The $1 Trillion Market Opportunity: Taking Innovations to the Next Level

By providing a limited amount of public capital through initiatives like the Development Innovation Ventures fund, the LAUNCH open innovation platform and the “Priming the Pump” Global Development Alliance (GDA) with Echoing Green, we can develop a pipeline of investment-ready social enterprises that can then attract private capital and scale.
https://blog.usaid.gov/2014/08/the-1-trillion-market-opportunity-taking-innovations-to-the-next-level/

Buen Power Peru Announces USAID Grant to bring Solar Lights to 10,000 rural Peruvians

Buen Power Peru (BPP), a solar energy enterprise co-founded by an American engineer and a Peruvian entrepreneur, has just announced its intention to bring solar lights to approximately 10,230 low-income Peruvians with Stage 1 support from USAID’s Development Innovation Ventures (DIV).
https://www.altenergymag.com/news/2013/11/25/buen-power-peru-announces-usaid-grant-to-bring-solar-lights-to-10000-rural-peruvians/31489