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Home»Search by Region»Asia»IFC She Wins Climate Acceleration Program 2025

IFC She Wins Climate Acceleration Program 2025

Jude OgarMarch 10, 20253 Mins Read
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Deadline: March 17, 2025

Applications are open for the IFC She Wins Climate Acceleration Program 2025. She Wins Climate, an initiative launched by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, and implemented by adelphi, VC4A and EBAN. This program aims to support women-led climate startups in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

The program’s goal is to empower women-led startups with innovative climate change solutions by enhancing their investment readiness and fundraising capabilities. The comprehensive program includes in-person and virtual workshops, technical assistance, mentorship, and investment opportunities.

Benefits

  • Investment Opportunities: Connect with top investors and participate in curated pitch events.
  • Mentorship: Receive specialized guidance from global experts in climate innovation and female entrepreneurship.
  • Visibility: Showcase your startup to a global audience of partners and stakeholders.
  • Tailored Training: Enhance your skills in investment readiness and pitching.
  • Business Technical Support: Obtain support for your daily operations.
  • Peer-to-Peer Learning: Engage with fellow entrepreneurs to share experiences and insights.

Eligibility

This program is tailored for women startup founders whose ventures are focused on climate change solutions or technologies and are based in Eastern Europe or Central Asia.

  • Criteria for Participants:
    • You must be 21+ years of age
    • You must identify as a woman
    • You must be the founder, co-founder, owner, or executive of the startup
    • You must be fluent in English
  • Criteria for Startups:
    • Women-Owned/Women-Led: Your startup must be owned or led by women.
    • For-Profit and Legally Registered: Your startup must be a for-profit entity, legally registered as an independent entity, and in business for at least one year at the time of submission.
    • Market Presence and Revenue Generation: Your startup must offer a product or service that is available on the market and generating revenue.
    • Early-Stage: Your startup should be in the early stages, beyond the ideation phase (targeting ventures at the pre-SEED, SEED, and Series-A funding stages). More mature businesses will also be considered unless they are at the growth or exit stage.
    • Regional Presence:The majority of your startup’s employees, assets, or operations must be based in one of the following countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Tajikistan, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
    • Tech-Enabled Climate Solutions: Your product or service must be tech-enabled and explicitly focused on climate change solutions, with climate change being core to your startup’s mission, strategy, and operations.
      • Solutions and technologies could address greenhouse gas emissions reductions, energy efficiency, adaptation and resilience, circular processes, sustainable products or services, pollution reduction or prevention, conservation, and/or nature-based solutions.
      • Startups with only a minor focus on climate change are not eligible for this program.

Application

Submit your application by March 17, 2025 to join the She Wins Climate cohort. The program runs for approximately 10 months, starting in April 2025.

Click here to apply

For more information, visit IFC She Wins Climate Acceleration Program.

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