Innovate Bhutan

<div> ABOUT US Innovate Bhutan is the Bhutan Youth Development Fund’s center for social and business innovation. We create impact and epitomize what responsible Bhutanese innovators and entrepreneurs (‘inno-preneurs’) can accomplish. We support inno-preneurs to bring their ambitious ideas to life and grow  them through development and commercialization. We connect inno-preneurs to investors, experts, businesses and organizations through human capital development, business incubation, events and access to investment opportunities. OUR SERVICES 1. INNOVATION SPRINT (I-SPRINT) The five-day social entrepreneurship and innovation workshop covers interactive sessions on social entrepreneurship, design thinking, UN Sustainable Development Goals, Gross National Happiness, financial and marketing. 2. INNOVATION START(I-START) The four-week social entrepreneurship workshop is designed to provide you with three core skills –business, human, and technology – to support you in launching and growing your impact-focused business or venture idea. 3. INNOVATION CONSULT(I-CONSULT) Our online mentoring platform and the pool of experts support you and your business or startup with respect, confidentiality and professionalism. 4. INNOVATION CREATE(I-CREATE ) Our state-of-the-art coworking space, Innovate Bhutan Workspace, provides affordable private and shared workspaces with free utilities and services (high-speed internet, printing, training and meeting facilities, and cafeteria). It offers a perfect venue for events, meetups, and networking. 5. INNOVATION VENTURE (I-VENTURE) Our iVENTURE program is designed to facilitate seed-and-scaling investments. We connect inno-preneurs to investment or capital for blended (socio-economic) returns of investment. We fund (startup seed fund) in business ideas that are socially (or environmentally) innovative and viable. MISSION: <ul> <li>To promote youth entrepreneurship and innovation as a vehicle for youth employment, and economic inclusion in Bhutan.</li> <li>To create businesses that support the UN SDGs and Gross National Happiness of Bhutan.</li> <li>To establish innovative social enterprises as a new funding stream for Bhutan Youth Development Fund.</li> <li>To preserve and protect the environment, through promoting sustainable development initiatives that maintain the ecological balance.</li> </ul> VISION: Combine social and business innovation and forge empowered leaders to create socially and environmentally innovative ventures in Bhutan. GOALS : <ul> <li> Provide a place for innovation and connect people to people, knowledge, technology and other resources</li> <li>Transform ideas into reality through prototyping and testing. Desirability, feasibility and viability are key.</li> <li> Facilitate access to investment, business development partnership and other supports.</li> <li>Create, measure and scale social and economic returns together.</li> </ul> </div>

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