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Incubator Tool Library

A collection of vetted tools and resources to help impact incubators run smarter, scale bigger, and better support their entrepreneurs.

Pollinate Impact Tool Library

Welcome to your shortcut to the good stuff.

When we say “tool”, we mean anything that helps incubators thrive—software, templates, handbooks, or any resource that lets you level up your game. We’ve curated the best for impact incubators across the Global South, so skip the search, grab what you need, and get back to making magic happen. 

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Crafting Convincing Funder Centric Communications

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Black Fox Philanthropy’s proven message development process, offering best practices and actionable insights to boost organisations fundraising success.

  • Category: Donor & Investor Relations
  • Type: Trainings & Capacity Building

Organization: Black Fox Global

Fundraising Self-Identification and Engaging Your Networks

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By leveraging this framework, you will identify your unique strengths—whether as an Asker, Connector, or Nurturer—to optimize your effectiveness. Further, the session provides practical guidance and tools to support your board members in mobilizing their networks to bring in new funding.

  • Category: Governance
  • Type: Trainings & Capacity Building

Organization: Black Fox Global

Fostering Authentic & Lasting Funder Relationships

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Whether you’re just starting out or seeking to strengthen existing relationships, this guide will help you build authentic connections with funders and create a path toward long-term success.

  • Category: Governance
  • Type: Trainings & Capacity Building

Organization: Black Fox Global

Turning a Funder Denial into Future Success

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List of questions to seek feedback and guidance that can increase your chances in the next round

  • Category: Donor & Investor Relations
  • Type: Handbooks, Playbooks, & Guides

Organization: Black Fox Global

Fundraising Handbook

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Fundraising is both an art and a science, and Black Fox Global has mastered both. Drawing on decades of experience mobilizing resources for mission-driven organizations, the Fundraising Handbook distills proven strategies, field-tested practices, and expert insights into one trusted guide.

  • Category: Donor & Investor Relations
  • Type: Handbooks, Playbooks, & Guides

Organization: Black Fox Global

Mentor Onboarding Form

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This is a sample mentor onboarding form that can be used to learn about new mentor interests, expertise, and availability to serve as a mentor.

  • Category: Enterprise Support & Portfolio Management
  • Type: Templates

Organization: Purdue Innovates

Indicator Tool

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We’ve compiled this tool to help make that process a little easier. While by no means exhaustive, the indicators in this database are drawn from a wide range of sources and have relevance across a variety of intervention models and the full spectrum of SDG sectors.

  • Category: Incubator Design, Strategy & Impact
  • Type: Toolkits

Organization: Segal Family Foundation

Screening, Selection & Due Diligence Templates

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A collection of templates that are utilized by incubators to screen and select the right entrepreneurs to their program.

  • Category: Pipeline Sourcing & Selection
  • Type: Templates

Organization: Miller Center / Villgro / Villgro Africa / Villgro Philippines / Impact Hub Abidjan

New Leaders: Here’s how to hire a top talent

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A great hiring strategy can have a positive impact on a manager’s career. While you may not always have the power to choose your team, learning how to spot and appeal to high-performing candidates can fundamentally impact your trajectory.

  • Category: Talent
  • Type: Media Resources

Organization: HBR - Ryan Renteria

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Unlocking Pipeline Africa. A Playbook for Entrepreneur Support in Africa

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The Unlocking Pipeline Playbook compiles lessons, case studies, and trends gathered from our pioneering Village Capital’s Communities Africa program, which brought together leading African entrepreneur ecosystem builders to share best practices.

  • Category: Pipeline Sourcing & Selection
  • Type: Handbooks, Playbooks, & Guides

Organization: Village Capital

SMARTER SYSTEMS: How Tweaking Your Diligence Process Can Unlock Overlooked opportunities ACCELERATOR IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE

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We found that there are discrepancies in how investors evaluate men-led and women-led
startups, potentially leading them to overlook promising startups and overestimate less
promising startups. This implementation guide outlines three steps we found that accelerators can incorporate into their selection processes to consistently evaluate all startups more accurately.

  • Category: Pipeline Sourcing & Selection
  • Type: Handbooks, Playbooks, & Guides

Organization: Village Capital

Capital Explorer

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The objective of Capital Explorer is to equip and support entrepreneurs in exploring which funding options may be a good fit for their business and help them identify capital providers offering those options.

  • Category: Financial Sustainability
  • Type: Technology Platforms & Software

Organization: Village Capital

Product improvement tool

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Use behavioral science principles to share user insights

  • Category: Enterprise Support & Portfolio Management
  • Type: Templates

Organization: Maha Accelerator

SCALE Framework

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Small and growing businesses (SGBs) profoundly impact economies and
livelihoods, particularly in emerging markets. A growing body of evidence demonstrates that enterprise support organizations (ESOs) create jobs and increase the productivity of SGBs.
However, the impact of ESO programs varies considerably.

In 2013, Argidius set out to identify what works best in BDS to enable SGBs to
grow and create employment. In doing so, they drew not only from their own
portfolio but also from extensive academic literature and the experience of
outside programs.Five fundamental considerations emerged that distinguished high-performing Enterprise Support programs (those that cost-effectively delivered SGB growth). These five considerations have been codified as SCALE.

  • Category: Incubator Design, Strategy & Impact
  • Type: Templates

Organization: Argidius Foundation

Enable

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Making entrepreneur support affordable through the Enable platform. A platform that equips ESOs to provide targeted and personalized support to hundreds of MSMEs simultaneously.

  • Category: Enterprise Support & Portfolio Management
  • Type: Technology Platforms & Software

Organization: ONOW

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