Opportunities

Funding, Competitions and Technical Assistance

Entrepreneurs for Resilience (E4R) Funding 

Swiss Re Foundation welcomes applications from healthcare social enterprises offering up to USD 1m in blended finance and more.

Location: Low-and-middle income countries

Sector: Healthcare social enterprises

Stakeholders: Swiss Re Foundation

Deadline: 4th October

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Miller Center for Global Impact Accelerator

Miller Center for Global Impact invites applications from social entrepreneurs for their next accelerator cohort.

Location: Global

Sector: Women’s economic empowerment

Stakeholders: Miller Center for Global Impact

Deadline: 16th October

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D-Prize Seed Funding

D-Prize welcomes applications from entrepreneurs offering up to $20k in seed capital.

Location: Low-and-middle income countries

Sector: Healthcare, agriculture, WASH, etc

Stakeholders: D-Prize

Deadline: 15th November

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1 Million AfCFTA Impact Hub Funding

Inviting applications from women, youth and PwD-led SMEs, offering impact investment readiness and catalytic funding of over US$100k.

Location: Africa

Sector: Women, youth and PwD-led

Stakeholders: 1 Million AfCFTA Impact Hub

Deadline: Rolling

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CLASP’s Productive Use Financing Facility

Providing procurement subsidies and enterprise development grants (EDGs) to accelerate the sale of productive use equipment (PUE) in sub-Saharan Africa.

Location: Kenya, Ethiopia, Nigeria

Sector: Energy access, productive use

Stakeholders: CLASP

Deadline: N/A

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Clean Cooking Venture Community

Accepting applications from entrepreneurs and business leaders in the clean cooking sector for a Clean Cooking Venture Community for networking, resource sharing and more.

Location: Global

Sector: Clean cooking

Stakeholders: Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA)

Deadline: Rolling

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Bettervest Energy Efficiency Loan

Welcoming applications from companies working on SDG 7 or 13 for a loan volume of at least €200K.

Location: Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal and Singapore

Sector: Energy and climate action

Stakeholders: Bettervest

Deadline: Rolling

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Open Investment Fund

Welcoming applications from women-led businesses in Africa with an annual turnover of more than $25K to grow their business sustainably and up to $100K investment fund.

Location: Africa

Sector: Energy

Stakeholders: CSI Energy Group

Deadline: Rolling

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Spark+ Africa Fund

Actively seeking to invest debt and mezzanine capital in leading companies throughout the clean cooking value chain, including cooking fuels, biofuels, electric appliances, and efficient biomass stoves.

 

Location: Africa

Sector: Improved cooking

Stakeholders: Spark+

Deadline: Rolling

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Transform support hub

Welcoming applications to this on-demand, free accelerator programme for social enterprises.

 

Location: Global

Sector: Unspecified

Stakeholders: TRANSFORM

Deadline: Rolling

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LendHer Capital Pre-Screening Questionnaire 

Looking for women-led businesses working in non-tech enabled sectors (such as personal care and hygiene), who would benefit from debt investment and business advisory.

Location: Kenya

Sector: Non-tech enabled

Stakeholders: LendHer Capital

Deadline: Rolling

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Bridge loans for impact

Helping companies that have been hit by unexpected obstacles to keep on track with impact aims.

Location: Global

Sector: Not specified

Stakeholders: Open Road Alliance

Deadline: Rolling

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S-GRID program

Welcoming applications from social enterprises keen to access coaching and partner with corporations.

Location: Global

Sector: Not specified

Stakeholders: MovingWorlds

Deadline: Rolling

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