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Around the world, many entrepreneurs have ideas for improving access to clean drinking water. Yet these businesses often struggle to secure funding, particularly when they are still in the early stages or looking to grow. In this article, we explore why and explain how Made Blue Foundation is helping to bridge this financing gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Limited sector knowledge and perceived risk<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Firstly, local banks often have limited experience financing WASH providers and therefore lack the sector-specific knowledge needed to properly assess opportunities and risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weak regulation, unclear responsibilities, limited transparency and political influence on water tariffs can further increase the perceived risk, making financial institutions reluctant to provide funding, even to promising enterprises.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lack of collateral<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Water infrastructure is often difficult to use as collateral for a loan. Assets may be publicly owned, legally ineligible as collateral or, in the case of underground pipes, difficult for a bank to seize and sell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, smaller private water providers may be required to offer other assets, such as property or vehicles, as collateral \u2014 assets they often do not have in sufficient value.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Banks need to be able to assess whether an enterprise is capable of repaying a loan. To do so, they consider factors such as financial management, stable revenues and past financial performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, many WASH providers have a limited financial track record or have yet to generate stable cash flow, making it more difficult for them to demonstrate their creditworthiness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Long-term financing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Water infrastructure often requires investments that take many years to pay off. Commercial loans, on the other hand, tend to have relatively short repayment periods and high interest rates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Water infrastructure typically has a lifespan of 10 to 40 years, while financing in emerging markets often have terms of just 7 to 15 years. As a result, the financing available does not always align with the long-term nature of water infrastructure investments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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While accelerator programmes exist and can provide valuable support to promising start-ups, funding often dries up once these programmes come to an end. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The capital needed for further growth and scaling can be difficult to secure, leaving start-ups caught in a cycle of limited resources despite the potential of their innovations to create significant impact.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our role: screening, coaching and financing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Made Blue Foundation provides much-needed funding and support to water enterprises that often struggle to access financing through traditional channels. While sector experts provide screening and coaching in the early stages, we help finance the growth and scaling of these businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By providing venture capital and risk financing to promising water innovations, we help bridge a critical gap in the financing pipeline. This enables enterprises to move from promising ideas to implementation and, ultimately, contribute to broader change across the water sector.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Water project: Financing wASH entrepreneurs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

By financing promising water entrepreneurs, we help local solutions grow and accelerate access to clean drinking water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How do WASH enterprises count towards our impact?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The litres we promise our ambassadors are fully delivered through our regular water projects. Any impact generated by water enterprises comes on top of this and is only counted once it has actually been achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Impact investing: Irrisol Engineering<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Discover how Irrisol Engineering combines social impact with commercial potential, and why Made Blue invests in its growth.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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MAKE impact with the water you use, save, sell or serve<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We are the Made Blue Foundation.
Our mission: <\/strong>clean drinking water for all.
Want to help make it happen?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Want to know more about
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From households in Bangladesh to villages in Nepal and remote schools in Ethiopia \u2014 every Made Blue project brings sustainable clean drinking water closer to reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn about our projects and the impact we’re making together:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Financing for WASH entrepreneurs<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

One in four rural water points in Africa is out of service, often because there is no viable business model for repair and maintenance. We want to change that. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Uganda: Wash, Learn & Share<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

In this follow-up of our WASH & Learn project in Uganda, we place an even greater emphasis on capacity building and sustainability, with a central role for entrepreneurs, women and girls. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Sierra Leone: Water and nutrition at schools<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

With 7 water kiosks and the provision of milk powder for school meals, we help more than 55,000 people to a better future.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Sierra Leone: Water for a good start in life<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

We are helping young and expectant mothers and their children live healthy and safe lives by investing in health center facilities in Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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Malawi: Madzi for Malawi<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

In Malawi, more than 7 million people lack clean water. We are going to change this by building and repairing water points. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead more<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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