100% Biodegradable Sanitary Pads
Saathi manufactures 100% biodegradable and compostable all-natural sanitary pads from banana fiber. We create impact which affects women health , community and environment.
2-Day Free Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
Young Founders School is a free startup bootcamp who take high school students from ideation to pitch deck and pitching real venture capitalists in just 36 hours with emphasis on changing mindsets.
5 Insights on the Potential of E-Commerce in Growing Women Entrepreneurship
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A lack of access, skills and business acumen often prevent women and women-owned enterprises from being able to participate in markets or scale their economic participation. Find out what e-commerce can bring to the table.
6 Hotspots for Social Impact in Asia: Key Trends and Players
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Inclusive Business (IB) is a novel concept in Asia, but highly relevant. Aiming to catalyse social impact in a financially viable way, it provides opportunities for private and public sector players to work alongside communities at the bottom of the pyramid (BoP) to enable sustainable livelihoods for all.
60 Decibels
60 Decibels is a global, tech-enabled impact measurement company that brings speed and repeatability to social impact measurement and customer insights. We provide genuine benchmarks of impact performance, enabling organizations to understand impact relative to peers and set performance targets. We have a network of 1,100+ researchers in 80+ countries, and have worked with more than […]
60 Decibels India
60 Decibels is a global, tech-enabled impact measurement company that brings speed and repeatability to social impact measurement and customer insights.
7 Ways to Reboot the Indian Rural Economy Post COVID-19
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As India enters into the 4th phase of lockdown, we are caught between the dilemma of savings lives or protecting livelihoods by keeping the economy open and running. The most marginalised, daily wage earners, unorganised labour class and those at the fringes of our society have been disproportionately affected. With the migrant labourers returning home with no cash or savings, village communities are stressed due to the loss of remittance income, and the added mouths to feed.
A.T.E. Chandra Foundation
A.T.E. Chandra Foundation (ATECF) anchors the philanthropic giving of Chandra Family. Strategic “portfolio approach” to social investments has helped advance and maximise its impact through various interventions. The Foundation works in collaboration with many leading Indian and Global organisations in the social sector such as Centre for Social Impact & Philanthropy (CSIP), The Bridgespan […]
Accenture Development Partnerships
Accenture Development Partnerships works with leading international development organizations to address the world s social, economic and environmental issues. By delivering the power of Accenture s global capabilities and experience, we help our clients develop sustainable, innovative and market-based solutions to maximize value while driving measurable impact.
Activating Voices of the Community for COVID-19 Relief in Pune in Maharashtra, India
ADB Ventures
ADB Ventures is the venture arm of the Asian Development Bank. We invest in bold technology startups solving the Asia’s biggest unsolved problems with a focus on tackling climate change and gender inequality. We back game-changing climate technology entrepreneurs across multiple rounds including seed, early and early-growth stage capital to help them scale up while […]
Addressing Critical Needs Through Innovative Social Impact Solutions in India
4 min read Radha Goenka, Director of RPG Foundation is a philanthropist, mom and passionate writer. When she returned from the US in 2008, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) was relatively a new concept in India. At that time, all CSR initiatives of RPG Group Companies were being run independently. She brought structure to this system […]
Agrasar: Center for Employability
At Agrasar, our program seeks to prepare the youth not just for entry level jobs but also for long-term progression in their careers.
AlphaTrio
AlphaTrio Sustainable Technology Fund is an impact fund that excels in delivering triple returns by investing profitably in private companies which are socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable.
Amoli : Gainful Employment
Amoli Handicrafts began as a urgent need to to provide viable job opportunities to survivors of trafficking. We provide survivors with a steady income source while in the process developing their skills.
Ankur Capital (Ankur Fincon Management Pvt. Ltd.)
