Have questions about us? Here are some of our Frequently Asked Questions.
UnLtd India’s Theory of Change is that social entrepreneurs will sustain and scale if they get an enabling ecosystem in their early stages. Through our 9 months Incubation Program, we provide our social entrepreneurs an opportunity to enhance their knowledge. The program is designed to focus on the following aspects:
- Validate beneficiary-solution fit, quantify the value proposition
- Build a business model and plan, including budgeting and costing
- Hone leadership and entrepreneurial skills
- Leverage a growing network of Investors, Experts, and Peers
Thus, helping lay the foundation for a Sustainable & Scalable Social Impact organisation.
We believe a social entrepreneur is any individual who is taking action to create positive social change by setting up one of two type of organisations:
- A Not for profit organisation registered as a Section 8 Company / Trust / Society
- A Social Enterprise registered as an LLP / Pvt. Ltd / OPC / Partnership / Sole Proprietorship / Section 8 Company with 12A & 80G
We personalize our 9 months Incubation Program to each Social Entrepreneur, as each idea is unique and every entrepreneur is on a different growth trajectory. Our Program provides one-on-one coaching, workshop based learning, access to Experts, Mentors, Investors (Upon completion of the Program) and opportunities for peer learning. This contributes towards our core objective of helping social entrepreneurs with establishing the foundation for a sustainable and scalable Social Enterprise.
Our 9 months program includes
- Site visit to deepen the understanding of the Founder(s), their work, and impact.
- Intense engagement of webinars, workshops, and learning insights (self-work) and One to one coaching towards developing the entrepreneurial ability to support the build and scale of their organisations.
- Workshops and one-to-one consultations by Experts on
- Monitoring & Evaluation Framework / Impact
- Storytelling / Marketing Comms / Social Media
- Finance, Compliance
- Leadership Development
- Investor pitches
- Relevant connections to Investors, Service Providers, Sector Experts, UI Alumni, Mentors, Peers.
UnLtd India is open to any solution that solves a pressing socio-economic issue in India.
However, for our February 2027 cohort, we are looking for social enterprises at the Test, Build and Grow stages – right from those testing an early solution to those building a proven model or looking to deepen and scale their impact.
What matters most is a clear social purpose, a meaningful problem to solve, and founders who are committed to building sustainable, impactful solutions.
The February 2027 cohort will focus on supporting innovative solutions in:
- Agri & Allied
- Education
- Environment
- Gender Equality
- Health & Wellbeing
- Inclusive Development
- Skilling & Livelihood
You are a Founder, Co-Founder* of a Social Enterprise, committed to growing your organization for social change.
You need to be an Indian Citizen above 18 years of age.
You need to be the Founder/Co-Founder of a Social Enterprise, registered on or after 1st January 2022.
The organisation should be legally registered as any one of the following:
- Limited Liability Partnership (LLP)
- Private Limited (Pvt Ltd)
- One Person Company (OPC)
- Sole Proprietorship
- Partnership
You must be working full-time or if part-time, upwards of 3 days a week. If part-time currently, you need to have a plan for becoming full time within the year.
The Social Enterprise you are applying for must be at an early stage of Prototyping / Developing a Minimum Viable Product / Piloting the product or solution.
Your organisation should have a strong focus on measurable social impact.
Please Note: Our program is currently not designed to support Farmer Producer Organisations, Federations, or projects that are a part of academic research.
While selecting Social Entrepreneurs, we look for:
- Innovation in the idea/ scale of Impact on the problem you are trying to solve
- Individual’s/ Founder’s entrepreneurial capabilities to build a high-impact organisation
- Solution has the potential to create long-term and sustained Impact with the community, at a city / state level and at scale
- Investability / sustainability of the product / service
- Individuals who are open to feedback and can gain from our incubation support
The timelines are as follows:
- Applications will open from September 18th to November 08th, 2026.
- First Shortlist post Review of Applications by October 07th, 2026
- Second Shortlist post Screening Calls with (Co) Founders by November 10th 2026
- Final Pitch Panels – 02nd week of January 2027
- Cohort Announcement by February 02nd, 2027
- Induction Session Week of February 08th, 2027
Please note: To make the selection process accessible to applicants across India, all stages of the Feb’27 cohort selection process will be conducted virtually.
We will not be providing any financial support for the February 2027 cohort. UnLtd India’s USP is its Incubation program and making social entrepreneurs ready for pitching to investors. Our Program provides one-on-one coaching, workshop-based learning, access to Experts, Mentors, Investors, and peer learning.
UnLtd India’s mission is to find, support and grow early-stage social entrepreneurs who can build high-impact sustainable organisations. We will be taking a refundable deposit from the selected entrepreneurs for this program. We however also encourage Social Entrepreneurs incubated by UnLtd India to support new Incubatees of UnLtd India.
The program is designed as a hybrid experience, combining online sessions with in-person workshops and site visits.
In-person components will be planned based on program requirements, participant locations, and prevailing travel and safety considerations.
UnLtd India supports Founders of registered organisations under its Incubation Program. Hence, please do apply once you have registered.
If you have a registered organisation, and plan on building a team and scaling your impact, yes, you can apply.
If you haven’t been selected the first time around, you can apply again. If you have been a part of the Incubation Program before, depending on the life-stage of your organisation, you can re-apply.
Our program is designed only for Social Entrepreneurs and hence attendance in workshops, one-on-one coaching is limited to the Founder / Co-Founders. Hence, while we have no restrictions on your being part of another Incubator, we recommend that you only apply if you have the time for our intense program.
Our application will support upto 3 (Co)Founders, with 1 being the Primary Applicant. The Primary Applicant in the Form should be one of the key decision making Co- Founders and will be the primary participant in UnLtd India’s 40 weeks Intensive Incubation. Program.
To be eligible for our Program, you must have a registered organisation and be working full-time. If part-time ( upwards of 3 days a week) currently, you need to have a well-defined path for becoming full-time within the period of UnLtd India’s support.
You can reapply and depending on your journey, you can be selected again for the next level of growth.