Impact & Social Good Startups

Amplify Capital is an impact-focused venture capital firm that invests in pre-seed to Series A technology companies addressing challenges in climate, health, and education. It provides financing and active portfolio support aimed at delivering financial, environmental, and social outcomes.

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Angaza provides technology for last-mile distribution businesses selling durable consumer goods, such as pay-as-you-go financing and sales management tools, aimed at emerging markets.

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Arariwa is a Peruvian organization that works with rural communities to promote sustainable development through environmental management, sustainable local economic development, strengthening of local and regional institutions, and inclusive community social development.

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Arbonics builds data-driven tools that help landowners use their forests for climate action and carbon markets. The company operates in the forestry, carbon and climate-tech space.

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Area 2 Farms operates neighborhood-based organic farms that grow fresh produce within urban ZIP codes, selling weekly harvest baskets directly to local residents. The company uses urban farmland to produce vegetables, herbs, and microgreens year-round with minimal distribution, connecting community farmers directly to nearby consumers.

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Ashored develops fixed-gear fishing technology aimed at reducing marine animal entanglements caused by traditional buoy-and-rope trap systems. The company targets the commercial fishing industry with gear designed to lower risks to protected species such as the North Atlantic Right Whale.

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GreenFi (formerly Aspiration's consumer finance brand) offers climate-friendly banking and investing, including checking, savings, and investment accounts whose deposits avoid funding fossil fuels. Planned products include high-yield savings, climate-friendly credit cards, impact investments, and sustainable loans for environmentally conscious consumers.

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AWorld is an enterprise engagement platform that drives behavioral change toward sustainability through microlearning, gamification, and action tracking. It serves organizations worldwide seeking to engage employees and stakeholders in measurable environmental and social impact initiatives.

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Axcces is a SaaS platform designed for the affordable housing ecosystem that connects property managers, housing seekers, tenants, and government agencies on a single platform. The platform automates administrative workflows, reduces operational costs, and provides compliance documentation for affordable housing programs including PBV, HCV, LIHTC, and Student Housing.

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B Lab is a global nonprofit that certifies businesses as B Corporations against verified social, environmental, and governance standards, and operates the B Impact platform for companies to measure their impact. It runs a worldwide community and movement working toward a more inclusive and equitable economic system, with local teams in over 100 countries.

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Babban Gona operates a technology platform and support program for smallholder farmers in Northern Nigeria, providing inputs such as fertilizer and chemicals, extension services, financing, and crop offtake to increase farm profitability. It targets rural youth to create agricultural jobs, with a focus on reducing poverty and violence in West Africa.

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Banco Contactar is a Colombian bank offering microcredit, investment products, and business strengthening programs with technical advisory and financing to support financial inclusion and the growth of urban and rural businesses.

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The Baobab Network is an early-stage accelerator that invests $100k into African startups and runs a 12-week program supporting founders with product-market fit, fundraising, and scaling. It focuses on early-stage entrepreneurs across Africa and connects them to a global investor network.

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Biiah provides a measurement and evaluation platform designed for arts and culture organizations to demonstrate the wellbeing impact of their programs. The platform captures participant voice and outcomes data specifically for arts-based interventions including music, theatre, and creative activities.

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BillionMinds offers leadership certification and development programs focused on managing distributed and hybrid teams. The platform provides science-based learning experiences for professionals to develop skills in remote work leadership, including managing uncertainty, motivation, and asynchronous communication.

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Blackbaud provides cloud software for social impact organizations — including nonprofits, schools, foundations, and companies — covering fundraising, financial management, grantmaking, corporate giving programs, and school administration. Its tools use a proprietary social impact dataset and AI to support donor prospecting, fund accounting, and grant lifecycle management.

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Blavity is a US media company that produces and curates video and editorial content for Black millennial audiences across the African diaspora. Its platform is created by and for that audience, publishing multicultural content and coverage of topics such as systemic racism and representation in media.

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Bombas sells socks, underwear, and t-shirts direct to consumers, donating an equivalent item to people in need for each purchase. The company operates a give-back model and reports donating over 200 million items across all 50 US states.

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Boxgreen sells snacks made without artificial flavours and colours, with products packed by beneficiaries of the Yellow Ribbon Project to build their job skills. The company combines its consumer snack business with a social employment mission.

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BRAC is a Global South-led development organisation founded in 1972 in Bangladesh that works to reduce poverty through social development programmes, microfinance/financial inclusion, and social enterprises. It operates across Asia and Africa using approaches such as the Graduation model to help people living in poverty build economic self-sufficiency.

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Braven runs a career-acceleration program for college students, combining a semester-long course with ongoing support through graduation to help them secure strong first jobs. Working with higher education and employer partners across the US, it focuses on students from lower-income backgrounds to improve their economic mobility.

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Brilliant Earth is an online jewelry retailer focused on sourcing and selling ethically-produced gemstones and precious metals. The company emphasizes supply chain transparency, sustainable materials, and community impact through its mission-driven business model.

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Cambridge Associates provides sustainable and impact investing advisory services, helping institutional clients such as endowments, foundations, and pension funds align investment portfolios with their values across asset classes. The firm evaluates sustainability, impact, and manager diversity to build customized portfolios and pursue intentional outcomes on issues like climate change and social inequality.

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Carbon Equity operates an online investment platform that gives individual investors, family offices, and professionals access to curated private-market climate funds and co-investments, including fund-of-funds and infrastructure debt strategies. It offers diversified exposure to energy, industry, materials, and electrification companies, with a focus on European and North American markets.

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