Endeavor

Endeavor operates a global network for high-impact entrepreneurs, spanning more than 50 markets and over 25 years of activity. Its model combines selection, support and investment: founders are screened into the network - over 100,000 companies are reviewed each year and more than 3,000 entrepreneurs have been selected to date - then connected with mentors, investors and strategic partners through global hubs and local offices to help them scale faster.

The organisation describes itself as a network of trust built on a pay-it-forward dynamic. Entrepreneurs who have been selected reinvest expertise, time and capital in the next generation of founders, acting as mentors, investors and role models. Alongside its selection and scaling platform, Endeavor pursues ecosystem building: creating what it terms a multiplier effect of entrepreneurial impact in emerging markets.

The scale of the network is significant by any measure. Entrepreneurs within it collectively generate $88.5 billion in annual revenue and have created more than 4 million jobs. Endeavor's stated mission is to identify and back high-growth founders so they transform their economies, and to support entrepreneurial ecosystems in emerging markets around the world.

Industry verticals include entrepreneurship, ecosystem development and emerging markets. Further detail is available at endeavor.org.