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.

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.

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.

Pitch your idea at the Vegan India Conference to win a share of 3 lakh Rupees to kickstart your project.​

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.