For DFIs, foundations & development partners

Fund the work. Measure what changes.

For DFIs, foundations and development partners. Fund service pilots, new companies or Build54 talent programmes, with outcomes agreed up front.

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Service pilots
Talent opportunities
Outcome reporting

Put your mandate into practice.

Widen access to services, strengthen local livelihoods or create paid work. We agree who should benefit, and how to measure it, before any work starts.

01

Fund a service pilot

Commission customer research or a pilot in healthcare, commerce or delivery. Test access, price and reliability with an operating partner responsible for the service.

Explore product & service delivery
02

Create talent opportunities

Help Build54 develop funded assessment, paid roles or research. Include participant support and follow pay, work quality and retention in ventures and external teams.

Explore Build54 programmes
03

Support venture development

Support founders and venture ideas, including those emerging through Build54. Fund customer validation, expertise or market access; agree development support separately from any company investment.

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Bring your development mandate

  • The people, businesses and places you aim to serve.
  • The gap in services, livelihoods or paid work.
  • What your funding would make possible.
  • Eligibility, procurement route and delivery budget.

Agree funding and reporting

  • Starting measures, outcome targets and reporting dates.
  • Inclusion, participant consent and required safeguards.
  • Procurement terms and conflicts of interest.
  • Required independent review and a continuation or handover plan.

Agree the goal. Fund delivery. Review outcomes.

Programme support, technical assistance and company investment serve different purposes. Each has its own funding, eligibility and reporting terms.

  1. 01

    Define who should benefit

    Mandate & funding fit

    Agree the barrier, intended change and eligible participants. Identify what the partnership adds and what each partner brings.

  2. 02

    Fund the work

    Partnership agreement

    Agree milestones, delivery owners and the full budget. Include participant support, operating costs and reporting.

  3. 03

    Report and decide

    Outcome review

    Compare outcomes with targets, distinguishing starts in paid roles from progress towards new businesses. Report costs and limitations, then decide whether to adapt, expand or hand over.

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Bring your mandate. We’ll plan the work.

Tell us who you serve, what should change and the funding available.

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