100x Impact Accelerator

What 100x Impact Accelerator does

100x Impact Accelerator is a UK-registered non-profit social impact accelerator, founded in 2022 and operated as an initiative of the London School of Economics and Political Science with headquarters at the Marshall Building, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. The organisation provides selected social ventures with £150,000 of unrestricted catalytic capital, a 12-week structured programme (one week in-person at LSE plus ten weeks of virtual workshops), bespoke mentorship, expert advisory support, and ongoing alumni membership. Its stated objective is to back impact ventures capable of improving hundreds of millions of lives and to publish evidence-based research on the drivers of scale.

The business model is grant-based rather than equity- or fee-based: 100x deploys philanthropic capital, does not take ownership stakes in portfolio companies, and charges nothing to applicants. The organisation is anchored by a £55 million philanthropic gift and in 2024 launched a Southeast Asia initiative co-funded by UBS Optimus Foundation with a US$2 million pilot, deploying US$200,000 per venture in that region. Programme delivery is supported by delivery partnerships with J-PAL and I.G. Advisors, with institutional backing from the Marshall Institute at LSE.

By 2025, 100x had backed 35 ventures reaching 144 million lives across 45 countries, with portfolio companies reporting a 15x post-programme funding uplift. The 2025/26 cohort selected 16 ventures from over 800 applicants, with 70% of the portfolio sourced from emerging markets in Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Revenue is not commercially generated and is not disclosed; operating scale is approximately 15–20 FTEs supporting up to 20 ventures per year across two annual cohorts.

Name

100x Impact Accelerator

Legal name

The London School of Economics and Political Science

Website

https://100ximpact.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

100x Impact Accelerator is a London-based, LSE-powered non-profit that provides £150,000 catalytic capital grants and a 12-week programme to social ventures globally, with 70% of its 35-venture portfolio sourced from emerging markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Impact Accelerator Services

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Other Investment Pools and Funds (5259), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Accelerators & Incubators (Investor-Operated) (FSANAAAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Impact Investment & Development Investment Funds (BPADACAO), Education & Workforce Development Impact Funds (FSANAJAJ), Impact Investing & Social Finance (Funds, CDFIs, Microfinance) (BPAGALAA), International Grantmaking & Development Foundations (BPAGAKAH)

Keywords

• Social impact accelerator
• Catalytic capital grants
• Venture scaling programmes
• Impact investing support
• Social enterprise acceleration

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Catalytic Capital Provision: 100x provides £150,000 in unrestricted catalytic capital to selected portfolio ventures. This is grant funding, not equity or loan-based, designed to support scaling of social impact organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

100x Impact Accelerator provides £150,000 of unrestricted catalytic capital grant plus a 12-week structured accelerator programme to selected social ventures (both for-profit and non-profit) seeking to scale their impact. The programme combines one in-person week at the London School of Economics, virtual workshops, bespoke mentorship, expert advisory, donor introductions, and lifelong alumni community membership. A regional Southeast Asia variant, co-funded with UBS Optimus Foundation, provides US$200,000 in catalytic capital to ventures in that region.

Product overview

100x Impact Accelerator is a social impact accelerator program, not a technology product company. It does not offer software products, platforms, or modules. The organization's offerings consist of grant funding (£150,000 catalytic capital), a 12-week accelerator programme with world-class mentorship and expert advisors, access to LSE research and insights, and alumni community membership. The programme focuses on supporting social ventures that can scale to achieve systemic change in areas such as climate, education, health, democracy, and economic equity. Ventures in their portfolio are independent organizations that have received support, not products or services offered by 100x Impact Accelerator itself.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Ventures secured substantially more capital after the programme (15x funding raised)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

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App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner100x is powered by LSE, leveraging the university's evidence-based research, expert guidance, global convening reach, and the Marshall Institute. Anchored with a £55 million philanthropic gift. Provides access to policymakers and world-class insights.
• J-PAL (Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab)supportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDelivery partner for the accelerator programme, leading sessions on scaling strategy and impact measurement during the opening week of cohorts.
• I.G. AdvisorssupportingImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDelivery partner for the accelerator programme, contributing expertise on scaling strategy and impact measurement for cohort ventures.
• Marshall Institute (LSE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Marshall Institute at LSE provides institutional backing and academic rigor to 100x Impact Accelerator, supporting the mission to scale social innovations.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves7 records

Direct peers

• Ashoka: Ashoka is a global network identifying and supporting leading social entrepreneurs through fellowships and ecosystem support, directly comparable to 100x's mission of scaling social innovators with structured non-equity support.
• Village Capital: Village Capital runs peer-selected accelerator programs for impact-driven startups, comparable to 100x's cohort-based venture support model with similar focus on early-stage impact enterprises.
• Acumen: Acumen is a pioneering impact investor and accelerator backing social enterprises serving low-income communities, with a comparable focus on emerging markets, catalytic capital deployment, and combining patient capital with capacity-building support.
• Echoing Green: Echoing Green provides fellowships and seed funding to emerging social entrepreneurs, closely paralleling 100x's model of catalytic capital plus structured programming for early-stage impact leaders.
• Unreasonable Group: Unreasonable runs accelerator programs for entrepreneurs tackling social and environmental challenges, with a similar structure of cohort-based programming, mentorship, and capital readiness support for impact ventures.

Emerging players

• New Ventures Inc. New Ventures supports and accelerates social enterprises in emerging markets (notably Latin America), overlapping with 100x's emerging-market focus and impact-investing orientation.

Broad incumbents

• Skoll Foundation: Skoll Foundation is a major impact philanthropy that funds and supports social entrepreneurs at scale, sharing 100x's focus on systemic change but operating with a substantially larger fund and broader portfolio approach.
• Y Combinator: Y Combinator is the dominant global accelerator offering cohort-based venture support and seed capital, providing a benchmark for accelerator scale and selectivity that 100x's impact-only model is implicitly compared against.

Regional players

• Social Enterprise UK: Social Enterprise UK is a UK-based membership and support body for social enterprises, comparable as a UK-anchored ecosystem builder for impact ventures, though broader in mandate than 100x's accelerator focus.

Others

• UBS Optimus Foundation: UBS Optimus Foundation is a major philanthropic funder backing initiatives including 100x's Southeast Asia program, representing a comparable funder/partner type as well as a strategic counterparty for impact capital deployment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xtwitter.com/100xImpact
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/100x-impact-accelerator

Revenue estimate

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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments1 record

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