Impact & Social Good Startups

HER FUND is a pan-European, EU-funded project building a network of gender-conscious investors and innovation stakeholders (policymakers, capital providers, business accelerators) to support female-led startups and companies. Running 2024–2026 across a 9-partner consortium in 7 countries, it focuses on knowledge-sharing to help women-led businesses grow.

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HerVest is a fintech platform for women in Nigeria, offering target savings, impact investments, and credit financing to smallholder women farmers and women-owned or women-led SMEs. It uses peer-to-peer capital reallocation to provide low-interest loans and financial services aimed at closing the gender finance gap.

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Super was a community fundraising platform that let creators and individuals group charitable organizations into a "Super Fund" and invite their followers to give monthly or one-time donations, with curated charity vetting, tax reporting, and optional creator tips. The platform, which partnered with Our Change Foundation to process US tax-deductible donations, has shut down.

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Hipster operates a web platform where users post questions and receive answers from other members. The service combines question-and-answer functionality with social networking features. It is aimed at general consumer internet users in the United States.

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Hive Founders runs an 8-week Investment Readiness Accelerator for pre-seed and seed stage female founders, providing pitch deck coaching, 1:1 mentoring, expert sessions and a Demo Day to prepare them to raise from angels and VCs. The program serves women-led startups and includes ongoing fundraising support until a round closes.

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Hiveonline is a digital financial platform providing banking and payment services to unbanked and underbanked populations, particularly in rural and developing communities. The company combines fintech infrastructure with financial inclusion, serving smallholder farmers and rural entrepreneurs in markets like Mozambique and beyond.

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Helen Keller Intl is a nonprofit organization working to improve health and nutrition for children and families around the world, addressing threats such as rising costs, climate crises, and conflict. It runs global health and nutrition programs and directs the majority of donations directly to those programs.

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Homaio is an investment platform that lets individual investors buy, sell, and retire European carbon allowances (EU ETS quotas) as a financial asset. It positions carbon credits as a way to diversify a portfolio while contributing to decarbonization, and charges a 2% purchase commission plus a 1.5% annual management fee with a €1,000 minimum investment.

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Honest Jobs operates an employment platform that connects currently and formerly incarcerated people with employers willing to hire them. It serves job seekers with criminal records (returning citizens) and the companies looking to hire them.

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Honeyguide is a Tanzania-focused conservation organization that builds the governance, management, and business capacity of community-owned Wildlife Management Areas so they can operate as self-reliant social enterprises. It works with 13 community-led conservation areas across Tanzania, aiming to deliver economic, social, and ecological benefits for local communities.

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Hope Enterprise Corporation administers EPA-funded "Solar for All" programs in Arkansas and Mississippi, offering financial products and programs to help low-income and disadvantaged homeowners and solar project developers reduce energy costs. It focuses on expanding solar energy access and financing in these two states.

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Hort Innovation is a grower-owned organisation that invests grower levies and Australian Government contributions into research, development, marketing, trade and market insights for the Australian horticulture industry. It provides growers with data, research reports, industry statistics and partnership opportunities, and co-invests with innovators to deliver practical solutions.

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Hotel con Corazón is a social impact hotel that reinvests its profits into education programs for communities in Latin America. Guests contribute to local educational initiatives through their stays.

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Higg Index provides sustainability measurement tools for the apparel, footwear, and home textile industry, covering facilities, materials, products, and brand/retailer operations across environmental, social, and governance impact areas. The tools serve brands, retailers, and manufacturers to measure and improve yearly sustainability performance in categories such as water, energy, chemical management, and employee safety.

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HTI Labs builds and scales technology infrastructure for anti-trafficking efforts, using data analysis to identify patterns and generate law enforcement leads aimed at disrupting human trafficking. It serves anti-trafficking organizations and law enforcement.

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Hubbub provides online fundraising platforms and support services for schools, universities, and other institutions, helping them run Giving Days and crowdfunding campaigns to raise donations from alumni, parents, staff, and their communities. Its case studies focus on UK educational institutions.

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Hub Vitacura provides tools, training, and business services to support entrepreneurs and local commerce in the Vitacura district, and helps incubate innovation projects by offering community spaces to test prototypes. It runs programs to promote local shops and open innovation challenges in Vitacura, Chile.

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Huckleberry Youth Programs is a nonprofit serving Bay Area teens and families, offering crisis shelter, counseling and therapy, health centers, college and career access programs, and support for sexually exploited youth. It operates in San Francisco and Marin County, providing services for young people facing crisis, health needs, and educational barriers.

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The Human Practice Foundation is a nonprofit that builds and renovates public schools, trains teachers, and supports family income-generating activities to expand access to education for children. It works with local communities in Nepal and Kenya.

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Center for Humane Technology (CHT) is a nonprofit organization focused on the societal impacts of technology, particularly AI, working across policy, technology design, and psychology to identify misaligned incentives and advocate for design- and policy-based interventions. It supports strategic litigation, produces a podcast, and works with tech and policy decision-makers to reduce technology-related harms.

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Humanitix is an event ticketing platform that donates 100% of profits to charity. It serves event organizers and venues looking to sell tickets while supporting charitable causes.

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The Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce is a membership organization serving business owners, stakeholders, and entrepreneurs in Hutchinson and Reno County, Kansas. It supports members with community connections and business growth resources in the region.

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I Luv Earth is an online marketplace that connects shoppers with companies and products focused on sustainability, ethics, and social impact. It also works with socially conscious influencers and social enterprises driving positive change.

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i2E is a nonprofit organization that supports early-stage founders and scalable companies in Oklahoma, providing structure, guidance, and connections to prepare them for growth and investment. The organization connects entrepreneurs to capital and investors while building a pipeline of investment-ready companies across the state.

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