Chicas Poderosas New Ventures Lab
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The New Ventures Lab (NVL) is the first of its kind accelerator to support early-stage, women-led companies focused on independent digital media. Our first accelerator will take place in Brazil.
The NVL will provide education, mentorship and access to financing opportunities. The accelerator is a 17- week process and will encompass a cohort of start-up companies ( both not-for-profit and for-profit) in independent media and investigative journalism.
This application process will enable Chicas Poderosas to choose the first cohort of teams to participate in the 17-week NVL accelerator. Each team must have at least 2 team members to participate and must be led by a woman. For the first cohort we will choose 6-8 teams.
Spring Cohort Applications
Spring cohort applications open today and due by November 10th 2017, 11:59pm PST. The first cohort will be notified by November 15th 2017 and expected to confirm acceptance by November 22nd 2017.
Timeline- Spring Cohort
NVL Brazil spring cohort-will begin 29 January 2018 and end 25 May 2018. While much of the program is virtual, the spring cohort will meet in-person three times during the 17-weeks. All team members are required to attend all virtual and in-person meetings.
2018 Required meetings of all team members accepted to the spring cohort
In-person sessions held in São Paulo, Brazil
- January 29- February 5 (5 days) 9 am – 5 pm
- April 2- April 6 (4 days ) 9 am- 5 pm
- May 21 – May 25 (3 days) 9 am- 5 pm
Virtual sessions
- Team check in sessions with NVL manager 1 hour per week, there are the minimum requirements
- Team live-stream educational sessions 2 hours per week (each session is 1 hour held 2 times each week)
- Team mentor sessions 1 hour per week (each team is assigned a professional mentor directly related to their business objectives)
Educational Topics
Educational topics during both in-person and virtual sessions to include leadership, team development, staffing, revenue models, fundraising, venture capital, scalability, engagement strategies, distribution, budgeting, staffing, not for profit vs. for profit, digital tools, metrics and analysis, and more- as related to independent digital media investigative news organizations in Latin America.
NVL Mentors and Instructors
We have selected key industry experts and practitioner from highly regarded independent media organizations throughout the world-who have agreed to dedicate their time and resources to the success of independent digital media in Brazil.
Questions? Please contact us at hola@chicaspoderosas.org.
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