EquityTech Fellowship (2024)

This fellowship empowers entrepreneurs across the United States and the globe leveraging technology to increase social and financial inclusion and close equity gaps in wealth, education, and accessibility.

The EquityTech Fellowship is run with support from Capital One, Deloitte, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Arnold & Porter.

Sectors

Solutions leveraging technology to increase social and financial inclusion and closing equity gaps in wealth, education, and accessibility. Subsectors include but are not limited to:

  • FinTech
  • Future of Work
  • Assistive Tech
  • EdTech

Program Structure

  • Cohort of up to eight ventures founded by entrepreneurs from across the US and the world working in the EquityTech space. Ventures receive training in Halcyon’s methodology on product-market fit, leadership, and investment readiness.

 

  • Program is delivered through:
    • One virtual program kickoff meeting
    • An eight week in-person residency in Washington, DC

Timeline

  • May 31, 2024: Application closes
  • July 2024: Finalists invited to virtual pitch with Selection Committee
  • July 2024: Selected fellows will be notified
  • September 6: Virtual program kickoff (tentative date)
  • September 23 – November 15, 2024: In-person residency in Washington, DC

Selection Criteria

Impact

To what extent will the solution, if scaled, have a meaningful impact on society and/or the environment?

Scalability

Could this venture scale to reach hundreds of thousands or millions of users in a 5-10 year time horizon?

Innovation

Is the solution a novel approach to tackling the issue in their context?

Talent

Is the team uniquely qualified to tackle the challenges they’ve identified?