UCeed Social Impact Fund Application Form

Venture Name (legal name)(Required)
What industry do you operate in? Please describe.(Required)
What’s your elevator pitch? Succinctly describe your venture.(Required)
Incorporation Date(Required)
Venture Website if applicable
Links to other online profiles, e.g. AngelList, CrunchBase, Facebook, or other online source.
If you currently have a pitch deck, please provide a link to view or download.

Co-founders. Please state names, roles, and indicate the primary contact person.(Required)
Total number of Employees (full-time equivalent, including founders)(Required)
Describe the roles of the core team launching/operating the social venture. What are their qualifications, including relevance of these skills to commercialization or social enterprise development?(Required)
When did you start working on this venture?(Required)
Have you identified gaps on your team? If so, how do you plan to address them?(Required)
If your venture has a Board, advisory board, or mentors, please list their names and roles.
Is there anything you would like to tell us about the team to help us understand your ability to execute?(Required)
Describe recent advice you’ve received for your venture that was surprising or meaningful.(Required)

Describe your revenue model. How will you make money? Describe the core product(s), services(s) or program(s) that you are offering.(Required)
Describe your customer. What problem are you solving for them? How have they dealt with this problem in the past?(Required)
How would you describe the value you create for this specific customer, your “value proposition”?(Required)
How do you sell to your customer? Where/how do you find them?(Required)
Describe your target market(s).What is the market size and its relevant trends? Is the market growing? Provide any evidence.(Required)
Who are your competitors? How are you different?(Required)
Why is now the time to launch your venture? Include any evidence.(Required)

Do not include confidential Information.
What is innovative about your product, service, business model or approach?(Required)
Do you have a working prototype? What are the remaining steps to market-readiness if any?(Required)
How has your innovation been tested? Is it evidence-based? Refer to any publications, data, or customer testing to substantiate.(Required)
How do you plan to protect your idea from competitors and imitators? If you have any Intellectual Property in place, please describe and cite any patents or trademark filings.(Required)
List all publications by the team on which your technology/innovation is based, if applicable.
Which of the following describes your current Technology Readiness Level (TRL)? Select one.(Required)
- Level 1: Basic principles of concept are observed and reported
- Level 2: Technology concept and/or application formulated
- Level 3: Analytical and experimental critical function and/or proof of concept
- Level 4: Component and/or validation in laboratory environment
- Level 5: Component and/or validation in a simulated environment
- Level 6: System/subsystem model or prototype demonstrated in a simulated environment
- Level 7: Prototype ready for demonstration in an appropriate operational environment
- Level 8: Actual technology completed and qualified through tests and demonstrations
- Level 9: Actual technology proven through successful deployment in an operational setting

Describe the person(s) impacted by your venture (key stakeholders and beneficiaries).(Required)
In five years from now, how is the world different because of your solution? 10-20 years?(Required)
Describe how your solution may shift systemic structures related to the social issue you aim to effect.(Required)
Have you identified individuals or organizations in the social sector that you could collaborate with to expand the impact of your venture?(Required)
If you have an impact measurement strategy in place, please describe. If you do not, please describe how you intend to quantify or measure your impact.(Required)
Does your company advance the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals? If yes, please indicate no more than three, and how. You can find the goals here: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/sustainable-development-goals/(Required)
How does your organization approach procurement, employee conditions, and sustainability practices related to governance or operations?(Required)

Stage of Venture
- I. Concept and Research (have a business idea/still doing research)
- II. Committing (building the product/service)
- III. Prototype (have an MVP, no customers yet)
- IV. Validating (early customers testing product/service)
- V. Scaling (have a product in sales)
- VI. Establishing (profitable)
List all non-dilutive grant and research funding that has been provided in support of the development.(Required)
Describe how much has been invested into the venture (i.e., investment in dollars in exchange for shares) and the relationship of this investment to the company ( i.e., friends/family/3rd party).
What is your revenue to date?
Do you have active customers/users/partners currently using the product? If so, please describe.(Required)
List any programs (incubators, accelerators) or awards you have participated in/received for this venture or innovation.(Required)
Define your business risks. What keeps you up at night?(Required)
If the venture is being launched within an existing charity/non-profit, please describe steps taken to ensure readiness among staff, board members, and/or key stakeholders. Any insight into management of the venture and relationship with parent organization operations is helpful.

How much money are you asking to raise from UCeed?
Are you raising more capital? If so, how much in total? Include any other committed investors.(Required)
Describe what you'll do with the money.(Required)
What is the timeline to grow your venture, and key milestones?(Required)
Are you seeking an equity investment or a loan?(Required)
Have you considered an exit strategy? If so, what does it look like?