Impact & Social Good Startups

The NYC Small Business Resource Network is a public-private partnership that provides small businesses in New York City with support such as grants and loans access, digital marketing, website and e-commerce setup, lease negotiations, and business planning. Launched in response to COVID-19 in coordination with the city's chambers of commerce, it offers personalized guidance to help local small businesses open and reopen.

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NYC Votes is a voter engagement initiative of the New York City Campaign Finance Board, a city agency that works to increase participation among voters and candidates in local elections. It registers, educates, and engages New Yorkers, provides information about candidates and campaign financing, and operates a matching funds program for city candidates.

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Nyungu manufactures sustainable, plant-based menstrual products using pineapple leaves and corn husk fibers for women and girls, with a social mission to donate products to those who cannot afford them. The company operates in Kenya with a focus on climate-positive production and menstrual health equity.

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Oasis Legal Services provides legal support, including asylum assistance, to LGBTQ+ immigrants and low-income community members in the United States, with tools available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. It also trains and mobilizes volunteers and pro bono attorneys to serve LGBTQ+ asylum seekers.

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Oath Africa is a public benefit company that produces Oath Soil Life, a shelf-stable microbial soil amendment that reintroduces beneficial microbes to restore degraded soils, improve crop yields, and generate verified carbon credits. It partners with smallholder cooperatives, commercial farms, and land stewards across Africa, with early projects deployed in Rwanda.

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Ocean 14 Capital is an impact investment firm focused on the blue economy, backing late-stage venture and growth ocean businesses and helping them scale into data-led, circular, and regenerative industrial platforms. It invests in sectors such as aquaculture, with a stated goal of regenerating the ocean.

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Ocean Legacy Foundation recovers marine plastic debris from coastlines and waterways, collects it at Ocean Plastic Depots across Canada, and recycles it into Legacy Plastic pellets and products such as plastic lumber and park benches. It runs its EPIC program (Education, Policy, Infrastructure, Cleanup) and a plastic testing laboratory, focused on ending ocean plastic pollution and building a plastic circular economy.</parameter> <parameter name="founders">[]

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Okavango Capital Partners is an investment firm that finances projects aimed at reducing climate risks and biodiversity loss across Africa's ecosystems while supporting local communities. It uses market-based approaches to promote sustainable consumption of food, materials, energy, and leisure.

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Olico provides after-school maths programmes, online tutoring tools, and a WhatsApp hotline to improve numeracy and mathematics education for learners in South Africa, particularly in low-income communities.

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Oltre is an Italian impact investment firm that makes venture and growth investments in mission-driven companies. The firm focuses on generating social and environmental impact through its portfolio companies.

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Omidyar Network works with a network of innovators and organizations to influence the direction of the digital revolution and technologies such as AI, focusing on culture, governance, business, and technology to shape a digital future oriented toward shared power and prosperity.

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OncoRevive develops a multiomics blood test combining nanotechnology, cancer biology, and AI to detect and monitor cancer in less than 2 hours at a fraction of current costs. The test is designed for healthcare providers, hospitals, and pathology labs seeking rapid, comprehensive same-day cancer diagnostics.

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One Degree is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that operates a free platform enabling users to search for and discover social services and resources in their area. The platform allows community members and service providers to add, edit, and maintain resource information collaboratively.

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One East Kentucky promotes Eastern Kentucky as a location for companies to invest and operate, highlighting a workforce transitioning from the coal/energy sector, industrial sites, and low business costs. It functions as a regional economic development organization serving businesses considering relocation or expansion in the area.

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OneCause builds fundraising and giving software for nonprofit organizations, supporting events, auctions, and donor engagement. Formerly known as BidPal, the company serves nonprofit clients seeking to run fundraising campaigns and improve the giving experience.

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Oneka produces wave-powered offshore desalination buoys that convert seawater into freshwater for coastal populations and industries. The system operates without electricity or fuel, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and operational costs compared to conventional desalination methods.

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1% for the Planet is a global network that connects businesses and environmental organizations, certifying member companies' commitment to donate a percentage of sales to environmental causes. It provides a certification model and logo aimed at businesses seeking to demonstrate credible environmental giving to consumers.

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OneReef is a nonprofit that partners with Indigenous and local coastal communities across the Pacific to protect coral reef and island ecosystems, funding and supporting community-led stewardship such as enforcing managed fishing zones and monitoring conservation impact. It provides financing, training, and scientific and technological support (in collaboration with Scripps Institution of Oceanography) to ocean stewards in places including Palau and Micronesia.

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Ontario Centre of Innovation (OCI) is a provincial innovation organization that funds and supports Ontario-based companies through programs promoting academic-industry collaboration, commercialization, and digital and AI adoption. It backs startups and small businesses in sectors such as life sciences, health, and technology across Ontario, Canada.

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Oonee builds and operates secure bicycle parking stations offered as a turnkey network that bundles design, financing, management, and operations for cities, transit agencies, and developers. The company launched its first station in 2018 and works with public and private partners to deploy free-to-use bike parking infrastructure, primarily in the New York City metropolitan area.

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Open Road Impact operates a loan fund that provides fast, flexible short-term debt to mission-driven organizations working on social inequality and climate change. It serves the impact-first investing ecosystem, aiming to unlock and recycle capital so it reaches organizations doing social and environmental work.

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Open Value Foundation is a family foundation that supports social enterprises and projects serving vulnerable populations through strategic philanthropy and impact investing, providing funding and strategic support. It focuses on creating sustainable economic opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa and Spain, and runs a school for social change to mobilize capital toward social impact investing.

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OpenBiome Foundation advances microbiome-targeted therapies for serious conditions like Clostridioides difficile through partnerships, innovation funding, and open-access research tools. The organization works to expand patient access to microbiome treatments while accelerating scientific discovery in the field.

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Open Collective provides financial infrastructure and fiscal sponsorship that lets community groups, open source projects, and grassroots initiatives raise and spend money transparently under a trusted legal entity. The platform, now operated by OFi Technologies under the nonprofit Open Finance Consortium, offers public ledgers and transparent budgeting for collectives worldwide.

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