UNICEF Innovation Fund

The UNICEF Innovation Fund provides $50,000–$100,000 in equity-free funding to early-stage startups developing open-source technology that improves the lives of children and young people worldwide.

Investments focus on frontier technologies including data science, machine learning, blockchain, drones, and extended reality applied to health, education, and humanitarian response.

Portfolio companies join a global network of UNICEF country offices and partners, with technical mentorship and pathways to scale solutions in emerging markets.