Impact & Social Good Startups

Proparco is the French development finance institution dedicated to the private sector and a subsidiary of the AFD group, providing financing and support to companies and financial institutions to advance the Sustainable Development Goals. It operates in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Eurasia and the Middle East.

2 investors

Propel builds technology that improves government benefits access and management for Americans facing financial hardship. The platform combines benefits navigation tools with user insights that inform policymakers working to strengthen the social safety net.

2 investors

Propio provides an AI-powered accounting and tax platform designed for accounting firms to automate bookkeeping, tax planning, and advisory services. The platform replaces traditional tools like QuickBooks by combining a tax-basis ledger, invoicing, payroll, and AI-driven categorization and reconciliation to help firms serve more clients with the same team.

2 investors

Pulsora provides an ESG management platform that helps companies track, measure, and report on environmental, social, and governance performance. The platform serves enterprises seeking to manage sustainability compliance and drive measurable impact.

2 investors

Purpose creates strategic creative campaigns and movement-building initiatives for nonprofits, NGOs, brands, and philanthropies focused on environmental, social, and health impact. The organization delivers integrated storytelling, digital campaigns, and impact measurement across six issue areas including climate, public health, equity, and human rights.

2 investors

Quantum Temple is a cultural travel platform offering private, expert-led experiences and group journeys in Bali, connecting travellers with local culture keepers, spiritual leaders and artists through ceremonies, sacred sites and workshops. A share of each booking is directed to the host communities and heritage sites.

2 investors

Quipu offers digital microcredit in Colombia to informal workers and small entrepreneurs ("camelladores"), using AI and alternative data such as photos, videos, and daily activity signals to assess creditworthiness even for applicants with no or negative credit history. Loans start at around $300,000-$500,000 COP and can scale up to $10 million based on repayment behavior, helping borrowers build a credit history.

2 investors

Quona Capital is a global venture firm investing in fintech startups that expand access to financial services for consumers and small businesses across India, Southeast Asia, Latin America, and EMEA. It backs pure-play fintechs and embedded finance companies in sectors such as agtech, e-commerce, proptech, and health, with a focus on financial inclusion in emerging markets.

2 investors

Raise Green was a climate-focused investment marketplace for clean energy and local impact projects that has been acquired by Honeycomb Credit. The platform facilitated investments in climate solutions and local businesses.

2 investors

Rediem provides a loyalty and engagement platform that lets brands turn sustainability and impact actions into customer rewards, letting shoppers track eco-metrics, take sustainable actions, and redeem rewards for local nonprofits. It is aimed at consumer brands seeking to increase customer loyalty, lifetime value, and repeat purchases.

2 investors

Bounce Innovation Hub is a nonprofit innovation hub and community space offering programs, mentorship, resources, and workspace to entrepreneurs and startups. It serves innovators in northeast Ohio and has operated since 2018.

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responsAbility is an impact investing firm that provides capital and engagement to companies in emerging markets, focusing on themes such as climate, private capital, and impact. It publishes annual impact reports and case studies detailing outcomes achieved through its investments.

2 investors

Revalue creates carbon credits by partnering with project operators and capital investors to fund large-scale environmental projects.

2 investors

Rising Academies works with governments to improve teaching and learning in public school systems, using structured curriculum, teacher coaching, assessment data, and AI-enabled tools. Founded in Sierra Leone in 2014, it supports over 400,000 students across 1,400 public schools in West and East Africa.

2 investors

Rize builds an end-to-end platform for rice farmers in Southeast Asia, combining financing, AI-driven agronomy, and market access to scale sustainable practices such as alternate wetting and drying, reduced pesticide use, crop residue management, and site-specific nutrient management. The platform handles farmer onboarding, financing, input and repayment tracking, and provides dashboards for monitoring and sustainability compliance, aiming to raise farmer incomes while cutting water use and methane emissions.

2 investors

Rubicon Carbon offers curated portfolios of carbon credits for corporate buyers, allowing clients to build bespoke portfolios aligned with their climate and sustainability goals. The company operates in the carbon markets and climate solutions space.

2 investors

Rubio is an impact venture fund providing early-stage growth capital to founders building companies that combine profit and purpose. It focuses on two thematic areas: social cohesion through wellbeing, education, and inclusion, and net-zero transitions in energy, industry, and agrifood.

2 investors

Sambazon produces açaí-based food and beverage products, including bowls, smoothies, and juices, sold in grocery stores, cafes, and to institutions. Its products are certified organic and Fair-Trade certified, distributed across 45+ countries on 5 continents.

2 investors

The Sanergy Collaborative is a network of partner organizations addressing urban sanitation through a circular economy model, building safe sanitation systems, collecting waste, and upcycling it into products such as organic fertilizer, insect-based animal feed, and ecofuels. It serves cities and low-income communities across the developing world, with operations centered in Nairobi, Kenya.

2 investors

Satin Creditcare Network Limited is a non-banking financial company-microfinance institution (NBFC-MFI) that provides microloans and other financial products to underserved and low-income communities, primarily women entrepreneurs in rural India. It serves over 3.3 million clients across 29 states and union territories through a distribution network of loan officers.

2 investors

Seam Social Labs is an MWBE/DBE firm providing research studies, community engagement, and urban planning services across transportation, economic development, and public health. It offers a proprietary SMS and online survey platform with AI tools for transcribing and analyzing public feedback, serving clients running community-informed public initiatives.

2 investors

Secure Food Solutions (SFS) develops technology to detect and remove dangerous pathogens from global food supply chains, including a UV-based imaging device that lets farm families screen maize for aflatoxin contamination. Its social impact work targets small-scale farm households in Sub-Saharan Africa where aflatoxin in staple crops poses a food safety and public health risk.

2 investors

Sequestr provides working capital financing to farmers, landowners, and project owners in climate-related sectors including renewable energy, sustainable agriculture, and forestry, while aligning with corporate environmental objectives. The distributed team develops financial services and zero-waste market solutions focused on climate mitigation projects.

2 investors

Shamiri operates a youth mental health care model that uses trained lay and semi-professional providers to deliver brief interventions, backed by software (shamiriOS and shamiriAI) that lets governments and partners run the program themselves. It focuses on reaching young people in Africa and the Global South at low cost.

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