Commonwealth Investment Network · Investment Readiness Programme
Investment Readiness for Climate-Positive Businesses and Projects
The Commonwealth Investment Network (CIN) supports climate-positive businesses and projects across Commonwealth countries to enhance their bankability, navigate the financing landscape and access capital.
The programme is open to those seeking all forms of funding, from grants and philanthropic capital through to concessional and blended finance, debt and equity.
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What You Receive
Support Matched to Where You Are
A Readiness Assessment
Every eligible business or project that applies completes a readiness assessment against the CIN’s investment-readiness criteria.
A Readiness Roadmap
Your roadmap shows where you stand on the investment-readiness pathway and which tools and guidance will help close your priority gaps.
Tools and Resources
Targeted content and resources, such as templates, guides and toolkits, matched to what your roadmap shows you need first.
Mentorship
Tailored mentorship, targeted at those closer to raising capital.
Investor Engagement
Investor engagement where appropriate, as your readiness advances.
The CIN Community
Investment readiness support materials and discussion forums, shared with businesses and projects across the Commonwealth.
Eligibility
Who Can Apply
Climate-positive businesses and projects across all Commonwealth nations.
Small and medium-sized enterprises
Fewer than 250 employees and under USD 50 million annual turnover, including businesses that own or operate assets.
Larger businesses
250 employees or more, or an annual turnover of more than USD 50 million.
Projects
A specific asset, facility or infrastructure project with its own financing need, such as a solar plant, water treatment facility or processing facility.
Your business or project should be
- A business that is post-revenue (earning revenue from paying customers), or a project that is operational or pre-revenue but in development
- Seeking to raise finance now or in the near future
- Seeking external support
- Potential to scale
Operating in a climate-positive sector, such as
- Agriculture & Agriprocessing
- Blue Economy
- Energy Efficiency
- Energy Storage & Grid Stability
- Financial Services & Fintech (climate or sustainability-related)
- Healthcare (climate resilience, climate-adapted)
- ICT & Digital (such as climate software)
- Renewable Energy
- Tourism (green or greening)
- Transportation (green or greening)
- Waste & Circularity
- Water Management
- and others
Small Island Developing States
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) remain at the heart of the programme. Pacific and Caribbean small island businesses were the focus of the CIN’s first phase, so there is a clearer picture of their needs, and as the programme’s resources develop, support will be tailored through more specific guidance and case studies.
The CIN is also working closely with investment promotion agencies in these regions, including on capacity-building initiatives to strengthen their ability to deliver this support themselves.
How It Works
From Application to Readiness Roadmap
- 1
Apply
Complete the application directly, or through your national investment promotion agency. It takes about 20 minutes, and you can save your progress at any time.
- 2
Review
The CIN team reviews your application carefully.
- 3
Get your roadmap
Once accepted, you are invited to create your profile on the platform and receive your Readiness Roadmap.
- 4
Build readiness
Work through the tools and guidance your roadmap recommends, with mentorship and investor engagement where appropriate.
Before You Start
It will help to have your most recent revenue figures, or your project cost estimates, and an idea of your financing needs to hand. Approximate figures are fine. Please answer every question as accurately as you can, including where something isn’t yet in place.
Timing
Applications are rolling. The first set of applicants will be accepted in early November and will form part of the CIN’s spotlight at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Antigua and Barbuda, 1–4 November 2026.
From the First Cohort
“Working with the Commonwealth Investment Network has been a genuinely positive and transformative experience for Belmont Estate... connecting purpose-driven businesses like ours to partners committed to measurable, long-term impact.”
About the Programme
CIN is supported by the Commonwealth Secretariat and the UK Government and delivered by Financial Innovation for Impact (Fii) and the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School. The application, assessment and roadmap are delivered on the Earth Collective platform.