Funding Opportunities

• Equity-Free Financing
  • Each selected organization receives a USD 50,000 non-dilutive grant, tied to clear, jointly defined milestones. This flexible funding can support activities such as adapting your solution for new markets, independent testing, type approval/conformity assessment and/or acquiring essential tools to help your team move faster without giving up equity.
• Education and Mentorship
  • Participants join a structured online programme that combines business strategy with deep technical insight. Each organization is matched with experienced mentors and benefits from ongoing, one-on-one support with subject matter experts throughout the programme. Sessions cover topics such as fundraising; go-to-market planning; regulatory pathways; and practical technical guidance to help strengthen each startup’s solution and prepare it for real-world implementation.
• Network
  • Gain entry into a curated network of global stakeholders, including mobile network operators, connectivity initiatives, industry leaders, and policy influencers. The programme fosters meaningful relationships and opportunities for partnership—both during and beyond the cohort period.
• Matchmaking & Visibility
  • The programme concludes with an in-person Demo Day, where participating organizations are introduced to a select group of industry stakeholders, including mobile operators, public connectivity programmes, and aligned investors. Giga will select leading teams to present at international events such as Mobile World Congress and the Giga Connectivity Forum, positioning their solutions for high-level collaboration.
• Opportunity for Pilots in Emerging Markets
  • The programme prepares organizations to align their solutions with the needs of emerging markets through hands-on support, local input, and collaboration with governments and development agencies. Participants will be positioned for future pilot opportunities and scalable implementation.

Focus Areas

• Connecting Communities in Infrastructure-Constrained Environments: Solutions for communities where traditional connectivity infrastructure may be insufficient, unavailable or unviable, requiring alternative network configurations or designs that function effectively even in such areas.
• Affordable and Sustainable Business Models & Financing Mechanisms: Approaches that address the need for creative business models, pricing approaches or financing mechanisms that ensure digital connectivity remains financially viable, accessible, and affordable to underserved communities.
• Viable Internet Provision for Underserved Areas: Solutions that enable sustainable, commercially viable internet provision at community scale, especially in locations with population density typical of peri-urban and rural areas.
• Optimizing Internet Provision for the Underserved Areas Context: Solutions that use the latest technologies to foster reliable performance adaptability and ease of deployment in underserved and unserved areas.
• Reducing Operational Barriers for Connectivity Providers: Solutions that ease the operational complexity, cost, and technical skill/manpower requirements involved in delivering connectivity in remote or unserved areas.

Eligibility Criteria for Giga Accelerator