Climate Tech Facility

About the Climate Tech Facility

On 22 September 2023, Mercy Corps Ventures’ Climate Lab launched its Climate Tech Facility to source pilot partners innovating in climate.

The objective of the Climate Tech Facility is to deploy innovative technologies for climate resilience in emerging markets through a series of pilots. By partnering with impactful, early-stage ventures working on climate-tech, Mercy Corps Ventures aims to build an evidence base to improve the scalability of innovative technological solutions to combat the climate crisis.

The Climate Tech Facility is a grant facility managed by MCV’s Climate Venture Lab, which will run multiple calls for proposal per year with different focus areas under the Resilient Future Thesis. The Climate Tech Facility will provide equity-free grants up to $100,00 to eligible partners. In addition to capital, MCV Climate Venture Lab will also provide mentorship, impact measurement advisory, access to partnership opportunities, knowledge exchange, and brand exposure.

2023 Call for Proposals

This call for proposals is focused on climate tech. Specifically, successful proposals should clearly articulate:

• The technological solution itself and its impact on underserved populations in emerging markets
• The viability/sustainability of the model: proving the business case with a clear value proposition, positive unit economics and the pathway to scale through a financially sound business model

About the application process

• We anticipate this form to take 2-4 hours to complete
• This form must be completed in English
• We review applications on a rolling basis, so the earlier you apply, the earlier you will hear back from us
• We recommend that you prepare your responses in a separate document to ensure you do not lose longer answers
• Please check your spam mailbox regularly, as our messages regarding your application status might end up there. After submitting your application, you will automatically receive a copy of your application to the email address below
• The deadline for submitting applications is 23:59 UTC (UK time) on 15 November 2023. Late submissions will not be accepted.