Funding Opportunities Roundup for April 2023

Starting a purpose-driven, impact start-up is no easy feat. While passion, creativity, and hard work are all essential ingredients for success, funding is also a critical component that cannot be overlooked. The planet may desperately need your help, but all start ups need financial support in some form or other. Check out the most recent opportunities below.

1. Capify has launched a new £40m Small Business Fund to support SMEs in the UK. The fund is aimed at providing SMEs with the necessary working capital for various business purposes, with loans ranging from £5,000 to £500,000. It aims to alleviate the potentially crippling cash crisis and “provide a much-needed lifeline for businesses struggling with increasingly challenging conditions”. Find out more and apply here. See how much you can borrow with their loan calculator here.

2. The Green Changemakers Challenge seeks solutions from individuals helping people and communities tackle the climate crisis, offering up to $25,000 in grant funding from a prize fund of $225,000. Deadline to apply is 26th April 2023.

3. Planet Foundamentals is a 4-month accelerator for social impact startups offering new solutions to the most urgent global challenges for the future with up to €100,000 in seed funding. Deadline to apply is 30th April 2023.

4. Petit Pli is looking for innovative, sustainable and design orientated brands to exhibit at its store in Battersea Power Station. Apply or nominate here.

5. Innovate UK Smart Grants opened in January and is offering a share of up to £25 million for game-changing and commercially viable R&D innovations that will help the UK economy - including projects that help to achieve Net Zero. The competition closes Weds 14th June 2023 11 AM GMT. Find out more here. See all Innovate UK opportunities here.

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