An estimated 250 million adolescent girls worldwide live in poverty, unable to pursue learning, build assets or safely raise the income needed for a more prosperous life. SPRING identifies and supports businesses that can bring life-enhancing products and services to girls. SPRING is a five-year programme backed by the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID), the Nike Foundation and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), with additional support from Girl Effect. SPRING transforms the lives of adolescent girls by creating sustainable markets for life-enhancing products and services. These products and services help girls keep safe, learn, earn, and save without harm. The SPRING Accelerator identifies ventures with products that can improve the lives of girls and provides leading expertise in business growth, investment-readiness, design, innovation, and marketing to help drive their business models forward.