2022 Ākina Impact Investment Readiness Programme (IIRP)
The Impact Investment Readiness Programme is back for the sixth year running – and it's the biggest round ever, with $300,000 available.
This programme is one of a kind in New Zealand, and we run it every year because Aotearoa needs more businesses that make a positive difference in people’s lives and for the environment. If your business exists to create positive outcomes in people’s lives or for the environment AND you have plans to seek investment, this programme is for you.
The aim of the programme is to support impact-driven businesses with their plans to seek investment. It works too – businesses that this programme has supported in the past have gone on to raise a combined total of over $20m investment.
Successful applicants receive up to $30,000 to spend on whatever professional support is needed to get them ready to secure investment.
Programme funding could be used to access:
Legal support
Accounting and financial support
Business and impact consultancy services
Marketing and communications services
Other support that aligns with your plans to seek investment...
This programme is only possible with the support of our partners...
Ngā mihi nui to our programme partners Kiwibank, The Tindall Foundation, Foundation North and WEL Energy Trust for your ongoing commitment to supporting more impact-driven businesses create positive social and/or environmental change in Aotearoa.