• Capacity Development Provider

Habitat for Humanity

A world where everyone has a decent place to live. Habitat's Terwilliger Center supports ShelterTech entrepreneurs scale in low income markets. SheltetTech specifically seeks out startups providing sustainable and/or circular alternatives for the building sector.

  • Stages of Support

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

Organization Programs

Regional Programs: ShelterTech, Shelter Venture Fund

  • Investment Instruments

    • Debt
    • Grant

  • Sectors of Focus

    • Green and Renewable Energy
    • Sustainable Infrastructure and Transportation
    • Water and Sanitation
    • Circular Economy and Waste Reduction
    • Disaster Risk Reduction and Mitigation

  • Services

    • Conduct research on the sector to disseminate publicly (such as an entrepreneurship research report)
    • Host events for entrepreneurs or entrepreneur support intermediaries
    • Invest or provide direct financial support to SGBs or entrepreneurs
    • Run an accelerator program
    • Invest into funds targeting small and growing businesses (SGBs) or entrepreneurs

  • Nonfinancial Services

    • Capacity development services
    • Market linkages
    • Investment linkages

  • Capacity development services

    • Access to networks and partners
    • Business strategy and planning
    • Performance or impact measurement and management support
    • Value/supply chain development
    • Operations and technology development or adoption

  • Market linkages services

    • Access to new markets/customers
    • Meeting product standards
    • Access to infrastructure
    • Access to materials

  • Investment linkages services

    • Pitch readiness
    • Access to investors

  • Program online

    • Hybrid

  • Focus Tech

    • No

  • Focus Population

    • Base of the pyramid population
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