Deadline: October 20th 2023 | UNICEF Funding Opportunity In 2023
| Title: | UNICEF Funding Opportunity In 2023 |
| Organisation: | UNICEF |
| Fund/Grant; | $100 000 |
| Deadline: | October 20th 2023 |
| Eligible countries: | All countries |
The UNICEF Venture Fund is seeking to invest in Open Source, cutting-edge technological solutions that have the potential to significantly improve the physical and mental health of children. We are providing early stage, for-profit technology start-ups that can better the lives of children with up to US$100K in equity-free capital.
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We want to hear from you if your business is utilising cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), data science (DS), drones, blockchain, or extended reality (XR). We are primarily looking for businesses with registered offices in a country where UNICEF is active, remarkable functional prototypes, and a dedication to open source licencing.
The UNICEF Venture Fund is seeking to make equity-free investments of up to US$100K in for-profit technological start-ups that have the potential to enhance children’s physical, nutritional, and mental health.
We are searching for startups that use cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence, machine learning, data analytics, drones, blockchain, or extended reality. We invite you to submit if your product is registered in one of UNICEF’s programming countries, has a functional prototype, has outcomes that can be shown, and is (or might be) open source licensed.
Eligibility criteria
UNICEF is looking to provide investment-style funding to early-stage technology startups. Only entities that fulfill
these mandatory requirements will be considered eligible:
- Registered as a private company at the time of the Innovation Fund award (projected: 3 months from
- Submission of EOI)
- A private company registered in a UNICEF programme country
- Working on open source technology solutions (or willing to be open source) under the following licenses
- Or their equivalent:
- For software, a GNU General Public license, MIT or BSD,
- For hardware, a CERN, MIT or TAPR open license and
- For design or content, a CC-BY license
- An existing prototype of the open source solution with promising results from initial pilots
- Solution has the potential to positively impact the lives of the most vulnerable children
- Generating publicly exposed real-time data that is measurable
- UNICEF’s Innovation Principles
what are we seeking?
- Through nine thematic portfolios, including maternal, newborn, child & adolescent health, nutrition, mental health, youth, and humanitarian response, UNICEF’s innovation portfolio approach prioritises addressing the most difficult problems faced by children and young people in order to reach the most vulnerable populations. These portfolios provide a high priority on solutions that increase access to data, skills, and services, reinforce systems in distant and low- or no-connectivity locations, and actively involve and empower young people.
- In order to strengthen systems for health, particularly mental health, UNICEF’s Venture Fund is currently looking to invest in businesses that are creating software solutions leveraging cutting-edge technologies like blockchain, drones, data science, artificial intelligence, machine learning, or extended reality.
Our most urgent inquiries include, but are not restricted to:
- Area 1: How can we increase equity and access to services for children and their families in the areas of health, nutrition, mental health, and psychosocial support?
- Area 2: How can we generate and analyse data more effectively for children and their families’ health, nutrition, mental health, and psychosocial support?
- Area 3: How can workforce capacity be improved, particularly in unstable environments and among vulnerable people, to enhance physical and mental health as well as psychological support?
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