Impact & Social Good Startups

Girls Into VC is a global organization that provides educational resources, mentorship, and community to support women pursuing careers in venture capital and entrepreneurship. It operates through campus chapters and aims to close the gender gap in venture capital by developing the next generation of female investors and founders.

1 investor

Gismo Power operates in renewable energy and serves Native American communities through energy sovereignty initiatives and sustainable building training.

1 investor

GIST Impact is a sustainability data provider offering climate risk assessment, nature and biodiversity analysis, double materiality assessment, and social impact evaluation services for organizations managing ESG data and compliance.

1 investor

Give-A-Hand.tech provides ongoing support for abandoned implantable medical devices, offering programmer access, replacement components, clinician coordination, and preserved public documentation so patients can keep using their implants after manufacturers discontinue support. It serves people who depend on implanted devices such as neurodevices, and offers support grants to those in the neurodevice field.

1 investor

GiveDirectly is a nonprofit that delivers unconditional cash transfers directly to people living in extreme poverty, using mobile payment technology and a data-driven, end-to-end model without intermediary charities. It runs programs in countries including Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, and Rwanda, often partnering with governments and researchers on cash aid and universal basic income studies.

1 investor

GiveaWhy is a platform that helps nonprofits find donors, win grants, and manage fundraising campaigns through AI-powered matching and donor insights. It serves mission-driven organizations seeking to streamline fundraising and connect with aligned supporters.

1 investor

Giveffect offers an all-in-one SaaS platform built for nonprofits, covering fundraising, events, online donations, volunteer management, donor management, marketing, and constituent relationship management. It consolidates these nonprofit operations into a single software product.

1 investor

GiveMeTap is a social enterprise that produces and sells stainless steel water bottles, with each bottle funding clean water projects in remote African villages such as in Namibia, Malawi, and Ghana. It also offers custom-branded bottles for companies and runs a free-water network of cafes and shops where people can refill on the go.

1 investor

A platform that enables nonprofits to run charity auctions and event fundraising, combining mobile bidding, live auctions, ticketing, and donor management in a single system. The platform serves nonprofit organizations hosting galas, golf outings, and online fundraising campaigns.

1 investor

GiveSmart provides cloud-based fundraising software for nonprofits, charities, schools, and foundations to manage campaigns, events, and donor engagement. The platform enables organizations to administer events, process payments, and analyze fundraising data to improve revenue and organizational efficiency.

1 investor

GiveSpark was a celebrity-driven charity fundraising platform. The company operated in the nonprofit fundraising space.

1 investor

GiveWell identifies and funds outstanding opportunities in global health and development, publishing transparent research to help donors make informed giving decisions. The organization conducts intensive reviews of charities and shares detailed public documentation of both successes and mistakes in their research and grantmaking processes.

1 investor

Glass Half Full is a glass recycling operation that collects glass through residential, commercial, drop-off, and event pickups, and runs programs such as coastal restoration (ReCoast) and Mardi Gras beads recycling. It offers recycling services and related environmental initiatives.

1 investor

IHME is an independent research institute at the University of Washington School of Medicine that generates scientific evidence on global health outcomes, disease burden, and forecasting to inform policy and health system decisions. The organization develops health metrics, applies AI and statistical methods to health data analysis, and studies health system capacity, climate impacts on health, and health equity across populations worldwide.

1 investor

Global Cast is a Japanese company that markets and distributes infrastructure services, including telecommunications, to customers nationwide through a multi-channel sales model. It also provides sustainability support to small and mid-sized firms, including its SX Survey service for visualizing non-financial ESG data.

1 investor

Global Partnerships is an investment fund manager that deploys capital to social enterprises providing market-based products and services for people living in poverty, focused on income generation and life improvement. The fund operates multiple investment initiatives targeting smallholder farmers, women's health access, and related impact sectors.

1 investor

Global Health Uganda is a not-for-profit research organization that provides infrastructure, management systems, and capacity-building support for scientists conducting research on child health, neurodevelopment, and interventions. Based in Uganda, the organization facilitates collaborative research and manages research grants for health scientists.

1 investor

Global Teachers Institute develops high-quality teachers for African schools through school-based initial teacher education programmes, international exchanges, and mentor-based learning partnerships. The organization aims to create teachers who serve as agents of change and facilitate inclusive, culturally relevant learning environments.

1 investor

Go Forest, founded in 2020, runs tree-planting and reforestation projects with structural partners, and through Go Ocean works to restore coastlines and coral reefs and protect ocean ecosystems and wildlife. The company focuses on environmental restoration and climate impact.

1 investor

Golden provides volunteer management software that helps nonprofits, corporations, schools, healthcare systems, and government agencies recruit, schedule, track, and engage volunteers. Its platform adds AI-powered fundraising tools that convert active volunteers into donors, alongside CRM integrations, compliance features, and reporting.

1 investor

GoTackle provides a technology platform for economic development organizations to support small businesses through automated data collection, visibility tools, and insights. The platform reduces administrative burden for program staff while enabling scaled wealth creation for entrepreneurs.

1 investor

Good On You publishes sustainability ratings for fashion, beauty, and retail brands based on public evidence, scoring brands on their impact on people, the planet, and animals. It also offers tools that businesses use to track and improve sustainability performance and compliance, and reaches over 100,000 newsletter readers ranging from shoppers to corporate sustainability managers.

1 investor

GOOD Worldwide is a media and entertainment company whose brands produce uplifting stories and initiatives aimed at driving social impact and raising awareness around social issues. Its family includes the media brands Upworthy and GOOD, as well as All In, an organic snack bar line that donates a portion of sales to food-access groups in the USA.

1 investor

GoodAction is a platform that enables organizations, volunteers, and individuals to record, verify, and share their community and civic contributions, building permanent profiles of verified impact across volunteer hours, fundraising, advocacy, and events.

1 investor