After a six-month application and review process, we couldn’t be more excited to share with you the top 3 winners of reSET’s 2016 Impact Challenge!!!

Now in its sixth year, our competition awards funding and brings regional attention to the most innovative, impactful, and viable start-up social ventures. Businesses that are eligible are incorporated or hold significant operations in New England, have generated less than $1,000,000 in total revenue to date, and create viable, sustainable, market-based solutions to social, environmental, or community challenges.

The competition this year was incredible, with 150+ qualified businesses in contention, but the following social enterprises stood out to our judges and each will be awarded $10,000:

• Asarasi Sparkling Tree Water
• Blue Earth Compost
• Six Foods

In partnership with reSET, our Founding Partner The Walker Group, one of New England’s leading technology services firms, has also awarded the TechImpact Award. The $10,000 prize will be given to:

• PV Pure

And finally, continued congratulations are in order for our other esteemed honorees:

• Admetsys
• Barakat Bundle
• CarboCycle
• Enviro Power, LLC 
• KeepSight
• Sarah’s Coffee House
• Send Help Back Home
• Takachar

reSET is proud to have awarded nearly a quarter million dollars to scaling businesses to date.  Many thanks to everyone who participated in this year’s Impact Challenge and to the rest of you for following our progress. It’s because of you that New England’s entrepreneurial ecosystem is growing as fast as it is!