Contact P4G via their 'Contact Us' webpage: https://p4gpartnerships.org/contact
P4G helps early-stage climate startups in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) become investment ready and partners them with national level public-private platforms to help navigate the marketplace. Through this approach, P4G strengthens market systems for climate entrepreneurs and accelerates just and resilient country economic transitions.
P4G’s members are committed to advancing breakthrough solutions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement commitments and are focused on poverty reduction and gender equity goals in climate-smart agriculture, clean energy and water resilience sectors.
Applicants must meet all ten eligibility criteria to submit a concept note and be considered for evaluation. Additional details about P4G's eligibility criteria can be found in their Partnership Guidelines.
- Partnership commitment: Comprise at least one early-stage climate business and one nonprofit administrative partner
- Experience and track record: Demonstrate across their partners country, sectoral, policy & regulatory environment, business, financial, social, environmental development and grant management knowledge, skills and expertise
- Sector and countries: Implement in P4G’s ODA-eligible partner countries and focus sub-sectors including climate smart agriculture, food loss and waste, water resilience, zero emissions mobility and renewable energy
- Investability: Be at the seed or post-seed financing stage with a robust business plan and a defined path to commercialization or raise capital
- Enabling system: Possess a clear understanding of policy, legal/regulatory frameworks in the country of implementation
- Additionality: Climate business solution is innovative in that it is substantially improved when compared to the state of the art in that industry and in the relevant country of operation
- Impact: Show climate, economic growth, poverty reduction, gender and development impact
- Budget: Include cost share of at least 30%, that is not in-kind and must meet mandatory activities and budget line items
- Responsible business conduct: Not have activities that are in P4G’s exclusion list and must either demonstrate their ESG plan or include a plan to develop one
- Due diligence: The two lead institutions demonstrate the ability to meet organizational due diligence requirements