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We build stronger businesses and wider economic opportunity through incubation, acceleration and Business Development Services. Startups and established SMEs receive capacity building, growth consulting and mentorship tailored to their stage of development, with support covering financial management, operations, market access and business growth.
Top Mountain assessed 400 SMEs and delivered tailored business advisory to 310 selected enterprises across eight governorates. Consultants worked with owners on strategy, marketing, branding, finance, inventory, operations and workplace practices, translating business diagnostics into practical improvement plans.
Through the Qudra program, Top Mountain delivered incubation, training and mentorship for entrepreneurs and freelancers among refugees, internally displaced people and host communities. Support combined core business skills with digital marketing, design, photography, video production and career development.
CURRENT PROGRAM
Working with ICON-INSTITUT on GIZ’s EPSI program, Top Mountain supports agribusiness development in the Kurdistan Region. The current assignment includes local coordination, support to trainers and coaches, training logistics, communications, monitoring and coordination with business development service providers.
Top Mountain’s incubator and accelerator combine business training, growth consulting, mentorship and access to capital. USAID-supported work included funding and technical assistance for more than 30 companies, alongside an incubation and employment program serving more than 400 private-sector and NGO beneficiaries in Ninewa.
Business development, market analysis and expansion strategy for local solar EPC companies, alongside investment support for agribusinesses adopting commercial solar through USAID- and IOM-supported programs.
Explore our renewable energy workRENEWABLE ENERGY
Stronger solar businesses.
Productive energy investment.
Through USAID- and IOM-supported programs, Top Mountain has helped local solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) companies develop their businesses, while facilitating grant-funded commercial solar deployment for agribusinesses.
Our work connects business development, strategy, market analysis and expansion planning with the financial case for investment.
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FOR SOLAR EPC COMPANIESWe have supported local EPCs with business development, strategy, market analysis and expansion strategy: assessing customer segments, sharpening market positioning and planning entry into new locations and commercial markets.
FOR AGRIBUSINESSES & INVESTORSUnder the USAID Agribusiness Accelerator, Top Mountain helped enterprises deploy commercial solar through in-kind grants and advisory support, linking energy investment to operating costs, production requirements and growth plans.
USAID / SOLAR FOR AGRICULTURE
The Erbil farm used an accelerator grant to procure solar panels and battery storage for irrigation pumps and farm operations. Top Mountain combined investment support with business advice on costs and expansion.
USAID / SOLAR FOR PRODUCTION
An in-kind grant financed a solar system for the organic compost producer. Advisory linked energy savings with packaging, marketing and production expansion; the company subsequently reported redirecting fuel savings into its business.
USAID Business Incubator and Accelerator · end-of-program report, 2023
Alongside solar deployment, our agribusiness work has supported drip irrigation, greenhouse technology and organic composting — linking investment decisions to production efficiency and resource use.
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