# UpLink Innovation Challenge Series – Spring 2026

Global call for early-stage ventures tackling critical challenges while driving efficiency, profitability and long-term value creation.


### Overview

The UpLink Innovation Challenge Series – Spring 2026 will identify and support early-stage ventures tackling critical global challenges, with a focus on enabling deployment beyond pilots to support scaling, sustained impact and long-term value creation. Powered by UpLink’s AI and advance digital tools, the Challenge Series brought together innovators working on priority solutions with clear, real-world pathways to adoption. Eligible ventures must be for-profit, at pre-seed to Series A stage, and have raised less than $50 million.Explore each challenge to learn more about its focus areas and selection criteria.


## Spring 2026 Challenges


### Water

Accelerating the transition towards integrated, circular and resilient water systems

[Explore](https://initiatives.weforum.org/api/communities/v1/public/initiatives/site/page-redirect?initiative_id=23ded092-7310-4cd0-92d4-e579a0dedff7&page_id=61585cbc-f714-4f1c-851c-3a6320948b59)


### Longevity

Empowering Canadians to live longer with better health, financial resilience and social connection

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### AI and supply chains

Transforming supply chains into adaptive, AI-enabled ecosystems to strengthen resilience

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### Nature and biodiversity

Advancing restoration solutions that drive measurable impact and unlock investment in nature

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### Decarbonization & circularity

Scaling innovation to unlocklow-carbon and circular systems

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### Energy

Scaling innovations for reliable, flexible and sustainable electricity systems of the future

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### Health

Building scalable data infrastructure for rare diseases to improve diagnosis, trials and global health system value

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### Net-zero

Catalyzing carbon removal through trusted supply, finance and infrastructure

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### The Spring Series is now closed and submissions are under review.

Did you apply? You'll receive a status update soon. Thank you.


## Challenge timeline


## Timeline

*Chronological events and milestones*