Base de données d'investisseurs et d'assistance technique

Cette base de données est destinée aux entreprises qui recherchent une assistance technique et/ou financière. Elle établit la liste des organisations et des initiatives qui apportent différents types d’aide, par exemple du capital sous forme de subventions, de prêts et d’actions, ou de l’assistance technique sous forme de conseils ou d’aide à la création de partenariats ou de réseaux.

La base de données est disponible uniquement en anglais.

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

Intermediary Database

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Advance Consulting
Monde

Advance Consulting is an international business consulting company specialized in the acquisition of (repayable) grants, concessional loans and equity finance for companies investing in emerging economies. Over the past 20 years we have successfully developed business plans and sourced concessional funding for our clients in more than 40 countries. To date Advance Consulting successfully supported over 400 companies to attract funding. Annually we raise between EUR 40 and EUR 80 million for our clients and impact projects globally. We have a strong network of impact funders, including (governmental) donor agencies, DFIs, institutional financiers, private investors and fund managers.

Type of OrganisationConsultancy
Region/CountryMonde
Exact Amount
Technical Support OfferingOne-to-one advisory support, Consulting Services
Focus TypeSmall and growing businesses
Focus StageEarly Stage, Growth Companies
Amplify Change
Asie du Sud, Afrique subsaharienne

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/CountryAsie du Sud, Afrique subsaharienne
Finance OfferingGrants and awards
Exact Amount
Focus TypeNGOs/Non-profits
IB TopicsGenre
CREAS ECUADOR
Amérique latine et Caraïbes

We are an impact investment fund investing in early-stage companies in Ecuador that are resolving social and environmental issues in the country. Equity tickets range from $50K to $250K.

Type of OrganisationImpact investment fund/ impact investment fund manager/ impact focused venture capital fund
Region/CountryAmérique latine et Caraïbes
Équateur
Finance OfferingEquity
Amount$50,000 -150,000
Exact Amount$50,000-$250,000
Technical Support OfferingOne-to-one advisory support, Consulting Services
Focus TypeSmall and growing businesses
Focus StageEarly Stage
Dalberg
Monde

Dalberg is a strategic advisory firm with services in strategy, evaluation, human-centred design, inclusive business growth, inclusive economic development, investing for development, leadership and talent, organisational effectiveness, and policy and advocacy.

Type of OrganisationConsultancy
Region/CountryMonde
Exact Amount
Technical Support OfferingAdvocacy, Information sharing, resources and publications, One-to-one advisory support, Consulting Services, Training, and other classroom based support (online/offline)
Focus TypeNot specified
Global Partnerships
Amérique latine et Caraïbes, Afrique subsaharienne

Global Partnerships (GP) funds early-stage social enterprises. Its main focus areas are women empowerment and rural poverty. GP provides grants for pilot phase enterprises and debt financing to support growth of proven enterprises.

Type of OrganisationImpact investment fund/ impact investment fund manager/ impact focused venture capital fund
Region/CountryAmérique latine et Caraïbes, Afrique subsaharienne
Finance OfferingDebt finance, Grants and awards
Exact Amount
Technical Support OfferingMentoring, Talent Placement, Network-based support, Partnership brokering, investment facilitation, networking
Focus TypeStart-ups
Focus StageEarly Stage
Human Development Innovation Fund (HDIF)
Afrique subsaharienne

The Human Development Innovation Fund (HDIF) is a challenge fund to drive and support innovative approaches to improving the quality, value for money, and sustainability of basic services in the education, health, and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sectors in Tanzania. HDIF is not a research grant and requires applicants from organisations with at least five employees to submit innovations that have been tested.

Type of OrganisationChallenge Fund/Programme/Facility
Region/CountryAfrique subsaharienne
Tanzanie
Finance OfferingGrants and awards
Exact Amount
Technical Support OfferingOne-to-one advisory support, Consulting Services, Partnership brokering, investment facilitation, networking
Focus TypeNot specified
Humanitarian Innovation Fund
Monde

The HIF is a globally-recognised programme leading on the development and testing of innovation in the humanitarian system. Established in 2011, it was the first of its kind: an independent, grant-making programme open to the entire humanitarian community. It now leads the way in funding, supporting, and managing innovation at every stage of the innovation process.
The HIF’s portfolio of funded projects has informed a more detailed understanding of what successful innovation looks like, and what it can achieve for the humanitarian community. This work is leading the global conversation on innovation in humanitarian response.

Type of OrganisationChallenge Fund/Programme/Facility, Govt/Donor/State-owned enterprises
Region/CountryMonde
Finance OfferingGrants and awards
Amount$20,000 - 50,000
Exact Amountup to $68,000
Focus TypeNot specified
IB TopicsGenre
Impact Investment Exchange (IIX)
Asie de l’Est et Pacifique, Asie du Sud

Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) manages a fund called IIX Growth Fund which invests between USD250,000 to USD 5 million. In addition, it offers impact advisory and research, a private placement platform connecting impact investors with innovative impact enterprises, the Women's Livelihood Bond, a trading platform, accelerator programmes, the IIX Growth Fund and training courses for corporates, non-profits, foundations and other industry professionals.

Type of OrganisationImpact investment fund/ impact investment fund manager/ impact focused venture capital fund
Region/CountryAsie de l’Est et Pacifique, Asie du Sud
Finance OfferingEquity, Debt finance
Amount$150,000 - 500,000
Exact Amount$250,000 - 5 million
Technical Support OfferingInformation sharing, resources and publications, Mentoring, Talent Placement, Network-based support, Partnership brokering, investment facilitation, networking, Training, and other classroom based support (online/offline)
Focus TypeStart-ups
Focus StageEarly Stage
IB TopicsGenre

Kiva is an international non-profit crowdfunding platform connecting lenders and borrowers. Borrowers get access to capital of up to USD 10,000 at zero percent interest.

Type of OrganisationNetwork/ Business association/ membership organisation/ knowledge platform
Region/CountryMonde
Finance OfferingDebt finance
Amount$0 - 20,000
Exact Amountup to $10,000
Focus TypeStart-ups
Focus StageEarly Stage
IB TopicsGenre
Lotus Fund
Asie de l’Est et Pacifique

Lotus Impact (formerly Global Impact Fund for Today) is a social impact fund targeting small and medium-sized enterprises to further socio-economic and environmental value to communities worldwide. It provides both seed stage and follow on investments. Financial support is backed by technical assistance. Lotus Impact acts also acts as an ecosystem actor and facilitates shared learning on business investment and practice, especially in developing economies, to spur a diverse and robust network of impact investors, businesses and government policymakers.

Type of OrganisationImpact investment fund/ impact investment fund manager/ impact focused venture capital fund
Region/CountryAsie de l’Est et Pacifique
Viêt Nam
Finance OfferingEquity
Exact Amount
Technical Support OfferingInformation sharing, resources and publications, Mentoring, Talent Placement, Network-based support, Partnership brokering, investment facilitation, networking
Focus TypeStart-ups
Focus StageEarly Stage, Growth Companies
IB TopicsGenre