By Amina Kidwai | Project Director
Be! media on TV & radio and movie screenings organised by the Be! Fund team continued to encourage young people to apply to the Be! Fund.
This round of the media campaign was focused on women, to encourage young women to pioneer their own businesses for social change and submit their ideas to the Be! Fund.
As a result more young women applied to the Be! Fund, eight women are going through the three level selection process. Business plans for each of their ideas have been made and will be presented to the Investment Committe next m
In September, Be! Fund invested in four entrepreneurs in Karnataka in South India to start their own businesses to solve a problem where they live. For the second round – Be! media was aired on TV & radio and movie screenings were organized by the Be! Fund team to encourage young people to apply to the Be! Fund.
This round of the media campaign was focused on women, to encourage young women to pioneer their own businesses for social change and submit their ideas to the Be! Fund.
As a result more young women applied to the Be! Fund, eight women are going through the three level selection process. Business plans for each of their ideas have been made and will be presented to the Investment Committee next month when a decision on investing in them will be made.
Two young men have also submitted their business ideas and are going through the selection process and will be presented to the Investment Committee.
Some of the businesses that Be! Fund will consider investing in are –
Two young men have also submitted their business ideas and are going through the selection process and will be presented to the Investment Committee.
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