Impact & Social Good Startups

NeedsList is a platform that matches community needs with offers of support to improve humanitarian assistance and disaster response. It enables real-time collection, tracking, and coordination of needs and donations across local and global partners to enhance crisis response and community resilience.

4 investors

Newcampus designs and runs programs supporting early-stage teams and innovation ecosystems, including incubation and acceleration, grants and financing operations, and organizational training and consulting. It works with founders, funders, and maturing organizations across the innovation lifecycle, with an ecosystem focus in Southeast Asia and globally.

4 investors

NEWLOCAL is a real estate development and town-making company that focuses on creating sustainable regional models in Japan's depopulating communities by attracting talent, ideas, and capital to revitalize local areas.

4 investors

A nutrition technology company that uses wild-type unicellular aquatic organisms to produce protein- and fiber-rich, non-GMO ingredients (marketed as Marine Whey) for food applications. It partners with global food corporations to deliver affordable nutrition, with a focus on the Global South.

4 investors

Ocean Eco Structures develops regenerative solutions for marine infrastructures to make ocean-based human activities more environmentally sustainable. The company aims to revitalize marine spaces globally and is based in Barcelona.

4 investors

Pallet builds temporary modular shelter villages with 24/7 case management support to help people experiencing homelessness transition to permanent housing. The company targets government and nonprofit partners addressing homelessness in the United States.

4 investors

Parsyl is an impact underwriter offering data-powered cargo insurance for complex, essential supply chains, using multiple data sources to price and mitigate risk with up to $55M in capacity per location or conveyance. It covers commodities including food and beverage, life sciences and pharma, and non-perishable cargo, serving customers from small enterprises to large risk-engineered accounts.

4 investors

Payactiv provides Earned Wage Access (EWA), letting workers access wages they have already earned before payday to avoid payday loans and overdraft fees. Operating as a Public Benefit Corporation and Certified B-Corp, the company also offers Visa prepaid and payroll cards to help employees manage financial needs.

4 investors

Permanent Agriculture is a Public Benefit Corporation that develops regenerative and organic food markets, working with farmers, customers, and partners to supply fresh produce, proteins, and food ingredients nationwide. It supports farming partners in earning Regenerative Organic Certification through financing, certification paperwork, agronomy, and demand development.

4 investors

PicCollage is a mobile app for creating photo collages, greeting cards, digital invitations, and photo layouts using templates, stickers, backgrounds, fonts, and AI-assisted editing tools. It targets consumers making personal creative projects such as birthday and holiday cards, and reports being used by 270 million people worldwide.

4 investors

Planet A is an early-stage European venture capital firm that invests in startups from pre-seed to Series A, focusing on founders addressing systemic global challenges.

4 investors

Reel manufactures bamboo-based toilet paper and paper products sold via subscription and one-time purchase, marketed as tree-free, plastic-free, and biodegradable alternatives for home consumers.

4 investors

ReelFruit sells packaged dried fruit and nut snacks, including sweetened coconut flakes marketed as natural, gluten-free, non-GMO, and vegan. The products are sold as consumer snacks for eating directly or adding to cereals, yoghurt, and baked goods.

4 investors

Releaf builds tools to enhance climate resilience for smallholder farmers in Africa, drawing on expertise in supply chain management, agronomy, and agricultural technology. The company combines hardware and software engineering to address agricultural sustainability challenges across the continent.

4 investors

ReloShare operates a real-time shelter availability platform that helps social services agencies book hotel rooms for individuals and families in need of temporary housing. The platform enables agencies to access, share, and report available shelter beds while negotiating hotel blocks for cost-effective accommodation options.

4 investors

RiseKit provides a platform that helps employers, nonprofits, training providers, and government agencies manage local workforce development through centralized candidate tracking, referral management, and outcome measurement. The solution facilitates equitable hiring pipelines and strengthens community partnerships across the employment ecosystem.

4 investors

Sanivation provides hands-on consulting and support to help water utilities in secondary cities build sustainable, safely managed sanitation systems. It works across the sanitation planning and assessment value chain using market-driven business models, primarily in Africa.

4 investors

ShiftSmart connects workers with flexible employment opportunities and helps businesses manage labor on demand. The company operates a marketplace platform serving both workers seeking flexible work and employers needing staffing solutions.

4 investors

Springpod provides virtual internships and client-style micro internships that give university students real business projects to build employability skills. The company works with UK universities' careers and employability teams, using its marketplace of live client projects or employer-partner briefs.

4 investors

Tembici operates bike-sharing systems (branded Bike Itaú, BA Ecobici, and others) offering standard and electric bikes unlocked via a mobile app for urban mobility. It serves riders and cities across Latin America, including São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Recife, Santiago, and Buenos Aires, and runs a delivery bike program in partnership with iFood.

4 investors

tendercare is a free platform for family caregivers that organizes information, coordinates care, and connects users to vetted professional services for elder and adult care. The company generates revenue through memberships of vetted eldercare service providers in its Trusted Network directory.

4 investors

Terraformation develops technology and operational expertise to restore forests and combat climate change at scale. The company combines forestry science, engineering, and conservation strategy to enable large-scale ecosystem recovery and community-led climate impact.

4 investors

Tomato Jos operates an integrated farming and processing operation in Nigeria that grows tomatoes and produces tomato paste at a facility in Kaduna State, serving the domestic market by replacing imported tomato products.

4 investors

Touch and Pay Technologies builds an NFC-based mobile payment platform for processing offline and online micro-transactions across Africa, targeting small businesses to large organizations for financial inclusion.

4 investors