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ASME ISHOW/IDEA LAB

The Premier Global Hardware Accelerator for Social Entrepreneurs

The prestigious ISHOW international accelerator of hardware-led social innovation has enabled over 230 startups from more than 35 countries to solve critical quality-of-life challenges for underserved communities worldwide.

ISHOW Awardees receive equity-free seed grants, design services, and a tailored design and engineering review from domain experts through the ISHOW Accelerator. They join a network of alumni and are offered a platform to share their innovations globally.

Awardees are identified annually through ISHOW’s three regional expert assessment events, hosted in India, Kenya and USA. ISHOW’s network of experts helps entrepreneurs successfully navigate the challenges they encounter bringing their life-changing hardware innovations to market.

ISHOW ventures solve urgent challenges with high-impact innovations like:
• A device that harvests water from dry desert air
• A solar-powered chiller so off-the-grid farmers can get milk cold to market
• A life-saving ventilator, built for under $20
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The Idea Lab incubator aids budding innovators in developing and implementing their social impact hardware concepts from the pre-prototype stage and fills the pipeline for future ISHOW ventures.
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ISHOW By the Numbers

To date, ISHOW has enabled more than 100 social entrepreneurs to solve critical quality-of-life challenges for people in underserved communities worldwide.

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