Applications open!
Scale your climate positive social enterprise with the Pioneer Facility.
Pioneer Facility drives financial access for enterprises led by women or supporting women and other marginalized communities in Southeast Asia and Bangladesh. Check your eligibility and apply today.
$50,000 - $500,000
Flexible Debt Financing
No Collateral
Eligible countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, The Philippines and Vietnam.
Categories that we fund
Clean Energy
We drive climate funding to clean energy projects, including solar energy for smallholder farmers and biogas enterprises.
Clean Water
We finance clean water projects, such as water filters and piped water solutions that have positive environmental and health benefits.
Waste Management
Our funding supports companies who offer innovative solutions including organic waste management and plastic recycling.
Sustainable Agriculture
We strive to finance companies working in sustainable agriculture, including food processing and bio-fertilizer.
Eligibility criteria
Climate focused social enterprise
Social enterprises producing and distributing sustainable climate positive solutions in Southeast Asia and Bangladesh
Growth stage
We fund companies ready to take their solutions to the next level, must be 2+ years operational and ready to scale
Reach women & underserved communities
Our investments are driven to solutions that benefit low-income, underserved communities. We allocate 40% of funding to women led intiatives.
Secure funding for your enterprise
Pioneer Facility impacts
About Pioneer Facility
Nexus for Development is the fund manager for the Pioneer Facility, a developing economy impact investment fund that provides short to medium term debt capital to private growth-stage enterprises.
We support initiatives in Southeast Asia that focus on energy, water, waste management and agriculture solutions that benefit low-income, underserved communities. The Pioneer Facility is committed to funding women led businesses and those that drive both environmental and social impacts.
