• Capacity Development Provider
ygap is an international organisation that creates positive change by making entrepreneurship more inclusive. We believe that business can be a force for good, and that entrepreneurship is key to solving the most challenging social and environmental problems facing our world today. But for this to happen, the world's diversity must be represented in creating these solutions and the systems that enable them to succeed. ygap exists to increase the capacity and agency of entrepreneurs to run successful businesses, and reduce the barriers that inhibit access and inclusion within the entrepreneurial ecosystem. At a micro level, we increase the capacity and agency of entrepreneurs to run successful businesses that are making a positive impact. At a macro level we reduce the structural barriers that inhibit access and inclusion within the entrepreneurial ecosystem, to create an enabling environment for small business to thrive.
  • Stages of Support

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

    • Grant
  • Sectors of Focus

    • Agriculture & Food
    • Artisanal
    • Education
    • Environment
    • Financial services
    • Health
    • Housing & community development
    • Supply chain services
    • Water & sanitation
  • 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
  • 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
    • Talent development/HR (including leadership)
    • Legal/accounting/other office services
  • Market linkages services

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

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

    • Yes
  • Focus Population

    • Refugees and/or internally displaced people
    • Rural entrepreneurs
    • Youth entrepreneurs
    • Base of the pyramid population
    • Women entrepreneurs
    • Entrepreneurs with disabilities
    • Minority or previously excluded population