ventures in the region.

💡 Our portfolio ventures continued to redefine what’s possible—leveraging AI, scaling across new geographies, and forging strategic policy partnerships to drive impact at scale.

📖 Explore the full impact report here: https://100x-impact-accelerator.shorthandstories.com/100x-impact-report-2024/index.html

A huge thank you to our partners, portfolio ventures, colleagues at LSE, and the entire 100x community for making this possible! 💜

2024 was a year of tremendous growth and ambition for 100x and the social ventures we support, and we are glad to tell you all about it in our first ever annual report!

21/02/2025

🚀 Big Impact. Enroute to Social Unicorn! 🦄
We’d like to celebrate Chancen International—one of our incredible 2024 Cohort ventures for the massive impact they achieved in 2024! 🌍✨

Chancen is pioneering fair finance for education, ensuring young people across Africa can access the skills they need to thrive.
✅ 4,984 youth financed
✅ 93% graduation rate
✅ 3.48x increase in average income
✅ 71% of students from low-income households

With a bold goal to finance 25,000 excluded young people by 2029, Chancen is proving that investing in youth isn't just the right thing to do—it's a game-changer for economic growth.
We’re so proud to partner with them on this transformative journey. Read the full report here:https://chancen.international/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Chancen-International-Impact-Report-2023-2024.pdf

18/02/2025

“About a year ago, when we applied to 100x, we were figuring out what scalability looks like or what our endgame might be... and 100x was a huge part of helping us make our model such that we could reach that kind of a goal. It helped us think big, dream big...and find a credible pathway for us to get from where we are to where we want to be," Neha Verma, CEO & co-founder of Intelehealth.

Neha joined The Impact Equation’s Rafi Addlestone and Adam Pike to share her journey, experience on the 100x accelerator programme, and the incredible work Intelehealth is doing to revolutionise telemedicine for underserved communities.

🎧 Take a listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0FAaTv5Fg4ZVjsbIHaSwRU?si=P5pc8Fy-QJirswlXLaPuGg

The Impact Equation · Episode

14/02/2025

We are honoured that the LSE 100x Impact Accelerator CEO and Director Kieron Boyle has been appointed as a member of the UK Social Impact Investment Advisory Group. This marks a bold new chapter in how government and private capital can work together to address society's most pressing challenges.

Working closely with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury and DCMS ministers, the Advisory Group will develop recommendations for mobilising impact capital in support of government missions and priorities.

This initiative, which follows the Government's commitment in the 2024 Budget to create a Social Impact Investment Vehicle, brings together representatives from across the investment spectrum - from traditional investors to philanthropic foundations - in an unprecedented collaboration to shape the future of impact investing in the UK.

24/01/2025

🎉 Huge congratulations to Karya, 100x Cohort 1 venture, who just launched their latest initiative. The Karya Institute will further their mission to harness the power of digital work, to create transformative pathways out of poverty for historically marginalised communities.

“AI has the potential to create job opportunities for low-resource communities but today, not even a fraction of this potential is realised.”

Read more about this initiative and how it aims to ensure that the benefits of AI are not limited to a privileged few.

We aim to harness the power of digital work to create transformative pathways out of poverty for historically marginalised communities across the Global South. We are dedicated to expanding the reach of high-paying, complex digital work to low-income regions, ensuring that these opportunities are no...

14/01/2025

“[100x Impact Accelerator] embodies our deep-seated conviction that academic knowledge, when combined with practical, innovative energy, can drive transformative change.”

Watch as LSE President and Vice Chancellor, Larry Kramer reflects on how 100x helps combine LSE’s academic research rigour with practical solutions that drive societal progress.

07/01/2025

🔒 Applications for the 2025/2026 Cohort of 100x Impact Accelerator are now closed! Thank you to all applicants for your time and dedication to this process.

Our selection team will now embark on a journey to find our next cohort of future social unicorns. Follow us and be among the first to know when we announce the cohort. If you missed out on this opportunity, don't worry! Join our waitlist and be notified about our next application window, right in your inbox.

Join the waitlist: www.100ximpacr.org

03/01/2025

⏰ Time is running out! Applications to the 100x Impact Accelerator programme close in just a few days.

Use this weekend to put the finishing touches on your application and submit before the deadline on Monday 6 January, 6 pm UK Time.

Successful ventures will gain access to £150,000 of catalytic capital, become part of a vibrant community of changemakers, and leverage LSE’s world-class resources and support.

Don't miss this opportunity to supercharge your impact. Apply now: https://www.100ximpact.org/how-to-apply

02/01/2025

Welcome back from the holidays! We hope you had a restful break and are fully charged for the new year.

As we kick off 2025, it’s time to pick up your application right where you left off. Only a few days left to the deadline.

Apply today 👉

100x is looking for the next generation of social unicorns - organisations affecting positive change on the scale of billions.

30/12/2024

Did you know? 🤔

That with over a million impact-first organisations in Southeast Asia, social ventures are the backbone of vital sectors ranging from agriculture to healthcare, education, and climate action?

This is why 100x has recently launched a new philanthropic initiative to support impact-first organisations in the region to scale their impact.

We’re offering $200k catalytic funding for selected ventures and this comes with a world-class programme alongside a global community of peers, mentors, and experts!

Apply before 6 January 2024: https://www.100ximpact.org/how-to-apply

Read more about the initiative: https://www.100ximpact.org/resources/lses-100x-impact-accelerator-announces-new-initiative-for-future-social-unicorns-in-southeast-asia

02/12/2024

ℹ️ How well do you know our portfolio of social ventures? 🦄

1️⃣9️⃣ ventures
1️⃣0️⃣ based in 10 different countries with operations across the world
3️⃣5️⃣ impacting a combined 35 million people

See who is in our current portfolio and if it looks like great company, please apply to our next cohort for a chance to join the family.

👉Apply: https://www.100ximpact.org/how-to-apply

28/11/2024

Last week, we brought together our big family of changemakers at the The London School of Economics and Political Science - LSE to celebrate !

Gratitude to the hundreds of impact leaders who joined us– both inperson and online to witness the bold and innovative solutions to global issues, offered by 11 of our amazing cohort ventures. Thank you for lending your support! 👏

Stay tuned for more highlights and resources from this year’s Summit Day.