UNICEF Femtech Ventures: SecondCall for Applications
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UNICEF Femtech Ventures is a five-year initiative running from 2025 to 2030 that invests in locally developed technology companies creating solutions for the health, wellbeing and sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls in emerging markets. The second call seeks early- and growth-stage companies using frontier technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain and data science. Solutions should address practical gaps in women's and girls' healthcare, reproductive health information and services, mental wellbeing, safety or protection. Selected companies can receive up to US$100,000 in equity-free funding, 12 months of technical mentorship and access to UNICEF's global network, including relationships with governments that may help solutions reach wider markets. Applicants must have a functional prototype and commit to open-source licensing.
Requirements checklist
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Be a registered, for-profit technology company based in a UNICEF programme country.
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Have a functional prototype of the proposed solution, with evidence of initial testing or promising results.
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Use frontier technology such as AI, machine learning, blockchain, data science or another relevant advanced technology.
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Address a clearly defined need affecting the health, wellbeing, safety, protection or socioeconomic participation of women and girls.
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Fit one or more of the call's three pillars: healthcare access; informed, safe and accessible reproductive health; or mental wellbeing, safety and protection.
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Demonstrate how the product responds to the needs of the local community and could be adopted or scaled.
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Commit to open-source licensing and principles.
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Build privacy, security, consent, safeguarding and user-risk considerations into the solution from the outset.
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Explain the intended beneficiaries, expected outcomes, implementation approach and how progress will be measured.
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Be prepared to work with UNICEF on technical mentorship and development pathways if selected.
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Submit the application through the official UNICEF application page before the deadline.
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Women-led startups and founders under 35 are strongly encouraged, but these are encouragement priorities rather than universal mandatory eligibility conditions.