Innovations Against Poverty Challenge Fund 2025

Innovations Against Poverty (IAP) Challenge Fund offers matching grants to businesses ready to scale inclusive innovations. The program also provides tailored non-financial support, including business development, inclusive strategy development, and marketing, distribution, and investment readiness training. For selected grantees, IAP offers investor matchmaking and ongoing investment mentorship.

Funding in grant form plus non-financial support, investor matchmaking, and access to ongoing investment mentorship.

To be eligible for an IAP matching grant, your business must offer an inclusive product, service, or business model that benefits the base of the economic pyramid, operate in one of the eligible countries, and have passed the pilot stage with revenue generation and robust financial systems.