Compete for your share of $90,000 USD for youth-led social startups!

Around the world, a new generation of leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs is emerging from every corner of society—from remote villages and small communities to universities and bustling cities. They have grown up in different contexts and environments, but are united by determination, creativity, and a shared drive to tackle the challenges that will define our collective future. Eager to move now, they bring fresh perspectives, new approaches, and the urgency needed to improve lives and strengthen communities.

The MoveNow Social Innovation Challenge will support youth-led startups, ventures and projects that align with any one of the following three award categories:

1) Financial Confidence in the Digital Economy
Backing young innovators who strengthen local economies by enabling entrepreneurs and SMEs to start, grow, and sustain businesses with financial confidence—through the digital tools, skills, and financial knowledge needed to thrive in an evolving economy.

2) Closing the Health Gap: Equality in Health Ecosystems
Supporting young innovators creating health solutions that address systemic gaps, particularly the underrepresentation of women and marginalized groups in health research, health services and diagnostics, using community-led and technology-enabled approaches.

3) Community-Led Climate Resilience: From Early Warning to Resilient Livelihoods
Backing young innovators who help vulnerable communities, rural and urban, prepare for and thrive despite the impacts of climate change, through locally-rooted solutions that combine technology with community knowledge to build lasting resilience.

The Allianz MoveNow Social Innovation Challenge is designed to give young impact founders a platform; providing grant funding awards, unique leadership learning, and exclusive exposure through one of the worlds biggest brands.

To be eligible for this program your social startup must be:
YOUTH-LED – Founders leading the startup or project must be between 18 and 30 years old and have clear decision making authority.
IMPACT FOCUSED – Startups and projects must address a clearly defined social or environmental issue and have measurable social outputs and impact.