{"id":796700,"date":"2024-10-23T08:58:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T06:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=796700"},"modified":"2024-10-23T08:58:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T06:58:52","slug":"boost-your-business-with-hloolos-green-financing-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/796700\/boost-your-business-with-hloolos-green-financing-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Boost your business with Hloolo\u2019s green financing solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hloolo by Fetola is a groundbreaking digital platform launched to give green South African small to medium enterprises (SMEs) access to funding and other opportunities for their sustainability-focused initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This tool was launched by Fetola in partnership with Nedbank, J. P. Morgan Chase, and the Embassy of Finland after a gap was identified between businesses needing funding and these businesses being funding-ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hloolo.com\/?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=SponsoredArticle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to access funding opportunities and other resources for your green SME from Hloolo.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Hloolo has entered the market at a vital time, as SMEs face growing financial pressures while trying to operate in sustainable, eco-friendly ways to secure a better future for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHloolo essentially acts as a matchmaking service for SMEs, helping entrepreneurs find suitable funding opportunities, markets, and knowledge,\u201d said Catherine Wijnberg, founder and CEO of Fetola.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis includes access to resources via the Fetola Learning Management System and Fetola\u2019s Investment Readiness Scorecard &#8211; the latter of which allows small businesses to identify how closely their business model and operations align with investor and market needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over and above these resources, Hloolo offers several key services to help SMEs achieve their sustainability goals, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Finance matching<\/strong> \u2013 Connects qualifying SMEs with relevant funding opportunities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sustainability and Circular Economy Accelerator (CEA) resources<\/strong> \u2013 Helps businesses transition to greener practices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Investment readiness support<\/strong> \u2013 Helps SMEs evaluate and improve business models for better alignment with market and investor needs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hloolo by Fetola<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hloolo, Fetola\u2019s new digital platform, is dedicated to bridging the gap between green businesses and the growth finance, knowledge, and market opportunities that entrepreneurs need to succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Serving as a catalyst for green growth and innovation, Hloolo empowers small and medium enterprises (SMEs) promoting sustainable development across multiple sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By connecting green entrepreneurs with essential resources and personalised support, Hloolo enhances investment readiness and fosters an ecosystem to drive the transition to a more sustainable economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find out how your business can benefit by working with Hloolo, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hloolo.com\/?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=SponsoredArticle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here to access funding opportunities and other resources for your green SME<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hloolo by Fetola is a groundbreaking digital platform that was launched to give green South African SMEs access to funding opportunities for their sustainability-focused initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":796708,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[20515,20788,20789,20786,20787],"class_list":["post-796700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-business-funding","tag-fetola","tag-green-financing-solutions","tag-hloolo","tag-hloolo-by-fetola"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796700"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796700\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":796705,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796700\/revisions\/796705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/796708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}