Scale your impact with expert training and pitch your solution for a chance to secure investment and accelerate change!

Your business is gaining traction, but navigating the investment world can be challenging. The EDP Hope Fund Investment Program is designed to help entrepreneurs like you refine your financial strategy, strengthen your investment readiness, and amplify your social impact. Through expert mentorship, strategic workshops, and access to a network of investors, we’ll equip you with the knowledge and tools to measure, communicate, and scale your impact while securing the funding needed to grow sustainably.

If selected, EDP may invest directly in your business!

Free Investment Training

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Apply before May 5th, 2025

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Open for Latin America, Spain and Portugal

2.5 months

Type of funding: Loan. Up to 500k€ in funding with 0% interest
Participation Certificate

About the program

The EDP Hope Fund aims to support and finance social entrepreneurs dedicated to ensuring a fair and inclusive energy transition, leaving no one behind. In collaboration with Ashoka and Bridge for Billions, the Hope Fund offers a program to help social entrepreneurs develop scaling strategies for their solutions and access patient and flexible funding opportunities.

 

Throughout this second edition of the fund, participants will receive 1-1 and group mentorship, along with a structured, step-by-step approach to building a clear, feasible, and investment-worthy scaling strategy. This process will enable them to increase their social impact and expand their reach to those most in need of a just energy transition.

 

As a founder of the Hope Fund, EDP will select the most promising solutions for investment. The fund offers ticket sizes ranging from $80,000 to $500,000 per entrepreneur, with a total fund of up to $1.5 million. This investment prioritizes impact over financial returns, focusing on patient, flexible funding for high-potential social enterprises, and an impact horizon of up to 7 years to ensure long-term social and environmental benefits. 

Not all participants will receive funding, but all will gain the tools to successfully attract investment—whether from EDP or other aligned funders.

Prepare your scaling strategy with us and present your project for the opportunity to receive investment!

You’ll receive a 2-month intensive training to learn how to engage with investors, analyze your impact indicators, master your financials, and how-to craft winning pitches. Then you’ll get to present your pitch to EDP’s investment committee for a chance to secure funding. At the end of this program, you will have a compelling investment case, a well-defined financial strategy, and the confidence to approach investors.

Aside from this, you’ll enjoy:

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Expert mentorship

Expert mentorship from an investor who reviews 1,000+ pitches annually.

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Investment training

Investment training from advisors who’ve helped companies raise up to $3M.

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A chance to partner with EDP

A chance to partner with EDP, a global leader in energy transition.

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Zero-interest funding

Zero-interest funding (up to €500K) for selected projects.

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Impact measurement training

Impact measurement training, to showcase your social and environmental value to investors.

Do you have a business in one of these sectors?
We’re looking to invest in you.

Access to Clean Energy

Projects that provide clean, reliable, safe, and affordable energy to underserved communities and disadvantaged people.

Energy Efficiency

Solutions that enhance energy efficiency for underserved communities and disadvantaged people.

Up-skilling and Reskilling

Initiatives that offer up-skilling and reskilling for energy transition industries, with affordable tuition models.

Environmental Preservation and Restoration

Projects that foster the preservation and restoration of forests and biodiversity, with a positive social impact, especially in underserved areas.

How to apply to the program?

Submit the short survey

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Start by clicking on the “Apply now” button.

Fill in your personal and project information for us to review the project general data.

If you’re shortlisted, we’ll share with you a longer application form you’ll have to submit before May 5th.

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Submit the long form

Complete all sections of the application form, thoroughly filling out each answer. Once completed, you’ll be able to submit the Typeform.

Submit your application and await further news

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Submit your application and await further news: We recommend that you review your application in detail one last time. If you’re good to go, click “Submit” in the lower right corner.

Make sure to submit your application by May, 5th 2025.

Our team will be in touch with a notification about the status of your application.

With this program you will:

Understand what investors want

Learn what investors look for and how to develop effective strategies to get funding.

Get strategic support

Gain EDP’s recognition and assistance in key areas of your company.

Master investor interactions

Gain skills to create compelling pitches and one-pagers that attract investors.

Gain financial know-how

Get a handle on financial modeling and due diligence.

Receive feedback from experts

Have your pitch reviewed by experts.

Get Potential funding

If selected by the EDP investment committee, you will receive funding to grow your solution and make a bigger impact.

This program is perfect for you if...

1.Giving access to clean, reliable, safe and affordable energy for underserved communities and/or disadvantaged people.

2. Providing energy efficiency for underserved communities and/or disadvantaged people.

3.Providing up-skilling and reskilling for energy transition industries, with affordable tuition models.

4.Fostering the preservation and restoration of forests and biodiversity, with positive social impact and especially in underserved areas

1.Seed Stage: You have a new business idea or startup that needs funding to develop and launch.

2.Growth Stage: Your business is established and you need additional funding to expand and reach more people.

Apply before:

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Submit your application before May 5, 2025

Important dates

Applications
Until May 5th
Send your application before May 5th: send your application and let us know your story and your project. We are excited to learn more about you and the business you're building. Our team will evaluate all applications from people interested in joining the accelerator program.
Participant announcement
June 16th
Once we have reviewed all the applications, we will do a selection process to decide who will be part of our exciting program. If you are selected, you will receive an email with the good news and the steps to follow to confirm your participation.
Investment Readiness Training
From Sept 15th - Oct 31st (2 months)
You will learn how to communicate and be prepared to pitch to investors and you will get 1-1 mentorships to learn how to deliver a winning pitch. In addition, we will show you how to create or increase the impact you are reaching with your business.
Presentation to the EDP investment comitte
November 10th and December 10th
You will pitch to EDP for the chance to get direct investment and support from a world- leading energy company.

FAQs about the program

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Meet Stephanie Esprester

Program Manager at Bridge
for Billions

Meet Monica
Sanfeliz

Partnership Manager
at Ashoka

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