• Capacity Development Provider

Fetola

Groundswell is Fetola's environmental initiative to accelerate the success of small businesses offering products and services in the water, sustainability and resource efficiency sectors. This practical programme, supported by seed funding from J.P. Morgan, builds entrepreneurial success and helps big corporates and small business owners do better business together. Groundswell actively encourages collaboration between entrepreneurs and citizens, technical advisors and Government stakeholders, and those needing recognised suppliers of sustainable solutions.

  • Stages of Support

    • Idea
    • Start-up
    • Early
    • Growth
    • Mature

  • Nonfinancial support delivery mechanism

    • Mentoring
    • Classroom / seminar training
    • Online / mobile
    • Direct Consulting Services
    • Cohort or group support
    • Peer to Peer / Network-based Support

  • Nonfinancial Support

    • Leadership development
    • Access to networks and partners
    • Marketing support or market research
    • Building HR capacity
    • Business strategy and planning
    • Financial management
    • Needs assessment
    • Performance management
    • Value / supply chain development
    • Ideation
    • Governance structure
    • Investor matchmaking
    • Exit strategies
    • Technology development or adoption
    • Media exposure

  • Intervention Type

    • Provide nonfinancial services to entrepreneurs directly

  • Sectors of Focus

    • Agriculture & Food
    • Energy
    • Environment
    • Water & sanitation

  • Stakeholder or Business Model Focus

    • Social enterprise
    • Women entrepreneurs
    • Science, engineering or invention based businesses
    • Rural communities
    • Youth entrepreneurs
    • Urban communities
    • Minority or previously excluded population

  • Impact objectives

    • Capacity building
    • Employment generation
    • Energy and fuel efficiency
    • Food security and nutrition
    • Income/productivity growth
    • Sustainable energy
    • Water resources management
    • Access to clean water and sanitation
    • Natural resources conservation
    • Sustainable land use
    • Pollution prevention and waste management

  • Verticals

    • AgTech
    • CleanTech
    • Biotech
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