SPRING is a pioneering accelerator that supports entrepreneurs and businesses whose products and services have the potential to transform the lives of adolescent girls. Funded by DFID, USAID, and the Nike Foundation, SPRING represents a revolutionary approach to development challenges: supporting market-based solutions that address some of the world’s most pressing challenges. SPRING’s impact goes beyond the success of its commercial ventures; by providing promising ventures with funding, world-class mentorship, strategic guidance and technical expertise, the program fosters a broader entrepreneurial ecosystem where economic success and social impact are inextricably linked. The results are new products, new capital flows, new innovation capacity, and new business models that recognize the potential of girls as agents of economic and social change. SPRING launched in July of 2015 with an inaugural cohort of 18 entrepreneurs from Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda.