Deadline: in progress
Open to: owners of a start-up registered in one of the UNICEF programme countries showing promising results
Scholarship: USD 50-90,000 free share investments
DESCRIPTION
The UNICEF Innovation Fund aims to make investments of US$ 50 to 90,000 without shares to provide initial (seed) funding for for-profit technology start-ups that have the potential to benefit humanity.
If you have a start-up registered in one of UNICEF's programme countries and have a working open source prototype (or are willing to make it open source) showing promising results, the UNICEF Innovation Fund is looking for you.
ELIGIBILITY
- You must be registered as a private company in a UNICEF programme country;
- You are working on open source technology solutions or wish to be open source under the following licences or equivalent: BSD (software), CERN (hardware) or CC-BY (content);
- You have an existing prototype of the solution with promising results from initial pilots;
- Your solution has the potential to positively impact children's lives.
BENEFITS
- Seed funding. The Fund provides US$ 50 to US$ 90,000 in seed capital with no equity. The money goes towards testing and validating prototypes and to a stage where the company has proof that the solution works.
- Product and technology development. The selected startups will receive technical assistance from the UNICEF Ventures team to help validate and improve their solutions
- Business growth. The Fund has a network of mentors who help the start-up teams develop their business model and strategy to expand their company and ultimately make a profit.
- Data networks and platforms. UNICEF Ventures has a dedicated Data Science team hosting and sharing data platforms and with access to corporate partnerships and use cases from which selected startups can benefit.
- Maximise impact. As the world's leading organisation for children, UNICEF has a network of experts and partners in its Country Offices who can provide the geographically located advice and partnerships needed to reach more users.
HOW TO APPLY?
To apply, please fill in the form application .
