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demandes de financement du Fonds Catalyst
GET.invest accepts applications for funding from the Catalyst Fund

Deadline: 28-Sep-2021

Name of donor : GET.invest

Grant size : not available

Category: Grant

Reference URL : Click here

Language: EN


Applications are now open for the GET.invest Finance Catalyst, which links projects and companies with financiers. It targets small and medium-scale sustainable energy opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific.


The team provides advisory support in the areas of investment strategy, business case structuring and access to finance. They work through independent experts with extensive experience in both project development and financing.

Criteria for Catalyst Fund applications

The applications will be examined by two independent experts as part of their team. In their assessment, their experts are looking for the following elements:

  • Commercial viability : does this project offer a real value proposition?
  • Technical viability : Does the project work technically?
  • Management : can this team carry out its plans?
  • Financial viability : can this project generate a return for investors?
  • Project maturity : what stage has the project reached on the development continuum?
  • Added value : Can GET.invest Finance Catalyst add value to this project?

Eligibility criteria for Catalyst Fund applications

Le support of GET.invest Finance Catalyst is available to applicants who meet the following criteria:

  • Size of investment and production capacity The only projects and companies eligible are those with aggregate investments of between €250,000 and €70 million. For electricity production projects, a maximum aggregate production capacity of 50 MW applies.
  • Focus on renewable energies and energy efficiency A significant part of the proposed project or business must be a renewable energy system or energy efficiency equivalent, including energy storage, hydrogen and electrical appliances. Hybrid systems with a reasonable proportion of renewable generation capacity are also eligible. Clean cooking fuels (with the exception of LPG) and household appliances are also eligible.
  • Business models the models should be aimed at creating better access to energy for end users (consumers and businesses). Supported models may include electricity generation, electricity distribution (e.g. from the electricity grid), and energy efficiency (e.g. from the grid). Also eligible is the manufacture and sale of clean cooking and electrical appliances for off-grid use. In addition, the manufacture and sale of smart data systems for energy use and grid management are eligible. Financial instruments such as PAYGo, leasing and investment funds are only eligible if they are developed for a concrete pool of projects ("bundling"). Electricity transmission or biofuel projects are not eligible.
  • Revenue generation Proposals must be conceptualised as income-generating and meet a minimum threshold of economic viability and sustainability.
  • Location Applicants must be located in (or be used in) sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and/or the Pacific region.
  • Focus on the private sector Eligible applicants may be private sector developers (local and international), NGOs, universities, parastatals, government or research institutions. Ultimately, projects will need to have significant private sector involvement (or equivalent) to enable debt or equity financing, possibly combined with other funding such as grants or public sector contributions. Such a commitment from sector private can be developed during the advisory support.

For more information, please visit GET.invest .

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