BASE DE DATOS DE INVERSORES Y ASISTENCIA TÉCNICA

Esta base de datos se dirige a empresas que buscan apoyo financiero y/o técnico. En ella figuran organizaciones e iniciativas que prestan diferentes tipos de apoyo, p. ej., capital en forma de subvenciones, créditos y capital accionarial, o apoyo técnico en forma de asesoramiento o desarrollo de alianzas para la consolidación de redes de contactos.

Tenga en cuenta que esta base de datos solo está disponible en inglés.

ABOUT THE DATABASE

Who is this database for?

This database aims to serve inclusive businesses that are looking for sources of support to help them grow, ranging from capital to technical support.

 

What does the database cover?

This database lists organizations that provide technical and financial support to inclusive businesses. The database will continue growing as support organizations are registered. Inclusive businesses are diverse, and so too are the range of organizations that provide support and the types of support they offer. The resources listed cover a continuum of financing solutions, from grants and concessional financing to commercial finance and private equity. They also include organizations and initiatives providing technical assistance (TA), advice, partnership brokering, information, advocacy, and networking. The database is easy to navigate and provides useful filters such as the range of financial support provided and the stage of enterprise supported (if such information is available). 

More organizations will be added over time and suggestions are welcome. Other database that we recommend include:

► GET.invest: focused on renewable energy in Africa
► Nexus for Development: focused on Southeast Asia
 The Mix: Database on microfinance services

Why and how was the database developed?

Inclusive business entrepreneurs often face difficulties identifying partners that could provide crucial financial and technical support. Even though such support is available, information about it is often fragmented and hard to find. The database addresses this challenge, making information on financial and technical support easy to identify and navigate by providing easily searchable categories and filters.

The entries and information provided in the database are compiled by the research team using information publicly available on organization websites or provided directly by the organizations themselves. 

 

Who developed the database?

The Practitioner Hub for Inclusive Business (now inclusivebusiness.net) and the Asian Development Bank set up this database to help overcome this challenge. The Connect to Grow programme supported further development of this database in 2016, specifically to include intermediaries in its target countries. In late 2017 and 2018, the DFID Impact Programme funded the most comprehensive review and update of the database yet, which was implemented by Endeva. The Endeva team reviewed the categories and all existing entries, and also added hundreds of entries with the support of the Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) and other partners.

ANDE has just launched a new site of their own that provides data about financial and non-financial support available for small and growing businesses in a specific city or country. ANDE’s Ecosystem Snapshots aim to help those supporting entrepreneurs to foster conditions in which businesses can thrive. 

 

USING THE DATABASE

What can users search for on the database?

You can keep your search for organizations broad by just selecting the finance and/or technical support offering you are looking for or you can narrow down your search by selecting further filters such as type of organization, sector, region/country etc. If you are looking for a specific topic that is not included in the current category list, use the keywords search bar to search the entire database. This will return results on that topic from the whole database.

 

If users want all entries from Asia, does one need to select all Asian countries, too (or ditto for other continents)?

No. If you would like to see all the material for one continent, for example South Asia, select ‘South Asia’ under the ‘Region/Country’ filter and click on the ‘Apply’ button. This will bring up all intermediaries that provide support in South Asia.

 

Country

Amount of financial support

Intermediary Database

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Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH
Mundial

The Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH is one of the main German foundations associated with a private company in Europe. It works in the fields of health, education, and global issues. With its charitable activities, it contributes to the development of viable solutions for social challenges. For that purpose, the Foundation executes its own projects, forges alliances with partners, and supports third-party initiatives.The area that supports global issues focuses on peace, inequality, climate change, democracy, migration, and the immigration society. As for education, the Foundation focuses on individual and organizational learning, while with its support to health, it commits to guaranteeing a sustainable health system that is more people-driven.

Type of OrganisationFoundation
Region/CountryMundial
Exact Amount
Focus TypeNGOs/Non-profits
Amplify Change
Asia Meridional, África Subsahariana

Amplify Change provides grants to civil society organisations, mostly those based in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, with a priority on sexual and reproductive health and rights.

Type of OrganisationChallenge Fund/Programme/Facility, Govt/Donor/State-owned enterprises
Region/CountryAsia Meridional, África Subsahariana
Finance OfferingGrants and awards
Exact Amount
Focus TypeNGOs/Non-profits
IB TopicsGénero
Enterprise for Development
Mundial

Enterprise for Development provides reimbursable grants to social enterprises that generate pro-poor benefits in low-income countries, and provides research on sustainable social enterprises.

Type of OrganisationFoundation
Region/CountryMundial
Finance OfferingGrants and awards
Exact Amount
Technical Support OfferingInformation sharing, resources and publications, Partnership brokering, investment facilitation, networking
Focus TypeStart-ups, NGOs/Non-profits
IB TopicsRéplica
Gray Matters Capital (GMC)
Mundial

Gray Matters Capital (GMC), is an impact investing foundation, which provides risk capital to entrepreneurs and social ventures. Funds are deployed through seed-stage investment vehicles with investments ranging from USD 50,000 to USD250,000 and venture capital stage investments ranging from USD 250,000 to USD 2 million. It a sister concern of Gray Ghost Ventures.

