Salty Start Up Grant
We offer one lucky start up the chance to launch their product or business idea with us!
Summer X Salt Markets curates and showcases the best surf and salty lifestyle stalls, makers, artisans and creatives. The Salty Start Up grant program was created as our way of giving back to entrepreneurs, businesses, innovators and creatives who have just started out and want to make a real impact and create a better world.
What we offer
Every year, Summer X Salt supports 1 lucky WA start up founder or entrepreneur who has launched their business or project in the last twelve months, with an opportunity to establish and test their idea to the local coastal community.
What we are looking for
We are looking for start ups that are doing good, creating and innovating, inspiring others through arts and culture, working on social/environmental issues or aiming towards a more sustainable planet.
The successful applicant will receive the following (valued at $5000)
- 13 x market spaces from October 2023 -March 2024
- Public and Product Liability Insurance
- Social Media Marketing on our Instagram, Facebook, email, blog and website
- Showcasing your business/project to over 30,000 people in the local community
- Access to our salty community of over 2000 stallholders
- Support from the experienced Summer X Salt team
Who can apply?
- You are a WA resident
- You are an Australian citizen or Permanent Resident
- You are over 18 years old
- You have started your business/project within the last 12 months
- You are on a mission to do good for the people or planet
- You have a desire to share ideas, be challenged, be inspired and empower others
Dive in now! Applications close August 31st 2023.
Notification of outcome September 7th 2023.
2020 Salty Start Up Recipient
Mabinte from Recycled Towel Hoodies
Recycled Towel Hoodies is a project that raises awareness of textile waste and pollution on the Beach. After doing the Earth Carers waste education course she combined her past experience as a costume designer on films set back in Europe with her new surfing beach lifestyle here in Perth, in her towel hoodie Project.
Mabinte makes Hoodies out of recycled 2nd hand towels to reduce textile waste from going to landfill.
2020 Salty Start Up Recipient
Mabinte from Recycled Towel Hoodies
Recycled Towel Hoodies is a project that raises awareness of textile waste and pollution on the Beach. After doing the Earth Carers waste education course she combined her past experience as a costume designer on films set back in Europe with her new surfing beach lifestyle here in Perth, in her towel hoodie Project.
Mabinte makes Hoodies out of recycled 2nd hand towels to reduce textile waste from going to landfill.
“I’m so grateful for the SummerXsalt to have given me the grant to be their first salty startup. My objective was to make people aware of recycling, textile waste and waste on the beach, I could not afford to invest in a market stall but the grant was an opportunity for me to show the community what I’m doing and could get inspired to recycle and create something new out of something considered waste.
I got so many smiles and nice compliments on my project during the markets. After the first market, it was great to see people actually coming back with their own towels to the following markets. And to see people starting to follow me and order my Hoodies on Instagram and Facebook as well. And maybe I can find a shop now to be interested in continuing this project with me.
Thanks again for the opportunity to be part of the salty community.” – Mabinte