The people who want to change the food system: what 1.2k applications taught us
Analysis of more than 1.2k applications for our 2026 incubator reveals a vital picture of who wants to build for the food transition: experienced, highly-educated founders who are ready to commit but lack the structured support to turn ideas into organisations.
Kickstarting For Good reveal more than $1m in seed funding for our 2026 applicants
This marks a three-fold increase from 2025, plus for the first time this year, K4G will also be awarding development grants of up to $12,000 for applicants with promising ideas that don’t make it into the full programme.
K4G’s 2025 graduates raise over $1.5m within 6 months
Raising funds is not, in itself, the only measure of success. But we know that when the right talented individuals are matched with the right impactful ideas, funding often follows.
60 Seconds For Good pitch competition at Vegan India Conference 2026
Pitch your idea at the Vegan India Conference to win a share of 3 lakh Rupees to kickstart your project.
Ask us anything playback
Hundreds of potential applicants registered for this year’s information sessions where you can ask the K4G team anything about applying for Kickstarting For Good. Watch the playback featuring our Programme Manager Prakrit and our Exec Manager David to find out more about applying for our 2026 programme.
Two K4G graduating initiatives hold launch events in London, UK
Two of our 2025 graduates held spectacular and impactful launch events in London in April 2026: Documentary-filmmaker support org Who Let The Docs Out in the trendy Hackney Downs; and Lawyers for Animals in the heart of London’s legal quarter.
Ask us anything about applying for 2026
Want to know more about applying to Kickstarting For Good in 2026? Join us live on a Zoom call to find out more about the programme structure and get the opportunity to ask your questions direct to the K4G team.
£6,000 awarded to our pitch-competition winners at VARC
Attendees of the VARC conference battled it out for a share of £6,000 in prize money to help take their idea for change forward.
K4G Bootcamp at VARC Manchester
Ready to turn a spark of an idea into a concrete plan for impact? Hosted as a follow-on from the VARC Conference, join Kickstarting For Good on Monday March 23 in Manchester, UK, for an intensive, high-energy Ideation Bootcamp.
60 Seconds For Good at AVA Argentina
With a total prize money of $6,000 to implement your idea, Kickstarting for Good is hosting a community-driven pitch event designed specifically for early-stage initiatives at AVA Argentina.