Funding Opportunities

Funder: FINCA Ventures & ClimateShot Investor Coalition (CLIC)
Description: Turn your climate-smart or fintech innovation into a $100,000 reality. We are hunting for revenue-generating African startups that are solving financial inclusion. Top finalists will even fly to San Francisco to pitch directly to global leaders and secure strategic investment!

Application Deadline: Check application portal
Application Link: https://lnkd.in/dZmTm6NZ

Funder: O’Shaughnessy Ventures (OSV)
Description: Stop dreaming and start building with a $100,000 equity-free grant. This fellowship is a “no strings attached” rocket ship for creators and researchers working on ambitious, world-changing projects. You keep 100% ownership while gaining access to a global network of elite investors.

Application Deadline: April 30, 2026
Application Link: https://lnkd.in/e5p9xytQ

Founder: Concordia University & Hindsight Ventures
Description: Ready to scale your startup? Join a 4-week elite venture bootcamp designed for African founders aged 18–35. Gain access to mentorship from global industry titans, an international Demo Day, and over $600,000 in tech credits from giants like AWS and Microsoft to supercharge your growth!

Application Deadline: 27 March 2026
Application Link: https://lnkd.in/d9cM6DBp

Funder: The Baobab Network
Description: Applications are open for African startups to join The Baobab Network Accelerator, offering $100,000 in seed investment, a 12-week accelerator programme, and hands-on venture support to help founders refine product-market fit and scale their ventures.

Application Link: https://lnkd.in/emEwe-u

Funder: Hindsight Ventures in partnership with Concordia University
Description: Calls are open for young African founders (18–35) to join a 4-week virtual bootcamp, gain $600,000+ in tech credits, mentorship, and pitch opportunities to investors — designed to turn scalable ideas into investable ventures.

Application Deadline: 27 March 2026
Apply here: https://lnkd.in/dQVUrxkR

Funder: Google for Startups
Description: African tech startups (Seed to Series A) can join a 3-month hybrid accelerator to scale faster with mentorship, technical support, up to $350,000 in Google Cloud credits, and access to a global ecosystem.

Application Deadline: Rolling
Apply here: https://lnkd.in/ehq-cNKt

Funder: The Iris Prize Initiative
Description: Young environmental leaders can access flexible grants, mentorship, and skills-building to scale nature-focused projects globally — from new ideas to initiatives ready to expand.

Application Deadline: 8 April 2026
Apply here: https://lnkd.in/edJY6rZR

Funder: The Rockefeller Foundation
Description: Global leaders, researchers, and artists can spend 4 weeks in Lake Como, Italy, fully funded, advancing projects that tackle major global challenges while collaborating with an interdisciplinary cohort of changemakers.

Application Link: https://lnkd.in/egCPXSsY

Funder: World Food Prize Foundation
Description: Early-stage AgTech startups developing innovative solutions for agriculture, food systems, and global food security can compete for up to $65,000 in prizes, including a $50,000 grand prize and global exposure at the Borlaug Dialogue.

Application Deadline: 15 April 2026

Application Link: https://lnkd.in/e-wTPzP3

Funder: All Good Ventures
Description: Early-stage social entrepreneurs building ventures that support marginalized communities can access NZD $5,000–$20,000 in seed funding, along with a full year of mentorship and expert support to help grow sustainable impact-driven businesses.

Application Window: 1–31 March each year

Application Link: https://lnkd.in/gTCKRfpX