The Application Process

To apply for participation in Digital Partners India’s Social Enterprise Incubator, please Email us at info@digital-partners.org

The Selection Process

Members of Digital Partners India's Executive Corps of leaders in IT and business conduct the selection process. These individuals choose the entrepreneurs who will participate in the SEI process based upon the criteria mentioned above, as well as Digital Partners India's ability to provide the kind of mentoring assistance that the social entrepreneur will benefit from (e.g., business plan development).

The Mentoring Program

An integral part of the Social Enterprise Incubator is the mentoring program, which offers entrepreneurs assistance to design, deploy, incubate, and scale their projects. Mentoring is provided by teams of professionals from selected graduate schools and industry. The nature of the assistance is tailored to the needs of each individual social entrepreneur after an initial needs assessment. The primary focus is to provide support necessary to:

	Effectively incorporate market mechanisms into their ICT-enhanced enterprise.
	Develop efficient implementation strategies.
	Re-write their proposals into business plans capable of convincing potential financial supporters of the project's viability, impact, and sustainability.

Seed Funding

Throughout the SEI process, Digital Partners India tries to match participants with appropriate sources of funding. Although we cannot guarantee seed capital to all finalists, in 2001-2002, for example, entrepreneurs were introduced to major foundations, government donors, corporations, and venture capitalists around the world resulting in more than a dozen funding matches.

At the conclusion of the SEI process, Digital Partners India awards seed funding to a select number of projects it deems to have the greatest chances of success based upon projected social benefit and capacity to achieve sustainability.