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$10,000 Lenovo Evolve Small Grants for Diverse-Owned Small Businesses Lenovo, Intel, and Microsoft partner with Goodie Nation to provide capital and support for US and Canadian CPG and Brick-and-Mortar startups. Support These Founders Today SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES STARTUPS THE SAME WE DO THEIR TECH STARTUP COUNTERPARTS.
Since 2023, Lenovo has partnered with Goodie Nation to distribute $500,000+ in non-dilutive financial capital to 48 high-potential CPG brands and Brick-and-Mortar small business entrepreneurs from across the U.S. and Canada through the Lenovo Evolve Small initiative .
In addition to non-dilutive capital, recipients of the initiative receive complimentary Lenovo laptops as well as wrap-around support from Goodie Nation in the form of accountability group sessions, warm introductions to corporate innovators and media as well as group therapy, 1:1 connections to advisors based on their individual needs, professional development sessions, and a platform to tell their stories and amplify their businesses.
Combining non-dilutive financial capital with social capital has the potential to change the trajectory of small business entrepreneurship in North America. This is what it means to be Intentionally Good . This is innovation done right .
Typically, diverse small business founders (women, people of color, those with disabilities, etc.) and founders not located in coastal financial centers are far less likely to be connected to key business influencers: capital providers, top brands, media, etc. This leads to a lower likelihood of receiving growth capital, higher risk of stress, stalled professional development, and lack of access to talented people to hire.
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Fondo STEM - Latimpacto is sponsored by Latimpacto (with anchor donors Lenovo and BHP Foundation). The STEM Fund by Latimpacto is a pooled fund designed to strengthen institutional models and capacities of organizations in Argentina that implement STEM methodologies with young people (14-20 years old) in vulnerable contexts. It aims to improve STEM skills, promote STEM careers, and develop innovative, sustainable, and scalable models, including the integration of Artificial Intelligence in teaching processes.
Lenovo Evolve Small AI Grant is a grant from Lenovo, offered in partnership with Intel, Microsoft, and Goodie Nation, that provides non-dilutive financial capital to high-potential consumer packaged goods brands and brick-and-mortar small business entrepreneurs across the United States and Canada. Each recipient receives a $10,000 grant along with complimentary Lenovo laptops, accountability group sessions, warm introductions to corporate innovators and media, group therapy, one-on-one advisor connections, professional development sessions, and a platform to amplify their businesses. The program is open to diverse-owned small businesses, including those led by women, people of color, and individuals with disabilities. Since 2023, the initiative has distributed over $500,000 in non-dilutive capital to 48 founders.
Fondo STEM is sponsored by Latimpacto (with anchor donors Lenovo and BHP Foundation). The STEM Fund aims to strengthen institutional models and capacities of organizations in Argentina that implement STEM methodologies with young people from 14 to 20 years old in vulnerable contexts. It seeks to improve STEM skills, promote STEM-related careers, and develop sustainable models with a focus on integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) in teaching processes.