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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.

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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Launch League Idea-stage Programme

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The Launch League Idea-stage Programme toolkit, developed by the UK-South Africa Tech Hub and Viridian, consists of all the open licence resources you need to run an idea-stage programme for the entrepreneurs in your community. The programme is designed to help entrepreneurs understand the different parts of their business and how these hang together as a viable business model.

Category: Enterprise Support & Portfolio Management
Type: Toolkits

Organization: Launch Leage

5 Questions to Help Your Team Make Better Decisions

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Five questions to help sharpen your decision-making process, whether in personal matters or business strategy.

Category: Talent
Type: Media Resources

Organization: Steven Morris

A Playbook for Employee Ownership in Sub Saharan Africa

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It provides a roadmap to
pursue EO across seven countries and offers an
analytical approach that could be replicated in other
regions where EO remains nascent.3

Category: Governance
Type: Handbooks, Playbooks, & Guides

Organization: Pre Distribution Initiative

Unlocking New Capital for Social Enterprises and Nonprofits

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Funding models for SEs and non-profits

Category: Financial Sustainability
Type: Research, Reports, Data & Insights

Organization: Eliana Summer-Galai

Developing a Theory of Change: Practical Guidance

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Overview of TOC concepts, and language, concrete steps and provides exercises, examples and resources to help groups aiming to develop and use a theory of change.
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Category: Incubator Design, Strategy & Impact
Type: Toolkits

Organization: The ANNE E Casey Foundation

Scaling Pathways

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Aims to equip enterprises to more effectively navigate the journey to scale by capturing tactical insights and hard-won lessons from social enterprises.

Category: Scaling & Growth
Type: Best Practices & Lessons Learned

Organization: DUKE

CASE Scale Readiness Diagnostic

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The Scale Readiness Diagnostic helps your impact organization assess relative areas of strength and priorities for improvement as you navigate your scale journey.

Category: Scaling & Growth
Type: Templates

Organization: DUKE

Impact Measurement & Management for the SDGs

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The course was designed around the fundamental elements of the SDG Impact Standards, the only management standards that embed sustainability at the core of an organization in the holistic way intended by the creators of the SDGs. The course demonstrates how the SDG Impact Standards help organizations align with responsible business principles, other standards, and best practices in impact management.

Category: Incubator Design, Strategy & Impact
Type: Trainings & Capacity Building

Organization: DUKE

Accubate

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Accubate is a cloud-native enterprise-grade innovation management platform which offers an advanced suite of features every step of the way from ideation through to implementation.

Category: Scaling & Growth
Type: Technology Platforms & Software

Organization: Cunomial

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Make the Most of Mentoring

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Whether you’re actively seeking a new mentor or simply curious about the benefits of mentoring, our “Make the Most of Mentoring” course will equip you with the tools and strategies needed to succeed.

Category: Enterprise Support & Portfolio Management
Type: Trainings & Capacity Building

Organization: The Human Edge

Tips for Sourcing a Diverse Accelerator

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Vilcap and IBM share the intentionally inclusive process of reaching founders outside their traditional networks, and using an inclusive and equitable diligence process in their cohorts. Here’s what we did differently – and what any decision-maker in tech: any investor, accelerator leader or corporation, can do to reduce implicit bias when they’re working with early-stage entrepreneurs.

Category: Pipeline Sourcing & Selection
Type: Best Practices & Lessons Learned

Organization: Vilcap & IBM

Creating an Impact Investment Ask

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Diagnose a venture’s business growth readiness using a structured seven-element framework

Build a four-step impact management process aligned with investor expectations

Integrate business and impact insights to craft a compelling and credible investment ask

Communicate investment needs in a way that aligns with both financial and impact goals

Category: Enterprise Support & Portfolio Management
Type: Trainings & Capacity Building

Organization: CASE

Impact Investment Finance

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What are impact investors looking for? This course offers a practical introduction to the impact investing marketplace. You’ll learn how the market is structured, including the roles of asset owners and asset managers, and how capital flows between them. The course explores how impact investors pursue both financial and social or environmental returns, and the different types of investors involved along with their motivations, constraints, and preferred investment vehicles.

Category: Enterprise Support & Portfolio Management
Type: Trainings & Capacity Building

Organization: CASE

Identifying & Qualifying Deeply Aligned Funders – Tools & Strategies

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Explore tips on how to shape funder research priorities and criteria to assess funder fit and uncover the information your organization needs to support this step in the fundraising process.

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