Support your innovative products, processes, business models, or marketing strategies with an opportunity to receive funding between R200,000 – R1,000,000 while supporting the SDGs.
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The HEYA – Women in Innovation program aims to support women’s transformation from home-based projects to scalable businesses by assisting home-based enterprises, startups, and new business ideas.
In line with project activity 2, the purpose of this call is to invite women led pre-startups and early-stage startups working the e-mobility sector in Kenya to apply for admission to a pilot incubation program to be administered by KCIC. The program will run for 6 months from January to June 2026.
develoPPP Ventures is aimed at young companies, whose innovative business model improves living conditions in a developing or emerging country and who are planning to scale up. Via a matching-funds model, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) provides non-dilutive capital of 100,000 euros for suitable growth investments.
At least 50% of formal team members must (1) be enrolled as a part-time or full-time student, or (2) be a postdoctoral fellow at a college or university. The Climate and Energy Prize is a startup competition organized by MIT students. Each year, teams of students from around the world compete for more than $100,000 in non-dilutive cash prizes.
I&P Acceleration WE4A Program - Track 1 provides tailored support and assistance to early-stage, women-led businesses, helping them better structure, formalize, and prepare for access to finance.
I&P Acceleration WE4A Program - Track 2 facilitates first-time access to credit for women entrepreneurs, with an average loan amount of €22,000, through a dedicated loan guarantee mechanism combined with technical assistance.
I&P Acceleration WE4A will provide reimbursable financing averaging €52,000, at zero interest and without collateral, along with technical assistance to support business growth and prepare female entrepreneurs for equity investment.
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