100x is looking for future social unicorns—organisations capable of improving the lives of billions of people. The initiative has already backed 47 ventures, collectively impacting 500 million lives worldwide. Ventures in the portfolio have gone on to raise 25 times the capital invested by 100x and reach three times as many lives.

The programme is focused on three areas: accelerating impact ventures, learning what makes them succeed, and inspiring others to build on these breakthroughs.

Benefits include Funding, world-class expertise, and a community of mentors, advisors and funders; all geared toward deep systems-change support – plus access to LSE’s evidence-based research, expert guidance and global convening reach, paired with venture insights shared across the ecosystem to drive impact at scale.

Applications are open to for-profit and non-profit ventures worldwide across various impact areas, including health, education, climate, financial inclusion, and democracy.