Impact & Social Good Startups
2,185 companies tagged Impact & Social Good, with their investors and founders.
Trashbusters offers a single-source platform for event supplies and infrastructure, spanning 14 product categories such as tents and lighting, so event planners can source everything in one place instead of coordinating multiple vendors. It serves event organizers in South Korea.
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Akiya Katsuyo (空き家活用株式会社) builds systems to bring vacant homes back into the market in Japan, including a portal connecting vacant-home owners with users and developing new reuse models for such properties. The company focuses on addressing Japan's vacant-housing problem and local community revitalization.
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Circular Economy and Nature Positive Investment Ⅰ Limited Partnership is a Japanese investment fund established in 2025 that invests in and supports startups working on circular economy and nature-positive initiatives. It targets companies addressing challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and resource depletion.
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SustainaSeed builds tools to help businesses, individuals, and communities adopt sustainable solutions, starting with a global database of innovative solution providers. Its product VerityBase was announced for soft launch at an event in Tokyo.
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Sunlit Seedlings Co., Ltd. describes its SDGs initiatives and its fraud-prevention policy for managing public research funds, stating it operates and manages competitive research funding in line with guidelines for the administration and auditing of public research expenses at research institutions.
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Symenergy develops renewable energy projects with low environmental impact across Japan, focusing on local energy production and community development alongside power generation.
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Biome develops a biodiversity data platform and mobile app that aggregates citizen-contributed biological observation data into real-time species distribution datasets for conservation projects. The company partners with enterprises and government agencies to support nature-positive initiatives and natural capital assessment.
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Furusato Netteiden develops and operates geothermal power generation projects in Japan, using the "Waita Model" to ensure local communities benefit through economic returns, resource sharing, and infrastructure improvements. The company aims to rebuild social systems through sustainable regional development powered by geothermal energy.
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HALVO Holdings is a Japanese holding company operating subsidiaries centered on its Green & Water business, which provides the "Composite Lagoon System" wastewater treatment plant used mainly by pig farms, with over 300 installations across Japan. The group also works on producing affordable, safe drinking water systems, targeting environmental pollution and water access problems.
1 investor
Satoyume is a Japanese consulting and business-production firm focused on regional revitalization, working with municipalities and prefectures across Japan on local development projects, tourism, and hospitality ventures (including its Satoyume Hotels brand). It positions itself as a "local business incubator," also holding travel-agency and paid job-placement licenses.
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Tokyo Chainsaws is a Japanese forestry company that manages and maintains roughly 52,000 hectares of forest in western Tokyo, handling tree planting, logging, and whole-log timber sales. It also designs and sells wooden toys, fixtures, and daily goods made from its timber, and offers forest-based experience services.
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3 Keys Communities converts multifamily properties into co-living spaces, offering transitional, shared, and independent living units to increase occupancy and rental income. It markets these properties as investment opportunities for real estate investors while providing affordable housing for residents in transition, primarily across the U.S. Sun Belt.
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3D Money is an alternative investment company that acquires and operates cash-flowing real estate and essential businesses such as multifamily housing, manufacturing companies, and agricultural ventures. It offers income-focused investors three-year secured promissory notes under Regulation D, structured to provide fixed annual interest and monthly payments backed by operating assets.
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AdvanceNet Technology Services (ANTS) is a for-profit SaaS company serving the social sector, building technology to scale education and workforce development programs that train people for quality jobs. It partners with public and private organizations on financial literacy, nonprofit/for-profit collaboration, outcomes data reporting, and custom social sector technology.
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The Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) is a membership community of roughly 30,000 guides, tour operators, lodges, travel advisors, tourism boards, destination marketing organizations, outdoor educators, gear companies and travel media focused on sustainable tourism. It connects members virtually and in person to develop solutions supporting responsible and profitable travel businesses.
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AgriCapture supports regenerative farming by providing field-level data collection and in-house MRV (measurement, reporting, and verification) capabilities that help U.S. farmers, ranchers, and landowners certify and quantify climate-friendly agricultural practices. It partners with agricultural value chain companies to trace identity-preserved commodities and generates third-party verified agricultural carbon credits for businesses to offset greenhouse gas emissions.
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Ambity Holding Group, Inc. buys and operates small U.S. businesses as long-term holdings, focusing on cash-generating companies rather than reselling them. It targets B2B services and logistics businesses in Texas and Colorado with yearly sales of $1–10M and 15%+ EBITDA margins.
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Aslan Housing Foundation helps pastors and ministry staff access affordable housing through below-market rentals, housing strategy support, and equity-share programs that support home ownership. It serves churches and ministries across multiple high-cost U.S. markets, with roots in the Bay Area.
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washington County is a nonprofit mentoring organization that matches adult volunteers ("Bigs") with local children ("Littles") for one-on-one and group mentorship, including a Little Leadership Academy group program run with community partners. It serves youth and families in Washington County, Maryland.
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Bio Usawa is a biotechnology company that develops and manufactures affordable monoclonal antibodies and biologic medicines, with a focus on bringing cancer and other therapies to patients in Africa and globally.
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Black Earth Compost provides compost collection and processing services, turning food and organic waste into compost. It operates across New England and serves residential, commercial, and municipal customers.
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Black Unicorn Factory is an accelerator that guides small businesses and overlooked founders toward going public through direct listings on national exchanges like Nasdaq, covering entity structuring, SEC filing, compliance, and market readiness as an alternative to venture capital. It focuses on Black, women, veteran, immigrant, and community-based founders, and runs a "Follow Me For Equity" program that lets everyday people earn stock through task-based participation.
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Blue Star Foods supplies seafood products such as crab meat and its FIT FUEL protein line for consumers and chefs, emphasizing sustainably sourced seafood. The company works with artisan fishers to improve fishery sustainability.
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bluEvo Ltd invests in and manages businesses that provide ecosystem services and generates validated blue carbon, biodiversity, and nutrient credits. The company focuses on nature-based solutions aimed at addressing climate change while producing financial returns.
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