HIMALAYA.Cam 2021 Sustainable Impact Tech Startup Acclerator Programme
 

Company Name *

 

Company url *

 

Company Email Address *

 

What does your startup do? (max 50 words) *

 

What is your startup going to make? Please describe your ‘product’ and what it does or will do. *

 

If you have a demonstration ‘product’, what's the url? Demo can be anything that shows us how the product works. Usually that's a video or screen recording. *

 

Which specific problem are you solving? How are you making the world a better place? What exactly is your startup ‘sustaining’? *

 

Where do you live now, and where is the startup based? *

 

Full name of Founder making application. *

 

Personal email of Founder making application *

 

Personal Telephone Number *

 

Personal Address *

 

Business Address *

 

How many founders are in the team? *

 

How many staff/contractors? *

 

Please provide the personal email addresses of up to 2 other cofounders in the startup, who will also join the programme.
Founders must have at least 10% equity in the company. We will send an email to each founder.
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Please enter the url of a 1 minute unlisted (not private) Vimeo video introducing the founder(s). This video is an important part of the application. Note: 
  • The video should feature founders only; introduce yourselves and explain what you’re doing and why, and tell us anything else you want to about the founder/s or the startup.
    The video should be 1 minute long and should contain nothing except the founders talking. 
  • If you have more than one founder, have all of your founders in the video. If you can’t be in the same room at the same time, you may want to record a video conference conversation instead.
  • Please do NOT recite a script written beforehand, talk naturally and spontaneously as you would speak to a friend; keep it simple and authentic. 
  • Do NOT add any background music to your video. 
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Which category best describes your startup?
(Although the current programme is focussed on sustainability, we will consider other areas too, as long as they stick to the principle of ‘do no harm’.)
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How far along are you? How many iterations and pivots have you gone through on this particular journey? *

 

How long have each of you been working on this? How much of that has been full-time? Please explain. *

 

Are people using your product? Explain. *

 

Do you have revenue? Explain. *

 

Have you already participated or committed to participate in an incubator, accelerator or pre-accelerator program? If so, please tell us about it. *

 

Why did you choose this idea to develop into a startup? Do you have domain expertise in this area? *

 

How do you actually know people need the product that you're building? *

 

What's new about what you're product? What alternatives do people resort to because your doesn't exist yet (or because they simply aren’t aware of its existence)? *

 

Who are your competitors, and who might become competitors? Which potential competitor are you most concerned about? *

 

What do you understand about your area of business that other companies in it just don’t understand or appreciate? *

 

How does your startup make money or how will it make money? How much could it potentially make? *

 

How will you get users? If your idea is the type that faces problems in the sense that it won't be attractive to users until it has a lot of users (e.g. an ad network, marketplace, a marriage site), how will you overcome this challenge? *

 

Have you incorporated or formed any legal entity yet (is your ‘startup’ a company yet)? *

 

Have you taken any investment? Explain. *

 

If you have not formed the company yet, describe the planned equity ownership structure among the founders, employees and any other proposed stockholders. If there are multiple founders, what is the proposed equity ownership of each founder?
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Please provide any other relevant information about the formation or structure of the company. *

 

Are any of the founders covered by ‘non-compete’ clauses or intellectual property agreements that overlap with your startup? If so, please explain. *

 

Who writes code, or does other technical work on your product? Was any of it done by a non-founder? Please explain. *

 

Is there anything else we should know about your company? Any apparently negative points which we should know about now (this is not necessarily a deal breaker). *

 

If you had any other ideas you considered applying with, please list them. One may be something we've been waiting for. It’s possible that we like one of your other ideas more than your main one. *

 

Please tell us something different or interesting that one of your team/you has discovered. *

 

Please tell us something exceptional that each of your team/you has/have done? *

 

Please give an example of outstanding resilience or perseverance that you have shown? *

 

Please note: If successful, we will conduct very detailed Due Diligence from many different aspects.
If you believe there is something that should be disclosed, please let us know now This won’t necessarily exclude you from the process.
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What convinced you to apply to this Programme?


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What do you hope to get from your experience on this Programme?

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How did you hear about Himalaya? *

        
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