Impact & Social Good Startups

Nexe Fundació is a non-profit organization that provides services and support for children with multiple disabilities and their families, developing innovative therapeutic and assistive technology solutions. The foundation works to improve quality of life, autonomy, and social inclusion while conducting research and training professionals.

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Nexif Energy develops, finances, builds, and manages power generation businesses, providing electricity to communities. It operates across the energy sector following international environmental and social standards.

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Next In Natural is a boutique hybrid holding company and venture studio that invests capital and operational expertise in early-stage organic and natural food and beverage brands, helping them scale into category leaders. It works with better-for-you CPG entrepreneurs across offices in the USA, Spain, Brazil, Israel, and the Philippines.

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NextGEN is a nonprofit entrepreneur support organization in Greenville and the Upstate of South Carolina, offering programs, workshops, mentorship, and networking events to help high-growth founders launch and scale their businesses. It connects entrepreneurs with mentors, investors, and community partners across the regional startup ecosystem.

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Nia Technologies develops a 3D printing technology toolchain called 3D PrintAbility to enable clinicians in resource-poor countries to manufacture prosthetics and orthotics for children more efficiently and cost-effectively than traditional methods. The company focuses on improving access to mobility devices for children with lower limb disabilities in developing countries.

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Nideport focuses on natural capital restoration, recovering and enriching degraded ecosystems through reforestation with native species and biodiversity conservation programs including wildlife inventories. It sells carbon credits to businesses seeking to offset greenhouse gas emissions, using monitoring technology such as IoT, blockchain, and drones, and allocates part of its sales to support local community education, health, and infrastructure.

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Nilus is a social-impact initiative that connects suppliers, local shops, and community organizations to distribute essential branded products at lower prices in low-income neighborhoods of Argentina. It negotiates directly with suppliers and works alongside existing local stores and community networks rather than competing with them.

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Nilus operates a social-impact distribution model that connects suppliers with local shops, grocery stores, and community organizations to bring essential branded products to underserved neighborhoods at lower prices. It negotiates directly with suppliers and works through existing neighborhood commerce networks in low-income areas of Argentina.

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Nisto provides a SaaS platform and infrastructure that standardizes social impact, social procurement, and community benefit reporting into SOC 2 assured, comparable statements, capturing verified data across multiple tiers of a project's supply chain. It serves organizations such as construction, engineering, and government clients with tools for impact statements, analytics, geospatial visualization, a supplier marketplace, and anonymous diverse identity surveys, with reporting practices anchored in the First Nations-governed Pehta Framework.

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No Kid Hungry, a campaign of Share Our Strength, works to end childhood hunger in the United States by helping school districts, community organizations, and state agencies implement federal child nutrition programs and expand access to school meals. It also engages in advocacy, fundraising, and provides best-practice resources for organizations that feed children.

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Nobelprize.org provides open data about the Nobel Prizes and Nobel Laureates to developers through a REST API and as Linked Data (RDF/SPARQL). The data is free to use, returned in JSON or CSV, and updated alongside the main website including at the time of new Laureate announcements.

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Noble Schools operates 17 free, open-enrollment public charter schools in Chicago, serving more than 12,000 students with a focus on college access and persistence. The network emphasizes college-bound outcomes and equity-focused, culturally relevant education.

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Noocity operates an urban vegetable gardening system with local installation and maintenance services for communities and corporate workplaces. The platform connects gardeners (Growers) with organizations seeking to build sustainable gardens that promote employee well-being and environmental impact.

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Noonday Collection sells handcrafted, globally inspired jewelry and accessories, including handwoven bags and one-of-a-kind pieces made by artisans in countries such as Guatemala. It operates as a certified B Corp and offers a resale marketplace for pre-owned Noonday items.

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Norrsken Launcher is an early-stage deep tech impact fund within the Norrsken ecosystem that runs a concentrated portfolio, making 2–3 investments of roughly €1–3m per year and working closely with founders for 3–9 months on team-building, commercialization, and fundraising. It backs science- and engineering-led companies addressing major world challenges across areas such as energy, materials, and diagnostics.

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Norselab operates a growth equity fund, Meaningful Equity I, that invests in fast-growing technology companies with net-positive impact aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, mainly in Norway. It focuses on backing companies whose products contribute to industry transformation and systems change.

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Norsk Gjenvinning is a circular economy and waste management company that offers waste collection, recycling, and resource recovery services along with digital solutions for customer management and waste reporting. The company serves businesses and organizations across Norway.

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Nossa Data builds software with AI to help companies gather and report environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information. The platform serves companies of all sizes that need to track and report ESG performance to investors, regulators, and employees.

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The National Rural Economic Developers Association (NREDA) is a member organization that provides education, information on rural issues, and networking opportunities to advance rural economic development in the United States. Its members include community and economic developers, key account managers at electric and telecommunications cooperatives, local economic development organizations, consultants, vendors, and government agencies.

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Numans Groupe is a French organization that created an athletes team, "Team Athlètes Numans," alongside two elite sportswomen to support causes related to visible and invisible disability and promote inclusion. The available page does not clearly describe the company's core products or services.

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NUQO is an Indigenous-owned, female-led company that provides modular construction solutions focused on durable, sustainable building methods and culturally significant design. As a Certified B Corp, it emphasizes energy efficiency, reduced waste, and positive community impact.

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Nuru builds and operates solar-based mini-grids to provide electricity in the Democratic Republic of Congo, including a 1.3MW solar hybrid site in Goma described as the largest off-grid mini-grid in sub-Saharan Africa. The company serves Congolese communities with additional sites in Beni, Tadu, and Faradje.

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NV Group runs acceleration programs that support and develop early-stage ventures focused on addressing social challenges, working in partnership with large companies and foundations.

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N'weti is a Mozambican organization working in public health, focused on citizen engagement to demand quality public health services and on providing adolescents and young people with information and answers about sexual and reproductive health and rights and family planning.

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