Upcoming Grants For Startups

1) UNICEF CLIMATE INNOVATION CHALLENGE 2025

  • Grant Amount: up to $100,000
  • Deadline: October 21, 2025
  • Summary: The challenge invites tech startups in emerging economies to help protect children’s health and reinforce community resilience.

2) CROSS BORDER JOBS STARTUP COMPETITION 2025 

  • Prize Amount: $10,000
  • Deadline: October 31, 2025
  • Summary: The competition aims to discover and support bold African startups working to reshape labour mobility across the continent.

3) COLLABORATE LAGOS 2025: AOT LAGOS 7.0

  • Prize Pool: ₦24 million
  • Deadline: November 07, 2025
  • Summary: Collaborate Lagos aims to empower entrepreneurs solving real-world challenges across key impact sectors that align with Lagos’s sustainable growth vision.

4) MCCH SUSTAINABLE FOOD CHALLENGE 2026

  • Grant amount: CHF1,000
  • Deadline: November 17, 2025
  • Summary: The MCCH Sustainable Food Challenge is a global initiative aimed at fostering innovative startups and corporations to develop solutions that feed the planet’s growing population while significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the food value chain.

5) D-PRIZE GLOBAL CHALLENGE

  • Grant amount: up to $20,000
  • Deadline: November 23, 2025
  • Summary: D-Prize offers a unique opportunity for changemakers to create lasting impact by launching new social ventures focused on expanding access to proven solutions in low- and middle-income countries.

6) HELLO TOMORROW GLOBAL CHALLENGE 2025

  • Prize amount: €100,000
  • Deadline: November 30, 2025
  • Summary: The Hello Tomorrow Global Challenge spotlights groundbreaking startups transforming the future through advanced computing, cybersecurity, and AI-driven innovation.

7) Q4 2025 KUYA GRANT

  • Grant amount: $50,000
  • Deadline: December 01, 2025
  • Summary: If your startup in Africa or Latin America is already generating revenue, the Q4 2025 Kuya Grant offers a rare chance to access non-dilutive capital (no equity given away) to fuel your next growth leap.

8) STARTUPBOOTCAMP BOLD2 FOOD AND AGRITECH ACCELERATOR PROGRAM

  • Investment amount: €25,000
  • Deadline: December 07, 2025
  • Summary: The Startupbootcamp BOLD2 Food & AgriTech is a 3-month hybrid accelerator program starting January 2026 in Amsterdam designed for passionate early-stage founders with game-changing solutions in food and agriculture.

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