Girlified Announces Strategic Partnership with MIT Sloan SEID Program to Build Fundraising & Financial Growth Roadmap
11th Dec. 2025
Girlified is excited to announce a new strategic partnership with the Sloan Entrepreneurs for International Development (SEID) program at the MIT Sloan School of Management. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in our scale-up journey as we work toward building a stronger financial structure, improving fundraising readiness, and positioning Girlified for continental growth in the biodegradable menstrual hygiene market.
Through this engagement, a team of graduate consultants from MIT Sloan will work closely with Girlified between November 2025 and January 2026 to develop a comprehensive financial planning and fundraising roadmap. The project will involve deep financial analysis, investor discovery, market benchmarking, and the development of a compelling investor-facing pitch deck that clearly communicates Girlified’s impact, commercial potential, and long-term sustainability model. The collaboration aims to strengthen our financial architecture, refine unit economics, and help identify mission-aligned partners ranging from grant funders to equity and impact investors.
This partnership is centred around building Girlified’s financial narrative in a manner that translates our technical work, R&D investment, and community impact into investor-ready materials. The MIT team will map global funding opportunities in women’s health, plastics reduction, circular economy, and climate innovation, while also developing an investor pipeline database and a multi-year fundraising strategy tailored to our scale-up goals. Beyond pitch deck development and investor research, the project will create a three-year roadmap detailing step-by-step actions from early fundraising to long-term capital mobilisation, including engagement strategies for international VCs, gender-lens funds, DFIs, government programs and humanitarian procurement channels.
As part of the project, the consulting team will engage Girlified leadership through interviews, financial reviews, operational data assessments and impact measurement alignment. The work will also explore how Girlified can leverage institutional partnerships across Africa and globally, including collaborations with MIT’s Impact Investing Club and Kuo Sharper Center. At completion, Girlified will receive a polished pitch deck, an investor pipeline, and a clearly defined 2026–2028 fundraising plan supported by actionable metrics, milestones, and scenario-based financing strategies.
This partnership reinforces Girlified’s commitment to building a scalable and investment-ready business that can transform menstrual health access in Africa while eliminating plastic pollution from disposable sanitary products. With over 350,000 packs already sold using locally sourced banana fibre and cotton, Girlified is entering a new phase that demands robust manufacturing capacity, equipment financing, and strategic capital deployment. The SEID collaboration will be instrumental in helping us unlock that growth.
We are proud to work with the MIT Sloan SEID program, not only for the world-class expertise the team brings, but also because it aligns with our belief in data-driven decision-making, research-rooted product development, and high-impact innovation. Together, we are building a future where biodegradable menstrual pads are accessible, affordable, and manufactured on African soil at scale.
On behalf of the entire Girlified team, our founder, Emadago Oghenekevwe William, wishes to thank the entire SEiD team, most especially Chloe Delfau, for leading this initiative.