The Unlock Her Future Prize, an annual start-up competition for female social impact entrepreneurs powered by The Bicester Collection, is making its debut in South Asia in 2025, following its success in MENA in 2023 and LATAM in 2024.

The program has opened applications for from SOuth Asia.

Each year the global initiative travels to a different part of the world to identify and support women to launch and scale system-changing start-ups. The 2025 edition of this prestigious prize welcomes applications from women from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, aged at least 18, with an inspiring start-up idea that will generate a positive and sustainable impact on society, as defined by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Applicants' start-ups can be either at the idea/validation stage, where they have a big idea for a new product or service with a tested prototype that is being validated, or at the launch/growth stage, for start-ups operating under three years and with less than USD 1 million in revenue.

The winners will each receive a business grant of up to USD 100,000 to launch and scale their start-up, an executive education programme with our academic partner, Oxford University's Saïd Business School, bespoke leadership coaching to achieve their personal and professional goals, access to expert mentors and exposure through The Bicester Collection's global network.

With grants of approximately US$600,000 committed and eight start-ups already launched and making a positive impact in their communities and beyond, the winners of the Unlock Her Future Prize 2025 South Asia Edition will join a prestigious alumnae network of social impact visionaries. They include Valentina Agudelo, Colombia(Salva Health), Thamires Pontes, Brasil (Phycolabs), Leydi Cruz, Bolivia (Agrimet), and Annie Rosas, Mexico (BlueKali) and Young Changemaker Kristal del Valle, Guatemala, from the 2024 LATAM Edition, and Noor Jaber, Lebanon (NAWAT Health), Sara Lalla, Iraq/ UAE (EcoCentric), Nubayr Zein Egypt/ UAE (Leaukeather), and Fella Bouti, Algeria (EcoTashira) from the inaugural 2023 MENA Edition.

Applications for the Unlock Her Future Prize 2025 South Asia Edition are now open until 10 March 2025. For more information and to apply, visit: https://www.thebicestercollection.com/en/do-good/unlock-her-future-2025/

The winners will be announced in November 2025 during a ceremony in the UK with Bicester Village, forming part of The Bicester Collection's thirtieth anniversary celebrations.