The raiSE Incubation Programme aims to catalyse the implementation of selected solutions and development of early-stage social enterprises (SEs), supporting them in going to market and successfully securing their initial customers.
Participants receive one-to-one coaching from business mentors over a period of 6 months, go through a series of capacity building workshops and get access to networking events. The incubation programme culminates in a graduation day, where the social enterprises pitch to stakeholders and partners in the ecosystem.
9 social enterprises participated in the 2019 run of the programme, spanning diverse business industries and tackling different social issues
Programme Outcomes
To catalyse the development and
implementation of SE solutions
To support SEs in going to market and securing their initial customers
To build a community of support for early-stage SEs and to enable peer-learning
Who Should Apply?
Recommended for seed and early stage SEs. This programme is only open to raiSE Social Enterprise members.
Selected Success Stories
EmoHealth
During the Incubation Programme, EmoHealth was facing tough engineering challenges. They were assigned to Nir Karin, Head of HP 3D Digital Printing manufacturing, for mentorship. With Nir providing valuable advice and guidance for the team, they managed to overcome some engineering challenges to manufacture an improved working prototype
“The programme and mentorship expanded our network and helped remove roadblocks in product development, paving a clear path towards our goal to achieve preventive care for the elderly.”
– Sebastian & Jing Yi, EmoHealth
XIOHOO
Through a curated learning experience where industry experts in the various business topics are invited to share their insights, XIOHOO managed to refine their business model and processes to attract new customers and to expand their social impact. With marketing support as part of the Incubation Programme, XIOHOO also managed to reach out to their potential customers by sharing interesting technology content through social media campaigns.
“The Programme brings together entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds to help us succeed in building impactful social enterprise companies. Being surrounded by a diverse group of smart and ambitious entrepreneurs drive us to overcome business challenges together as a community, sharing knowledge with each other as we turn our ideas into sustainable social enterprise business.”
– Adrian & Alan, XIOHOO
