UNICEF Innovation Funding Opportunity 2023 | APPLY NOW!

This informs the public about the UNICEF Innovation Funding Opportunity 2023 for Frontier tech solutions. Details about the Program are given below.

UNICEF Innovation Funding Opportunity 2023

About UNICEF Innovation Funding Opportunity 2023

UNICEF’s Innovation Fund invests in early-stage, open-source, emerging technology digital public goods with the potential to impact children on a global scale. It also provides product and technology assistance, support with business growth, and access to a network of experts and partners to allow for scale and growth.

Our ambition is to build successful digital solutions into Global Digital Public Goods, to ensure fair, equitable, and open access to these unique and new tools for human development on a global scale.

Program Details

BUSINESS GROWTH

A network of mentors help startup teams develop their business model and strategy around an open source technology, to grow their company and ultimately profit.

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

In addition to financial investment, startups and UNICEF Country Offices receive technical assistance from the UNICEF Ventures team and dedicated expert mentors to help validate and improve their solutions. Connections with partners provide valuable expertise on product development.

UNICEF NETWORK

Startups can leverage UNICEF Ventures’ dedicated Data Science team which hosts and shares data platforms including RapidPro and Magic Box, access unique testing environments such as drone corridors and country office programmes, and utilize corporate partners for potential follow-on funding.

Benefit

All companies of the portfolio receive tailored support for product development, building a business model, and user testing based on their own needs assessment.

Startups also gain access to the UNICEF Ventures team’s tech expertise, networks and platforms to help them reach the stage where they can prove that their solutions work and tap into larger funding sources.

UNICEF Innovation Funding Opportunity 2023 Application

For those interested in UNICEF Innovation Funding Opportunity 2023, open this link to start the application process.

Application Deadline

  • The deadline for receipt of applications is 18 July 2023.

Open this link for more details about the UNICEF Innovation Funding Opportunity 2023.

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