Prize and challenge funds
The database lists 24 organisations that use prize / challenge fund. The most common investor types are Accelerator / Incubator (12), Private Foundation (4) and Family Foundation (3). The most common headquarters are the United States (13), the United Arab Emirates (2) and Sweden (2). Leading sectors: Education (8), Health & Wellbeing (4) and Livelihoods & Employment (4).
Examples in the database
- Global Resilience PartnershipService Provider · Sweden
- ARUN SeedVenture Capital · Japan
- Conrad N. Hilton FoundationFamily Foundation · United States
- H&M Foundation - a SEPARATE legal entity from the H&M Group, funded by the Stefan Persson family, NOT the companyFamily Foundation · Sweden
- Bao Son Tourism and Trading Investment Joint Stock CompanyPrivate Equity · Vietnam
- Majra - National CSR FundPrivate Foundation · United Arab Emirates
- Dubai HoldingSingle Family Office · United Arab Emirates
- King Baudouin FoundationPrivate Foundation · Belgium
- Motsepe Foundation (founded 1999 by Patrice Motsepe and Dr Precious Moloi-Motsepe)Family Foundation · South Africa
- Google.orgCorporate Foundation · United States
- Visa Everywhere InitiativePrivate Foundation · United States
- Earthshot PrizeAccelerator / Incubator · United Kingdom
What these 24 organisations look like
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More by instrument
- Equity impact investors 1,535
- Impact lenders (debt and loans) 736
- Grant-making funders 561
- Impact bond investors 138
- Real asset impact investors 118
- Convertible and SAFE impact investors 102
- Technical assistance providers 81
- Guarantee and first-loss providers 78
- Blended finance investors 71
- Impact investors backing funds (LPs) 43
- Listed equity impact investors 33
- Mezzanine impact investors 29
- Microfinance investors 23
- Quasi-equity impact investors 23
- Seed and early-stage impact investors 20
- Growth equity impact investors 10
- Revenue-based finance providers 5