Fast Forward 2030

Name

Fast Forward 2030

Legal name

Fast Forward 2030

Website

https://fastforward2030.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Impact Entrepreneurship Network

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Institutional Capacity Building & Training (Workforce/Systems Strengthening) (BPADAEAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

SME & Entrepreneurship Development (Trade-Linked) (BPADAMAE), Environmental & Climate Grantmaking Foundations (BPAGAKAM)

Keywords

• Impact entrepreneurship network
• Sustainable development community
• Social enterprise support
• SDG accelerator network
• Entrepreneur peer learning

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Grants and Institutional Funding: Primary funding from institutional partners including ESRC for Flash Forward competition, and support from UCL Institute for Global Prosperity hosting arrangement.
2. Event Revenue: Ticket sales for various events, workshops, and forum discussions on impact entrepreneurship topics.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Fast Forward 2030 operates a global, community-led network for impact-driven entrepreneurs that supports members in embedding UN Sustainable Development Goals into their business models through peer-to-peer learning, capacity-building workshops, and cross-regional partnership facilitation. Its core sellable offerings are the Impact Founders community platform, the Flash Forward SDG competition in Lebanon, and ticketed events and workshops run across UK, Lebanon, Africa, and UAE chapters, all hosted under the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity.

Product overview

Fast Forward 2030 is a global network of impact entrepreneurs that operates as a platform-plus-community model. The core offering includes the Impact Founders community platform for entrepreneur support, combined with content products (Podcasts, Blog, White Papers), event programming, and the Flash Forward competition program. The network has regional chapters in the UK, Lebanon, Africa, and UAE, all hosted by the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity, focused on accelerating progress toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals through peer learning, capacity building, and collective partnership.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Impact Hustlers Podcast: Podcast hosted by Maiko Schaffrath featuring entrepreneurs and changemakers solving social and environmental problems
• Impact Leaders Podcast
• Fast Forward Lebanon Podcast
• Flash Forward Competition

Products and services

• Impact Founders

Quantifiable outcome

• 1,500+ entrepreneurs inspired through events
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered flagship, major, core and minor.

• University of Dubai Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Business Centre (UDBIEC)flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 October 2025Letter of Intent signed at GITEX 2025 in Dubai to launch UAE chapter as new hub for impact entrepreneurs across the Gulf Cooperation Council. Partnership supports SDG-aligned innovation and strengthens entrepreneurial talent in the region.
• RELIEF CentremajorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2021RELIEF Centre offers the Flash Forward SDG competition implemented by Fast Forward 2030 Lebanon, engaging community partners throughout Lebanon in sustainable development initiatives.
• PROCOL Africa (Prosperity Co-Laboratory)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Africa chapter established within PROCOL Africa in Kenya in 2020. Partnership enables community-led research and evidence-based training for rural entrepreneurs, connecting social entrepreneurs to local opportunities across Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Ethiopia.
• UCL Institute for Global Prosperity (IGP)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Hosting organization providing scientific-backed research access, academic credibility, and institutional framework. Professor Dame Henrietta Moore serves as Director of IGP and co-founded Fast Forward 2030. IGP provides the research backbone for the network's transformative entrepreneurship approach.
• GoodstedcoreTechnology or IntegrationPlatform partner powering the Fast Forward 2030 community platform for ongoing collaboration, stakeholder coordination, and impact tracking. Founder Selin Yigitbasi-Ducker serves on the board.
• Global WIIN (Global Women Inventors and Innovators Network)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerAnnual partnership for roundtable summit and awards celebrating excellence in women-led innovation. Board members have received recognition through this partnership.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Ashoka: Ashoka is the world's largest network of social entrepreneurs and changemakers, operating fellowship, community, and peer-learning programs across 90+ countries. Like Fast Forward 2030, it operates as a global community platform supporting impact entrepreneurs, but at substantially greater scale and institutional maturity.
• Unreasonable Group: Unreasonable runs founder-development programs and a global network of impact entrepreneurs, with peer-learning, mentorship, and capital-connection services. Directly comparable to FF2030's Impact Founders community and event programming for impact-driven entrepreneurs.
• Yunus Social Business: Yunus Social Business supports a global network of social enterprises addressing SDGs through capacity building, advisory, and funding. Comparable to FF2030 in mission alignment and SDG-focus, with multi-region presence and entrepreneur-support services.
• Echoing Green: Echoing Green runs a fellowship and global community for early-career social entrepreneurs, providing funding, peer networks, and capacity-building support. Strong overlap with FF2030's mission of accelerating impact-entrepreneur leadership and providing peer-learning infrastructure.
• Reach for Change: Reach for Change runs incubators, accelerators, and a global network for social entrepreneurs, with regional chapters across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Directly comparable to FF2030's multi-region chapter structure and entrepreneur-support programming.
• Acumen Academy: Acumen Academy provides online learning, peer networks, and capacity-building for social entrepreneurs pursuing anti-poverty outcomes. Overlaps with FF2030's community and peer-learning model for impact entrepreneurs, though with a heavier focus on measurable poverty outcomes.
• Skoll Foundation: Skoll Foundation backs social entrepreneurs through grants, prizes, and the Skoll World Forum. Comparable to FF2030 in supporting a community of impact entrepreneurs aligned with systemic change, though with a more investment-focused operating model.
• Impact Hub Network: Impact Hub is a global network of community-driven innovation spaces and entrepreneurship support programs in 100+ cities. Overlaps with FF2030 in providing community, events, and capacity-building support to impact-driven entrepreneurs across regions.

Broad incumbents

• Schwab Foundation (Social Entrepreneurs): Schwab Foundation runs a global network of social entrepreneurs through the World Economic Forum, providing recognition, peer learning, and policy advocacy. Operates as a broader incumbent convener in the same social-entrepreneurship space as FF2030.

Others

• Goodsted: Goodsted is a stakeholder engagement and impact-measurement platform that powers FF2030's Impact Founders community. It is a board-member company and direct technology partner, providing the digital infrastructure underpinning FF2030's network operations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FastForward2030
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fastforward2030
• Instagraminstagram.com/fastforward2030
• Facebookfacebook.com/FF2030LB

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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