Post-Growth Startup Incubator — January 2027 Intake

​Join us to hear and learn about the Narwhal Ventures post-growth startup incubator.

​If you're new to Post-Growth Entrepreneurship you can learn more here.

Who are you?
Folks with business ideas who don't entirely fit into the "Silicon Valley"-style startup incubation programs. You want to optimize for positive impact, and are looking for like-minded peers and mentors to walk this path with you. This typically includes :

• ​Entrepreneurs who want to create meaningful environmental and social impact

• ​Experienced entrepreneurs who want to understand post-growth and non-extraction

• ​Values-aligned activists without business expertise interested in degrowth, inequality, profit-for-good, social enterprise, steward-ownership, and co-operatives.

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​What to expect

​The ten-week online incubator focused on non-extractive startup creation will typically include:

• ​Weekly two-hour session on business building

• ​A weekly guest session

• ​Group office hours and pitch practice

• ​Pitch week and demo day

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​Expected outcomes

​At the end of the programme you will leave with:

• ​A clear understanding of how governance leads to impact

• ​Understand your market, pain points, customer needs

• ​A developed business model and have tested some market hypotheses

• ​Developed, practiced, and presented a pitch

• ​Begin acquiring customers

• ​Confidence in launch your startup and in its impact