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Climate Ventures is sponsored by UNICEF Ventures. This program offers equity-free funding to early-stage startups building open-source frontier tech solutions at the intersection of climate and child health, ready to deploy in low-resource or emergency settings across areas like strategic planning, early warning, healthcare readiness, and point-of-care support.
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Apply Now: $100,000 UNICEF Funding for Climate Tech Startups - ICTworks Follow us: Facebook , Twitter , RSS Feed ⇓ More from ICTworks Apply Now: $100,000 UNICEF Funding for Climate Tech Startups By Wayan Vota on April 27, 2026 About 1 billion children live in countries facing high climate and environmental risk, and 466 million children now live in areas experiencing at least twice as many extreme heat days as their grandparents did in the 1960s.
Yet children remain largely absent from the design of the climate technologies meant to protect them. The Climate Ventures call for applications is offering up to US$100,000 in equity-free funding to early-stage startups building open-source frontier tech solutions at the intersection of climate and child health. This is the first cohort in a five-year Climate Ventures investment program focused on child-centric climate innovation.
The Venture Fund is looking for AI, machine learning, blockchain, and other frontier tech solutions ready to deploy in low-resource or emergency settings across four areas: Early warning, early action : hyperlocal alerts for floods, heat, air pollution, and disease outbreaks, including parametric insurance and decentralized sensor networks (DePINs) in schools and clinics Healthcare readiness : predictive analytics for malaria, dengue, heatwave morbidity surges, and respiratory illness from wildfire smoke or dust storms Point-of-care support : offline-capable LLMs for community health workers, multilingual triage systems, and consent-based data sharing tools Startups must be registered in one of UNICEF’s programme countries , have a working prototype, and commit to open-source licensing .
UNICEF is explicitly encouraging women-led startups and young founders to apply.
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According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Early-stage startups registered in one of UNICEF's program countries, with a working prototype, and a commitment to open-source licensing. Women-led startups and young founders are explicitly encouraged to apply. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to US$100,000 in equity-free funding. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
The published deadline was May 17, 2026, which has passed. Check the official notice for any future application windows before investing time in a proposal.
Climate Ventures is funded by UNICEF Ventures. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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