USAID welcomes applications from companies selling or developing productive use of energy (PUE) products for up to US$ 150k grant funding.
Location: Specific countries in East and Central Africa
Sector: Productive use of energy (PUE)
Stakeholders: USAID
Deadline: 30th April
Inviting applications from foreign-born entrepreneurs to apply for a 12-month program to live, work and develop their concepts in the United States.
Location: Everywhere excpet United States
Sector: Unspecified
Stakeholders: International Accelerator
Deadline: 30th April
Welcoming applications from innovators in PUE products, including cold storage for food, agro-processing of crops, textiles, e-waste recycling, education, healthcare, e-mobility and more, for catalytic grants of up to £200k.
Location: Pacific Island Countries
Sector: Productive use of energy (PUE)
Stakeholders: Powering Renewable Energy Opportunities (PREO)
Deadline: 26th May
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: Unspecified
Inviting applications from SMEs that are addressing the needs of the bottom of the pyramid consumers for funding.
Location: Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia Pacific
Sector: Unspecified
Stakeholders: Social Investmet Managers and Advisers (SIMA)
Deadline: Unspecified
Welcoming early-stage enterprises working on impact-led climate-resilient solutions for investment opportunities.
Location: East Africa
Sector: Clean energy, mobility, agritech
Stakeholders: Restart Catalyst
Deadline: Unspecified
Inviting applications from creative solutions that demonstrate rigorous evidence of impact, cost-effectiveness, and a viable pathway to scale and sustainability, for grant funding of up to $5 million.
Location: USAID’s countries of operation
Sector: Unspecified
Stakeholders: USAID
Deadline: ASAP
Powerelec Kenya welcomes energy enterprises in Kenya to their international trade fair happening in November.
Location: Kenya
Sector: Energy access
Stakeholders: Powerelec Kenya
Deadline: November
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
Accepting applications from start-ups and SMEs to raise between €50K to €250K in equity finance from the Diaspora, EU citizens and Financial institutions, to build their businesses.
Location: Africa
Sector: Unspecified
Stakeholders: Wajenzi
Deadline: Rolling
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
Actively seeking to fund social enterprises working on innovative solutions for a better world.
Location: Global
Sector: Unspecified
Stakeholders: DOEN Foundation
Deadline: Rolling
Accepting applications from early-stage, locally owned, renewable energy companies for a pilot program on a new financing facility.
Location: Africa
Sector: Energy
Stakeholders: IKEA Foundation, CLASP and Charm Impact
Deadline: Rolling
Welcoming applications from innovations that solve challenges for people living at the last mile.
Location: Developing countries
Sector: Unspecified
Stakeholders: Global Innovation Fund
Deadline: Rolling
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
Welcoming applications to this on-demand, free accelerator programme for social enterprises.
Location: Global
Sector: Unspecified
Stakeholders: TRANSFORM
Deadline: Rolling
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
Aiming to help social enterprises scale up, as a way of empowering communities and enabling them to build sustainable livelihoods.
Location: ASEAN
Sector: Unspecified
Stakeholders: AirAsia Foundation
Deadline: Rolling
Accepting concept notes for high-impact partnerships implementing innovative business models to accelerate achievement of the SDGs.
Location: Bangladesh, Colombia, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, South Africa and Vietnam
Sector: WASH, energy access
Stakeholders: P4G
Deadline: Rolling
Offering a rigorous business mentoring programme for social businesses offering an innovative service, product or operational model that are keen to scale.
Location: Global
Sector: Unspecified
Stakeholders: Marico Innovation Foundation
Deadline: Rolling
Providing loans starting at $50k to viable energy access companies facing liquidity challenges due to COVID-19.
Location: Africa and Asia
Sector: Energy access
Stakeholders: SIMA and 16 partners
Deadline: Rolling
Supporting the development of innovative approaches to solving a challenge faced by people living on less than US$5 a day e.g. a new business model, technology, or new ways of delivering products.
Location: Global
Sector: Not specified
Stakeholders: Global Innovation Fund
Deadline: Rolling
Supporting early-stage companies with high developmental impact to scale up.
Location: Africa and India
Sector: Not specified
Stakeholders: DEG
Deadline: Rolling
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
Helping enterprises bring to life solutions to the world’s most intractable development challenges.
Location: Global
Sector: Not specified
Stakeholders: USAID
Deadline: Rolling
Welcoming applications from social enterprises keen to access coaching and partner with corporations.
Location: Global
Sector: Not specified
Stakeholders: MovingWorlds
The GDC member learning and collaboration event will bring GDC members together from 8-9 April to learn from one another, explore successes and failures, and build skills and expertise in a range of essential LMD business areas.
GDC members are invited to register to be able to leave suggestions and reviews (your account will provide access to member-only resources in the future)