Impact & Social Good Startups

Messagecube is a US developer of a messaging application organized around sharing purchases and activities with friends. Features include group chat with chat migration, unlimited photo and video sharing, category-based search, location sharing, and customizable chat backgrounds.

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Metaplanet is an evergreen investment firm that backs deep-tech and mission-driven companies working on humanity's long-term survival and positive impact. The firm focuses on investments across AI, robotics, life sciences, enterprise, consumer, and crypto sectors.

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Metrowind operates wind energy generation in South Africa's Nelson Mandela Bay area and funds community development programmes covering school food gardens, early childhood education, and youth sailing training. Its public-facing content focuses on corporate social investment activities in surrounding communities.

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The MSU Foundation supports the Michigan State University innovation ecosystem by connecting research, startups, and industry partners with resources to grow. It serves researchers, founders, and industry partners.

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The Michigan History Foundation is a nonprofit that raises private funds to collect, preserve, and interpret Michigan's history, supporting the state's museum system, archives, publications, historic preservation, and educational programs. It relies on tax-deductible contributions from individuals, corporations, and foundations.

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Midland Microfin Ltd. is an Indian microfinance institution founded in 2011 that provides small loans and financial services to low-income entrepreneurs, with a focus on women, to support micro-enterprises and financial inclusion. It operates across 16 states and 2 union territories in India using a technology-driven lending approach.

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MIGA operates the World Bank Group's guarantee platform, centralizing World Bank Group guarantee products to support public and private investors in developing markets.

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MightyText lets users send and receive SMS/MMS from a computer or tablet using their existing Android phone number, keeping messages in sync with the phone's inbox. It also mirrors phone notifications, syncs photos and videos, alerts users to incoming calls, and shows phone battery status across devices.

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The Milken Institute is a nonprofit think tank that produces research, data tools, and convenings across health, finance, strategic philanthropy, and international markets. It brings together leaders to develop and influence public-sector policies and private-sector practices on issues such as biomedical innovation, public health, financial markets, and philanthropy.

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Minah connects global investors and the African diaspora to real-world-asset-backed investment strategies, channeling capital into African financial institutions, real estate developers, and SMEs. Operating under an EU-based legal framework, it targets diaspora and "Afro-curious" investors and fund managers seeking access to African investment opportunities.

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Minderoo Foundation is a philanthropic organisation that funds and partners with communities and organisations to address social and environmental issues, including community wellbeing, gender equality, natural ecosystem protection, and emerging challenges. It works through grants, impact investing, advocacy, and evidence generation to support measurable social and environmental impact.

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Mind Lab develops educational programs aligned with Brazil's BNCC curriculum that build socioemotional skills such as resilience, cooperation, creative thinking, and self-awareness, primarily serving public schools and municipal education networks. It also offers learning tracks for employability, entrepreneurship, and income generation aimed at productive inclusion in Brazil.

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Mini City provides software and tools to help cities, homeless service providers, and community organizations more efficiently assist people experiencing homelessness by reducing barriers to obtaining identification and accessing benefits. The platform serves municipal agencies, community-based organizations, and enterprises working to address homelessness.

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Ministry of Awesome supports early-stage startup founders in Aotearoa New Zealand by connecting them with mentors, investors, and partner organisations, and by running programmes and events. It serves founders, mentors, investors, and ecosystem partners with the mission of growing New Zealand's startup economy.

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Mirai Partners is a Japanese firm focused on renewable and clean energy, providing hydropower engineering and construction consulting, EPC services for hydropower plants, and investment/advisory services for renewable energy projects. It also sells environmental certificates and runs regional offices in Miyazaki and Niigata prefectures.

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Mission Achievement and Success (MAS) is a tuition-free public charter school serving students in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with campuses including Old Coors and Yale. It provides a college-preparatory K-12 curriculum with small student-teacher ratios and free meals, uniforms, transportation, and supplies, focusing on underserved youth.

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Mission EDC is the economic development corporation for Mission, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley near the U.S.-Mexico border. It provides funding, resources, and mentorship to help startups and established companies in sectors such as manufacturing, healthcare, technology, and retail launch and grow.

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Mission West Community Development Partners is a nonprofit serving rural western Montana with four programs: small business consulting and microloans, a USDA-certified shared-use food processing facility, cooperative development support, and community economic development planning. Based in Ronan, it works with entrepreneurs, farmers, co-ops, and local governments across Lake, Sanders, and Mineral counties and the Flathead Indian Reservation.</parameter> <parameter name="hq_city">Ronan

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Mission from MaRS is a Canadian climate initiative that identifies companies with scalable emission-reduction technologies and connects their founders with ecosystem leaders to help commercialize and scale these solutions across sectors such as energy, real estate, transportation, and carbon management. It focuses on accelerating the adoption of high-potential climate technologies in Canada and globally.

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Mister Loo designs, builds, finances, and operates tech-enabled public restrooms in high-footfall locations across Southeast Asia, offering showers, luggage lockers, and wellness features such as smart bidets and hydration checks. It targets public sanitation infrastructure in Emerging Asia with a digital ecosystem covering e-payments, loyalty programs, and real-time performance dashboards.

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Mitacs is a Canadian national innovation organization that connects businesses and researchers, funding and facilitating industry–academic collaboration and access to skilled talent. It supports partners across Canada through research partnerships and financial support aimed at turning ideas into commercial innovations.

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MITO Technology is an advisor and sponsor to venture capital funds focused on sustainability and climate tech, including MITO Tech Transfer and the early-stage climate tech fund MITO Tech Ventures. It supports founders of early-stage sustainable industrial and deep tech companies with capital and expertise in technology transfer and intellectual property management.

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Mizzen Capital is a women-owned SBIC fund that provides debt financing—including senior secured, mezzanine, and equity co-investment structures—to U.S. lower middle market companies with EBITDA of $1M to $15M. It serves businesses across sectors such as manufacturing, healthcare services, software, and energy transition, using an ESG-oriented investment approach.

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mLab runs accelerator and innovation programmes, such as the mLab Digital Enterprise Accelerator and the Youth Technology Innovation Programme, to support early-stage digital entrepreneurs and innovators. It operates in South Africa, including regional calls such as the Northern Cape competition.

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