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Entrepreneurs Without Borders
Entrepreneurs Without Borders is a global non-profit organization that connects entrepreneurs with sustainable business development opportunities, focusing on SDG-aligned startups and supporting immigrant entrepreneurs.
Overview
What Entrepreneurs Without Borders does
What Entrepreneurs Without Borders is
Entrepreneurs Without Borders is a global non-profit organization that connects entrepreneurs with sustainable business development opportunities, focusing on SDG-aligned startups and supporting immigrant entrepreneurs.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
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Operational profile
Organization status and context
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- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2018
- Approximate age
- About 8 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community
- Last reviewed
- March 31, 2026
Official channels
Find Entrepreneurs Without Borders elsewhere
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Capability profile
Entrepreneurs Without Borders as a community
Community overview
Entrepreneurs Without Borders (EWB) is a nonprofit organization founded in Sweden in 2018 and registered in the United States. The organization aims to strengthen local economies by helping entrepreneurs replicate and scale proven business models into new regions. EWB operates in 10 countries and has supported entrepreneurs in an additional four countries, focusing on capacity building, operational support, and the development of frameworks that facilitate job creation.
Community focus
EWB invests in entrepreneurs with validated business concepts, providing operational support, market analysis, and structured expansion models. The organization emphasizes scalable impact and sustainable job creation, aiming to replicate successful business ideas across borders.
Member value
Members benefit from operational support, market analysis, and networking opportunities through local Impact Chapters. EWB fosters a supportive environment for female founders and aspiring entrepreneurs, facilitating knowledge sharing and collaboration.
Membership
- Pricing models
- free
Format and cadence
- Modality
- hybrid
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Students
- Benefits
- mentorship and network-access
- Program types
- community
- Selection criteria
- open
- Regions
- Global
Community activity
Events and activity
EWB hosts biweekly sessions for female entrepreneurs that focus on networking, mentorship, and knowledge sharing. Additionally, local Impact Chapters conduct monthly meetings and workshops to support entrepreneurs.
Notable members
Donnie SC Lygonis - Founder; Deborah Lygonis - CFO; Jenni Brozena - Executive Director EWB USA; Bita Baghestani - Board Member; Mitch Miller - Business Development.
Common questions
What to know about Entrepreneurs Without Borders
Upseed classifies Entrepreneurs Without Borders under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
March 31, 2026
Known limits
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