Additional Context: According to Devex's reporting, USAID’s DIV served as a rare front door for innovation funding. Due to funding cuts, that model has moved outside government with the DIV Fund, which will test whether rigorous evidence and flexible capital can still turn small pilots into solutions reaching millions.

The DIV Fund will now operate with far fewer resources than DIV once had inside USAID, and without the agency’s vast reach, technical depth, and on-the-ground networks. But as discussed, operating independently could make it easier for the DIV Fund to identify new innovations and provide technical assistance to other donors interested in building their own DIV-like innovation units.

Source: Devex