Type of OrganisationFoundation, Impact investment fund/ impact investment fund manager/ impact focused venture capital fund
Region/CountryMundial
Finance OfferingEquity, Grants and awards
Amount$500,000 - 2M
Exact Amount$250,000 - 2 million
Technical Support OfferingFellowship, Information sharing, resources and publications, Mentoring, Talent Placement, Network-based support, Partnership brokering, investment facilitation, networking
Focus TypeStart-ups, NGOs/Non-profits
Focus StageEarly Stage, Growth Companies
IB TopicsInnovación
KOIS INVEST
Asia Meridional

Kois Invest is a private equity firm specializing in direct and fund of fund investments. The firm primarily invests in the health, educations and living environment sectors. It also promotes the development of the Impact Bond Mechanism by structuring, placing and managing Impact Bonds. Funds under management include an Indian Private Equity Fund and a fund called Inclusio which focuses on affordable housing.

Type of OrganisationImpact investment fund/ impact investment fund manager/ impact focused venture capital fund
Region/CountryAsia Meridional
India
Finance OfferingEquity
Exact Amount
Technical Support OfferingOne-to-one advisory support, Consulting Services
Focus TypeStart-ups, NGOs/Non-profits
Focus StageEarly Stage, Growth Companies
IB TopicsInnovación
Lundin Foundation
Mundial

The Lundin Foundation is a philanthropic organisation founded by the Lundin family. The Foundation provides risk capital, technical assistance, and strategic grants to outstanding social enterprises and organisations across the globe, with a view to contributing to sustained improvements in social and economic development. Its five focus areas are Resource Governance, Education and Skills Training, Local Supplier Development, Economic Diversification and Social and Environmental Innovation.

Type of OrganisationFoundation, Impact investment fund/ impact investment fund manager/ impact focused venture capital fund
Region/CountryMundial
Finance OfferingEquity, Grants and awards
Exact Amount
Technical Support OfferingMentoring, Talent Placement, Network-based support, Partnership brokering, investment facilitation, networking
Focus TypeStart-ups, NGOs/Non-profits
Focus StageEarly Stage
Safaricom Foundation
África Subsahariana

The Safaricom Foundation offers grants and micro-loans to Kenyan-based entrepreneurs, small and medium enterprises and non-governmental organisations with sustainable, scalable business plans to improve the economic well-being of Kenyans through the use of mobile technology. Grants can be obtained by submitting a proposed business or project plan, including a budget for the proposed duration of funding.

Type of OrganisationFoundation, Impact investment fund/ impact investment fund manager/ impact focused venture capital fund
Region/CountryÁfrica Subsahariana
Kenia
Finance OfferingDebt finance, Grants and awards
Exact Amount
Technical Support OfferingMentoring, Talent Placement, Network-based support, Training, and other classroom based support (online/offline)
Focus TypeNGOs/Non-profits
Focus StageEarly Stage
LGT Venture Philanthropy
Mundial

LGT Venture Philanthropy provides philanthropic capital, access to business skills, management know-how, strategic advice and matchmaking. Focus sectors include health and information and communication technologies, education, agriculture and energy. The LGT Impact Fellowship connects professionals with portfolio companies.

Type of OrganisationImpact investment fund/ impact investment fund manager/ impact focused venture capital fund
Region/CountryMundial
Finance OfferingEquity, Debt finance, Grants and awards
Exact Amount
Technical Support OfferingMentoring, Talent Placement, Network-based support, One-to-one advisory support, Consulting Services, Partnership brokering, investment facilitation, networking
Focus TypeStart-ups, NGOs/Non-profits
Field Service Management App for Social Enterprises and Nonprofits
Asia Oriental y Pacífico, América Latina y el Caribe, Asia Meridional, África Subsahariana

TaroWorks LLC is a social enterprise that sells an advanced mobile data platform to help organizations enhance data collection, monitoring, sales and inventory management in the field.  Our mission is to improve product and service delivery to the poor by bringing real-time data to any organization, anywhere.

Launched by the Grameen Foundation in 2013, TaroWorks has now reached more than 90 social enterprises and nonprofit organizations across 30+ countries, supporting over 200,000 micro-entrepreneurs and improving the lives of over 3 million of the world’s poor.

TaroWorks LLC is a wholly-owned company of Grameen Foundation, a global nonprofit that empowers the poor, especially women, with breakthroughs to end poverty and hunger. TaroWorks is a nimble software as a service (SaaS) company with access to Grameen Foundation’s expertise in agriculture and health.

Type of OrganisationConsultancy, Foundation
Region/CountryAsia Oriental y Pacífico, América Latina y el Caribe, Asia Meridional, África Subsahariana
Finance OfferingNot specified
Exact Amount
Technical Support OfferingInformation sharing, resources and publications, One-to-one advisory support, Consulting Services
Focus TypeSmall and growing businesses, NGOs/Non-profits
Focus StageGrowth Companies