Impact & Social Good Startups

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is a specialized United Nations agency working across 130+ countries to achieve global food security and combat hunger.

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Farmers for Forests (F4F) is a hybrid social enterprise that helps smallholder farmers in India transition their land to agroforestry to regenerate soil, raise incomes, and build climate resilience. It runs programs in agroforestry, forest protection and restoration, human-elephant conflict prevention, urban biodiversity, and ecology education, using technology to address climate change and rural poverty.

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Farmforce provides software for tracking and tracing agricultural supply chains from smallholder farmers, helping agribusinesses meet compliance requirements such as the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and monitor issues like child labour. It serves agricultural companies managing first-mile data for crops including cocoa, coffee, palm oil, and rubber.

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Farming Hope is a San Francisco nonprofit focused on food justice that provides culinary job training for people experiencing homelessness, addiction, or reentry after incarceration, alongside food recovery and community meal programs. It serves food-insecure neighbors and vulnerable adults in the San Francisco community.

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The Farmland Information Center is a clearinghouse providing information, resources, and technical assistance for farmland protection and stewardship, serving policymakers, organizations, and individuals. It is a partnership between the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and American Farmland Trust.

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Farm to Feed operates a tech-enabled platform that connects smallholder farmers in Kenya to B2B buyers, aggregating fresh produce and processing it into traceable, sustainable ingredients while reducing post-harvest losses. The company addresses food waste in Kenya's agricultural supply chain by creating reliable market access for farmers' full harvests.

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Fundació Acció Social Infància (FASI) is a nonprofit social-services organization that runs family-intervention programs for children and adolescents at risk, including residential care, daytime support, and early-childhood spaces. It operates in Catalonia, Spain.

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The Foundation for Civic Leadership is an organization that supports civic initiatives.

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Fearless Fund is a venture capital firm focused on women of color founders, investing in under-resourced entrepreneurs raising pre-seed, seed, or Series A financing. It aims to close the funding gap for women of color building scalable, growth-oriented companies.

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Fedeacua is Colombia's national trade federation representing the inland fish farming sector, covering the production of tilapia, trout, cachama, and native species. This non-profit organization provides advice, technical assistance, and rural extension support to fish farmers across Colombia.

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Feed Louisville is a nonprofit organization of professional chefs that prepares and provides meals to address hunger in its community. It serves people experiencing food insecurity in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Petaluma makes plant-based, oven-baked dry dog food, including a Baked Pumpkin & Peanut Butter formula designed for senior dogs and formulated to meet AAFCO adult maintenance nutrient profiles. The company emphasizes transparent lab-verified nutrition and recipes developed by canine nutrition experts, selling directly to dog owners.

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Female Founders is a Europe-focused organization that connects women building startups with capital, corporate partners, operators, and investors (Business Angels, VCs, CVCs, and Family Offices). It provides founders with networking, dealflow, and access to funding while offering corporates and investors access to women-led and diverse startups across Europe.

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Artesian is an alternative investment management firm specializing in public and private debt, venture capital, and impact investment strategies for institutional clients. The firm manages funds for government organizations, pension funds, insurance companies, and family offices across multiple asset classes.

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The Female Founders Contest is a German pitch competition for startups with at least one female founder, running 12 regional semifinals and a grande finale to give women-led startups visibility and access to investors, corporates, and the startup community. It is organized by the Business Angels Club Berlin-Brandenburg and takes place across Germany.

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Artesian Capital Management is a venture capital firm investing in high-growth startups led by women across Series A & B stages, with focus on climate tech, agrifood, healthcare, and female economic empowerment across Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, and China. The firm also manages sector-specific funds including climate tech and agrifood investments, and operates Scale Investors, an angel group backing female founders at pre-seed and seed stages.

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Ferrosan Medical Devices manufactures medical devices used in surgical procedures with a focus on product quality, safety, and improved surgical outcomes. The company operates with sustainability commitments across environmental, social, and governance areas, including renewable energy use and emission reduction targets.

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Field Intelligence helps health systems and providers in emerging and frontier markets digitize and strengthen supply chains for immunizations, contraception, anti-infectives, diagnostics, and chronic care medications and devices. The company builds products and services to improve access to healthcare at local clinics and pharmacies.

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Fight the New Drug provides conversation guides and educational resources about pornography for use with partners, family members, friends, and communities.

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Fika designs, evaluates, and scales rural trail and transport infrastructure programs — such as bridge construction and AI-based transport planning — to improve connectivity for isolated rural communities. It works with government and development funders on national rural access initiatives, including an education access assessment in Côte d'Ivoire.

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Filantrópico sources specialty single-origin coffee from smallholder farmers and roasts it artisanally in Madrid, offering coffee supply and service to offices. Its operations are run by people with intellectual disabilities, and it emphasizes fair prices for growers, shade-grown beans, and reusable packaging.

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FINCA is a global nonprofit organization that provides microfinance and financial services to help people in low-income communities build sustainable livelihoods and escape poverty. The organization works with entrepreneurs and underserved populations across multiple countries to increase access to capital and economic opportunities.

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Finco develops data-driven financing solutions for francophone Africa, targeting the 80% of individuals and businesses excluded from traditional banking through innovative credit models. The company serves SMEs and young adults with supply chain financing and mortgage products, operating primarily in Benin.

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Finnfund is a development financier and impact investor that invests in financially viable projects of responsible companies operating in developing countries to address global development challenges. Its investment portfolio focuses on advancing digitalization and mobilizing private capital through EU guarantees.

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