Edmund Hillary Fellowship

The Edmund Hillary Fellowship is a Fellowship programme for entrepreneurs, investors and startup teams in New Zealand.[1] The idea behind the Fellowship was to bring foreign entrepreneurs and investors to New Zealand to incubate new businesses.[2] The Immigration New Zealand partnered with the Edmund Hillary Fellowship to deliver the Global Impact Visa to 400 international applications over four years.[3] It was setup in 2016 and has 532 fellows (400 international and 132 kiwis) as of March 2022.[4]

Yoseph Ayele is one of the co-founders of the Edmund Hillary Fellowship and was the first CEO as well.[5]

Fellows of this Fellowship include Naval Ravikant,[6] Deepa Malik,[7] Amitabh Kant,[8] and Queenie Chong.[9]

References

1. "Global Impact Visa (GIV) | The Edmund Hillary Fellowship". nzmigrationhelp.com. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
2. "New Edmund Hillary Fellowship for entrepreneurs strengthens NZ start-up scene". 31 January 2017.
3. "Edmund Hillary Fellowship to help deliver new Global Impact Visa". The Beehive. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
4. "Hillary Institute And Edmund Hillary Fellowship Announce New Chair". www.scoop.co.nz. 26 October 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
5. "Seeds: Yoseph Ayele on the Edmund Hillary Fellowship".
6. "Top 10 angel Investors to watch in 2021". 16 April 2021.
7. "Paralympics medallist Deepa Malik bags New Zealand PM's Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship". Scroll.in. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
8. "Paralympian Deepa Malik named for New Zealand Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship". Hindustan Times. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
9. "Memori co-founder picked as The Edmund Hillary Fellow". borneobulletin.com.bn. 8 December 2020. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2023.