Impact & Social Good Startups

Stacks+Joules is a workforce training program that prepares people with no prior experience for building automation and HVAC controls jobs, placing them with partner employers after a fourteen-week pipeline. It targets overlooked populations to address the skilled labor shortage in building automation systems (BAS) and systems integration.

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Startup Incubator Berlin is a startup incubator affiliated with HWR Berlin that supports academic and external founding teams from idea to launch through scholarships, coaching, workspace and programs like the Berliner Startup Stipendium and EXIST funding. Based at the CIC Berlin, it applies the Lean Startup method and has supported over 300 startups across tech, social and smart city fields.

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StartUpNV is a Nevada-based nonprofit startup incubator and accelerator offering education, mentorship, and community programs for founders, and it facilitates affiliated venture funds (FundNV, 1864 Fund, AngelNV) that invest in early-stage companies. It serves entrepreneurs across Nevada and the intermountain region, guiding startups from MVP to revenue while also educating individuals on angel investing.

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STEM NOLA is a nonprofit (501c3) that runs cost-free, hands-on STEM education programs delivered in schools, homes, and communities, aimed at K-12 students, families, and college students—particularly those in under-resourced and minority communities. Based in New Orleans, it works to expand access to STEM learning and support workforce development.

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Steuben County EDC is the economic development organization for Steuben County, Indiana, promoting the area's location, industrial parks, and infrastructure to attract businesses, investors, and entrepreneurs. It provides resources such as coworking space, revolving loan funds, and connections to Trine University's Innovation Center.

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Stiftung STI provides seed funding and coaching to young entrepreneurs developing technology-oriented startups in the Espace Mittelland region of Switzerland (cantons Bern, Solothurn, Fribourg, Neuchâtel, and Jura). It supports innovative projects with market potential that are too early for venture capital or bank credit.

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Stichting Busclub is a Dutch foundation that runs local peer-support "clubs" where participants work on healthy financial behavior and learn to save money, with confidentiality maintained among members. It serves people dealing with money worries or debt, and in 2026-2027 collaborates with Nieuw Vaarwater to support clients during or after debt-relief programs.

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Stockholm Resilience Centre is a research and education institution focused on sustainability science, addressing challenges such as climate change and biodiversity loss through research, training, and knowledge co-creation with communities, organisations, and governments. It is a collaboration between Stockholm University and the Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, based in Sweden.

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Stockholm Water Technology develops electro-capacitive water purification systems that remove charged contaminants without chemicals or membranes, serving industries and municipalities for applications including water de-hardening, heavy metal removal, and nutrient reduction.

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Stork Exchange is a secondhand baby gear marketplace that sells returned, overstock, and lightly used products at discounts up to 70% off retail. The company serves budget-conscious parents seeking affordable alternatives to new baby gear while reducing waste.

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Storytree offers a mobile app for making printed photo books. Users import images from their phone, cloud storage accounts, or social media profiles, arrange them in a layout, and order printed keepsakes, scrapbooks, or gifts.

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StrongMinds is a nonprofit that treats depression using layperson-led interpersonal group therapy (IPT-G), providing free community-based mental health care to people in low-resource settings, with a focus on women and adolescents. It partners with governments and NGOs across African countries including Uganda, Zambia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania to integrate its model into existing programs.

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Subcity operates a platform that helps businesses discover and claim tax credits, grants, and economic incentives, drawing on a database of over 1,000 federal, state, and local programs. It offers a matching system, a common application process, and automation of paperwork and compliance for finance and accounting teams.

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SuccessionMatching operates a marketplace and matching platform that connects business and farm buyers with sellers, along with succession planning professionals. The platform uses a compatibility algorithm to facilitate ownership transitions and provides resources, consulting, and professional services to support business succession planning across North America.

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Sun Exchange finances, designs, installs, insures, and maintains solar systems for schools, farms, retirement homes, nonprofits, and other organisations, which then pay only for the solar energy produced. Founded in 2015, the company operates in South Africa.

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SUNDRED provides "Industry-Up as a Service," an integrated set of services aimed at co-creating new industries and building new business growth axes starting from societal needs. It works with companies, organizations, and individuals across boundaries to develop new value-creation mechanisms, initially targeting the creation of 100 new industries in Japan.

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SunFarmer develops solar energy solutions in Nepal and the US, serving customers in rural and underserved markets. The company focuses on solar water pumping and distributed solar energy systems.

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SunStation USA provides free sunscreen dispensers to public community spaces such as parks and pools to support skin cancer prevention. It serves communities and municipalities across the United States looking to improve sun safety access for residents and visitors.

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Sunwealth is a clean energy investment firm that finances and manages solar and storage projects, partnering with local solar installers, community organizations, local businesses, and investors. It focuses on delivering clean power, carbon reduction, cost savings, and job creation to a range of communities.

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Autofabricantes is a collective research project that develops open-source, accessible personal assistive devices for people with functional diversity, using digital fabrication and co-production involving families, users and technicians. Based at Medialab Prado in Madrid, it works at the intersection of art, science and society to improve autonomy and quality of life.

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SureImpact provides impact management and case management software for nonprofits and other social good organizations, letting them track case activities, automate data collection, and measure program outcomes. It includes a library of over 400 outcome measures and real-time performance dashboards for reporting impact to stakeholders.

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Sustainable Ocean Alliance supports emerging ocean leaders and startups through grants, mentorship, investment access, and community, including a year of online programming and travel to ocean conferences. It focuses on advancing ocean conservation and climate action.

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Sustainable Restaurant Group is a collective of purpose-driven restaurant and hospitality brands with a focus on environmental and social sustainability. Based in Portland, Oregon, it operates and grows dining concepts across the United States.

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