Impact & Social Good Startups

Worldfavor provides a platform for procurement and sustainability teams to conduct supplier due diligence and manage ESG compliance at scale using AI to identify and prioritize risks across supply chains. The company serves enterprises seeking to embed structured sustainability practices into their operations and regulatory reporting.

3 investors

Woveo is an AI-powered fintech platform that helps financial institutions and community organizations extend affordable credit to credit-invisible and underserved entrepreneurs and small businesses. It uses alternative data, social collateral, and agentic AI to reassess lending risk and improve repayment and credit-building outcomes.

3 investors

Yindii operates a marketplace connecting consumers with businesses to buy surplus and unsold food at reduced prices, aimed at reducing food waste. It serves consumers and F&B partner stores across Asia, with operations in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Seoul.

3 investors

ZELP develops technology to measure and reduce methane emissions from the livestock industry. The company serves farmers, producers, and governments seeking sustainable solutions that maintain farm profitability while addressing climate and food security challenges.

3 investors

Zinc is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage science-driven companies to solve critical global challenges. The firm focuses on identifying and backing founders and innovators in deep tech, health, climate, and related mission-driven sectors.

3 investors

ZOLA Electric operates the ZOLA iNTELLIGENCE platform, which combines solar hardware with AI-driven software to build distributed energy networks and manage operations, financing, and maintenance for local teams. It targets underserved, off-grid populations in emerging markets to expand access to affordable, reliable clean energy.

3 investors

Akiya Katsuyo (空き家活用株式会社) builds systems to bring vacant homes back into the market in Japan, including a portal connecting vacant-home owners with users and developing new reuse models for such properties. The company focuses on addressing Japan's vacant-housing problem and local community revitalization.

3 investors

A Japanese regional development company that builds NFT platforms and digital systems for local governments and municipalities to support local economies. The company combines blockchain technology with traditional funding mechanisms like hometown tax donations and creates DAOs to strengthen rural communities and counter Tokyo-centric economic concentration.

3 investors

Creattura develops technology solutions for carbon finance and biodiversity conservation, leveraging satellite data and AI to support climate action and environmental regeneration.

3 investors

Bee Informatica, operating as fundingbee, provides financing to small, medium, and micro SMEs in Malaysia. It is a licensed money lending company focused on inclusive access to business funding.

3 investors

AgeWellJapan creates services and spaces that connect seniors with younger generations and bridge communities of residents, researchers, and business stakeholders around the concept of aging positively through challenge and discovery. The company positions itself as a "life companion" for elderly people, supporting active lifestyles and social engagement in Japan's super-aging society.

3 investors

Ashirase is a wearable navigation device that attaches to shoes and uses foot vibrations to guide visually impaired users to destinations without requiring visual attention or smartphone interaction. The device combines GNSS positioning, AI-powered features, and haptic feedback to support independent mobility for people with various vision levels.

3 investors

FromTo builds a business ecosystem connecting Japan's major cities with regional areas, developing "47pass," a service that lists local government policies and initiatives, and providing regional marketing support. The company aims to create opportunities and work in rural Japan.

3 investors

WEFABRIK Inc. operates SMASELL, an online B2B outlet platform for reselling apparel and fashion inventory (deadstock) held by companies, and runs the "SMASELL Sustainable Commune" shopping complex. Based in Japan, it focuses on circulating fashion industry surplus as a resource to reduce waste.

3 investors

Alice Style is a circular economy sharing platform that enables users to rent and share underutilized items such as appliances and beauty devices. The company operates an SDGs-focused sharing service designed to shift consumption patterns from disposable ownership to shared use.

3 investors

HERALBONY is a Japanese art and lifestyle brand that licenses and commercializes artwork created by artists with disabilities (including intellectual disabilities and autism), turning their work into products under an "artist first" model that fairly compensates the artists and welfare facilities. The company aims to reframe disability as distinctive individuality and expand its work internationally.

3 investors

11 Tribes is an early-stage venture capital firm that leads investment rounds for founders pursuing capital-efficient growth, positioning itself as a partner focused on both the company and the founder's wellbeing.

2 investors

2X Global is a membership network and field-building organization for investors and capital providers working across public and private markets in developed and emerging economies, with a focus on gender-smart investing and diversity and equity in finance. The organization facilitates billions of dollars in gender-lens investing by convening stakeholders, building capacity, and advancing inclusive innovation through targeted membership programs and strategic partnerships.

2 investors

4P Foods is a regional food distributor that connects local and regional farmers with institutions, wholesale buyers, and healthcare partners, focusing on schools, universities, hospitals, restaurants, and food-insecurity programs. It operates across the Mid-Atlantic region of the US through farm-to-institution supply chains, wholesale distribution, and Food is Medicine produce-prescription initiatives.

2 investors

6Degrees is an Israel-based startup that develops digital accessibility solutions to help people with physical challenges gain independence, improve communication, and increase employability through enhanced digital access.

2 investors

Aabshar develops water-saving nozzles designed to address water scarcity in developing countries, particularly in South Asia. The company's technology helps communities reduce water consumption and lower their carbon footprint.

2 investors

Absolute Climate develops independent standards and methodologies for evaluating carbon removal credits and environmental attribute certificates to ensure they represent real, measurable climate impacts. The company serves project developers and carbon credit buyers in the voluntary carbon market.

2 investors

ACV Capital is an investment firm based in Indonesia and ASEAN that provides capital and strategic support to startups, with a particular focus on impact investing, climate tech, and supporting women-led and MSME-focused companies. The firm measures portfolio impact using ESG metrics and has positively affected over 7.5 million lives across the region.

2 investors

ACBC Group is a consulting firm specializing in transformation and innovation for fashion, luxury, and lifestyle brands. The firm provides expertise across product categories, sustainability, materials development, and supply chain consulting.

2 investors