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Grants, VC funds, accelerators, and competitions for African entrepreneurs.
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Convergence is a nonprofit blended finance membership platform for institutions working on sustainable development in developing countries and emerging markets. Members can access transaction data, quarterly briefings, analytical tools, deal flow, investor matching, secure messaging, learning sessions, and online education modules. It also runs a Blended Finance Accelerator that provides design grants, acceleration support, and market intelligence for new blended finance solutions. Any institution can register as a member, though some products and services are limited to accredited or sophisticated investors because Convergence is a regulated entity.
Data & Intelligence
Access to data on past blended finance transactions, including impact targets, blending approach, and investors; quarterly briefings; analytical tools; bespoke analysis on request; case studies; curated knowledge library; recommendations based on user interests and preferences; quarterly webinars.
Deal Flow & Networking
For investors: access information on and connect with high quality deals currently fundraising; deal recommendations based on interests. For deal sponsors: post your deal, get matched with investors, connect and communicate. Members can also view profiles, use secure messaging, attend quarterly member meetings and events, and access an events tracker.
Learning & Capacity
In-depth onboarding to ascertain institution interests and needs for blended finance; bespoke blended finance learning sessions and workshops; access to online educational modules; early access or preferential rates for blended finance executive education programs at partner universities.
Blended Finance Accelerator
Supports blended finance practitioners with design grants, acceleration support, and market intelligence to scope, structure, and launch new blended finance solutions that unlock commercial investment to accelerate sustainable development in emerging markets.
Blended finance
Use of catalytic capital from public or philanthropic sources to increase private sector investment in sustainable development.
Sustainable development in developing countries
Convergence focuses on increasing private sector investment in sustainable development in developing countries and emerging markets.
Blended finance deal support
Mentorship, network, sector expertise
Check current fund status and deployment activity
Applicants and members should show a clear blended finance approach: how catalytic capital will unlock commercial investment and support sustainable development in emerging markets. If you are a deal sponsor, the best path in is to present a high-quality deal currently fundraising and make your sector and geographic interests explicit so matching and recommendations are more relevant.
2015
Active Since
Yes
Deploying
Multiple portfolio companies