The Ākina Impact Investment Readiness Programme (IIRP) is back!

Expressions of Interest of the 2023 Impact Investment Readiness Programme are open now! 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 Aotearoa’s impact investing market continues to grow, increasing from $3b to $8b from 2020 to 2023. With this, investors are gaining a greater understanding of the positive environmental, social and cultural impact they can achieve, hand in hand with financial returns. With more investment flowing into impact, impact-led enterprises need to be ready for investment.

The IIRP programme helps fund impact-led businesses to access the professional services they need, to become ready for investment.

Recipients of grants from the 2022 programme have already raised an impressive $23.1m in funding, a whopping 77.1x return on the $300,000 of funding allocated.

IIRP Application details:

Ākina will be opening IIRP for expressions of interest (EOI) from 12noon on Wednesday 4 October 2023 on our website: https://www.akina.org.nz/iirp
Applicants will be required to submit an expression of interest so we can confirm your eligibility. If you’re eligible you’ll be invited to submit a full application.
Successful applicants may receive up to $30,000 to spend on professional support to get ready to secure investment.

We would like to invite anyone that is unsure whether this programme is right for them, to check out our IIRP FAQ's and attend our info session happening online on Tue 17th Oct 2023, 12:30 pm NZDT.