Impact & Social Good Startups

Greater Portland Inc (GPI) is a regional economic development organization serving the seven-county Greater Portland area across northwest Oregon and southwest Washington. It provides no-cost services such as private sector and real estate connectivity and data research to help businesses relocate, expand, or start in the region.

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Greater Dubuque Development is an economic development organization for the Greater Dubuque region, offering community data and research, connections to financial incentives, and workforce solutions to local businesses. It works with community strategic initiatives to promote regional growth, business development, and community innovation.

1 investor

Green Arrow Capital is an independent Italian platform for alternative investments with international presence, developing investment strategies across primary private market segments including renewable energy infrastructure.

1 investor

Green by Nature is a landscape services company that designs, builds, and maintains green spaces for education, government, commercial, residential, sports, and events sectors across Australia and New Zealand.

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iCow is a Kenya-based platform delivering agricultural information and services to smallholder farmers via SMS and USSD on low-end feature phones, including scheduled farming reminders, a content library, livestock production tracking, and expert location search. It also operates a farmer marketplace (iCow Soko) for trading livestock, crops, and feeds, and runs a regenerative agriculture academy across Africa.

1 investor

The Green Empowerment Zone (GEZ) is a California regional initiative that promotes clean energy manufacturing growth in Contra Costa County and parts of Solano County, offering companies tax incentives, grants, loan programs, and access to a trained energy workforce. It partners with universities, community colleges, and national labs to support industries such as wind, solar, green hydrogen, energy storage, advanced nuclear, green steel, and zero-emission transportation.

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#GreenMagenta and #GoodMagenta are sustainability and social-responsibility initiative labels of a German telecommunications network operator, covering measures such as running its German network on 100% renewable electricity and promoting a hate-free internet and digital inclusion. The initiatives focus on environmental protection, social responsibility, and greener products in Germany.

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GreenStep is a sustainability consulting firm that helps organizations fund, measure, and improve their sustainability and climate performance through advisory services and certification programs, including a Sustainable Tourism certification. Founded in 2008, it serves businesses and destinations primarily across North America.

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Greena World offers a technology platform that helps hotels and restaurants measure, improve, and communicate their sustainability efforts while combating greenwashing. It provides recommendations to reduce CO2 emissions and costs, and helps businesses in the tourism industry reach environmentally conscious guests.

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Green Acres Milling is a milling company focused on regenerative and sustainable food supply chains, emphasizing soil health and restoration. It positions itself around producing food for individuals, communities, and broader markets.

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Green Arc Capital provides a SaaS platform that measures and reports the social and environmental impact of debt investments for financial institutions, development organizations, and government entities, using alignment with global impact measurement standards.

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Greenbackers is an investor showcase and deal-origination platform presenting climate-focused ventures deemed "investment ready," accessible through a secure on-demand deal room for professional investors and funds. It supports Seed, Series A, and Series B fundraising and offers syndication opportunities for climate-tech startups.

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Green Climate Fund is a climate finance institution that mobilises funding at scale for climate action in developing countries, supporting national and regional institutions and connecting global partners for country-led projects.

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Green Is The New Black is a media platform focused on conscious living and sustainability, publishing articles and podcasts featuring environmental leaders and entrepreneurs. It also organizes events such as the Green Warrior Awards, the Conscious Festival, and the Conscious Leaders Circle community.

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GreenSphere Capital is a science-led investment firm that funds and scales businesses addressing commercial challenges linked to climate stress, biodiversity loss, resource scarcity, and supply chain disruption across land- and ocean-based economies. It focuses on sustainable investments across its funds, institutes, and portfolio companies.

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GRESB provides sustainability benchmarking data, assessments, and analytics tools for real estate and infrastructure investments, serving institutional and financial investors as well as fund managers. Its assessments cover the environmental performance (energy, GHG emissions, water, waste) of real estate and infrastructure funds and assets worldwide.

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GroFin is an impact-focused SME financier that provides business loans plus advisory and ongoing business support to help entrepreneurs grow their companies. Headquartered in Mauritius, it serves small and medium enterprises across 14 countries in Africa and the Middle East.

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Groupthink Labs designs and tests tools for collective intelligence, with a current focus on Polls, a participatory budgeting tool that helps organizations and communities decide how money is allocated. The tool has been used to distribute over $1 million in funding and is offered free to mission-driven organizations.

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Grow ECD provides early childhood development (ECD) centre owners with training, curriculum, digital tools, mentoring, and low-cost finance to run sustainable, quality preschools. It serves preschool operators in South Africa through a holistic model spanning education and business support.

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Grow Piqua Now is an economic development organization that coordinates state and regional resources to support businesses and residents in the Piqua area and to attract businesses looking to relocate there. It operates through a Plan of Work supported by board members and a Rapid Assistance Team.

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GROW South Dakota is a nonprofit organization operating since 1966 that supports the housing, business, and community development needs of South Dakotans. It runs housing programs, community development initiatives, and economic development services across South Dakota.

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Grow Wabash County is an economic development organization that provides business assistance to startups and companies in Wabash County, Indiana, and promotes the area for business investment and residential relocation. It supports local job growth and community development in the county.

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GROW Women Leaders runs career development programs and a hiring platform that connects professional women of colour, particularly immigrants in Canada, to jobs matching their skills and career goals. It offers services such as direct hire and contractor placement, along with training and community support.

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Grow For Me operates an agricultural investment platform that connects sponsors, offtakers, and experienced farmers, allowing investors to fund farming ventures. It focuses on agriculture financing and works with farmers to support scalability and profitability.

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