• Development Finance Institution or Donor Agency

Water and Energy for Food (WE4F) South and Southeast Asia Regional Innovation Hub

WE4F aims to increase food production, impact gender and poverty, and promote biodiversity, climate, and environmental resilience by sustainably scaling solutions to meet the challenges in the water-energy-food nexus. By 2024, WE4F S/SE Asia Hub aims to: Identify and fund at least 40 total WE4F innovators across the region

support innovators in reaching a minimum of 1 million smallholder farmers and other end users, including 250,000 women

help farmers increase food production while increasing water and energy efficiencies

increase investment to innovators by at least $20 million

and enhance the enabling environment for WE4F innovations through advocacy and capacity building activities.

  • Stages of Support

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

Organization Programs

Cambodia: Khmer Green Charcoal, Call for Innovations

Indonesia: Sumba Solutions, Call for Innovations

Myanmar: Tun Yat, Call for Innovations

The Philippines: Call for Innovations

Thailand: Call for Innovations

Vietnam: Call for Innovations

Regional Programs: Call for Innovations

  • Investment Instruments

    • Grant

  • Sectors of Focus

    • Green and Renewable Energy
    • Sustainable Agriculture and Aquaculture
    • Water and Sanitation

  • Services

    • Conduct research on the sector to disseminate publicly (such as an entrepreneurship research report)
    • Invest or provide direct financial support to SGBs or entrepreneurs
    • Provide financial support to entrepreneur-support intermediaries

  • 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
    • Support on governance structure
    • Operations and technology development or adoption
    • Legal, accounting, other office services

  • Market linkages services

    • Access to new markets/customers
    • Meeting product standards

  • Investment linkages services

    • Access to information/research
    • Pitch readiness
    • Technical support on term sheets or investment structuring
    • Access to investors
    • Legal due diligence

  • Program online

    • Hybrid

  • Focus Tech

    • No

  • Focus Population

    • Rural entrepreneurs
    • Youth entrepreneurs
    • Base of the pyramid population
    • Women entrepreneurs
    • Minority or disadvantaged populations
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