Ankur Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in digital and deep science technology companies. Established in 2014, Ankur Capital looks to uncover and unlock opportunities in overlooked markets across India. They were the first institutional investors in notable companies including Captain Fresh (supply chain platform for animal proteins); Cropin (SaaS-based suite putting farms […]
Anudip Foundation for Social Welfare
Anudip transforms lives by creating aspirational livelihoods through inclusion in digital livelihoods in emerging economies. A nonprofit company with operations in India and USA, Anudip has been empowering motivated young career aspirants from difficult backgrounds since 2007. Founded in 2007, Anudip Foundation is a professionally managed Section 8 not profit Indian Company, registered under the […]
Anudip Foundation: Women in Technology
Anudip’s Women in Tech programme develops technology-driven skills for at-risk young women between 18-30 years from very conservative and deprived backgrounds, building a pathway to secure sustainable digital livelihoods.
AOSED: Ensuring Safety and Health of Khulna City Residents in COVID-19
AOSED is contributing to COVID-19 efforts through the distribution of personal protective equipment to safeguard waste collectors and mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on beneficiary families in Bangladesh through the educational campaigns, as well as the provision of hygiene kits and emergency food support.
Apex & Company
Apex and Company is an investment company incorporated under the laws applicable in Pakistan with an aim to create sustainable development in all sectors of Gilgit Baltistan Pakistan. Apex & Company uses its operational knowledge to spot untapped opportunities and create profitable, scalable businesses that change people’s lives in the neglected region of Gilgit Baltistan. […]
Apollo Management Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade to private equity with a focus on three investing strategies: yield, hybrid, and equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our […]
Aquarii BD Cambodia
Aquarii BD Cambodia is a cross-sectorial business strategy and development company that leverages its diverse network of contacts and its strong partnerships with leading in-market service providers, qualified trusted industry experts, and competent resource persons. Aquarii was established to address the existential challenges and hurdles that foreign SMEs / MNCs encounter when considering or trying […]
Arc Robotics: Automated Solutions for Waste Management of Urban Living in India
Arc Robotics is a robotics development startup working tirelessly towards elevating the urban lives in India and generating the solutions for mitigating the risk related to the urban living like sanitation and waste processing.
Area Development of Brgy. Buhatan through Eco-tourism
Runs a community Based Eco-Tourism for environmental conservation of Buhatan Philippines while providing sustainable livelihoods for the community.
ASEAN Foundation
The ASEAN Foundation was established in December 1997 by the ASEAN Foreign Ministers in fulfillment of the decision of the ASEAN Leaders. It is a non-profit ASEAN organ under the ASEAN Charter and is mandated to collaborate with the relevant ASEAN bodies to support ASEAN Community building by promoting greater awareness of the ASEAN identity, […]
ASEAN-Japan Centre
The ASEAN Promotion Centre on Trade, Investment and Tourism (ASEAN-Japan Centre) is an intergovernmental organization established under the treaty between the ASEAN Member States and Japan in 1981. ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) has a mandate on promotion of 4 pillars, namely: 1) export from ASEAN to Japan, 2) investment, 3) tourism, and 4) people-to-people exchange. More […]
Asia School Of Business
The vision of ASB is to be a global knowledge and learning center, blending the rigour of our founding parents, MIT Sloan and Bank Negara Malaysia, with regional expertise, insights, and research from Asia and the emerging world. To date, our award-winning MBA degree program has been called “The Most Innovative MBA” in the world […]
Asian Institute for Impact Measurement and Management (AIIMM)
Our vision is to be the benchmark center in the field of impact management and measurement in Asia. The operation of the AIIMM is expected to bring about several benefits, including the construction of a regional impact database and publishing of international publications; the build-up of connections of influential international organizations and experts to conduct […]
Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs
The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) is a global network of organizations that propel entrepreneurship in emerging markets.
Atma: Building Capacity in India’s Education NGOs
Atma is providing strategic solutions and building organisational capacity to help education NGOs in India scale to become better, stronger and more sustainable.
Autodesk Asia Pte Ltd
Autodesk is an American multinational software corporation that makes software products and services for the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media, education, and entertainment industries. Autodesk is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and has offices worldwide, including in Singapore. AutoCAD is the company’s flagship computer-aided design (CAD) software and, along with its 3D design software Revit, […]
Avijatrik: Online Sustainable Tourism Platform
We are creating a community-based tourism platform to provide sustainable income and economic development to the local communities making them tourism entrepreneurs.
AVPN-UNDP Webinar: Financing Solutions for Social Protection in COVID-19 Response and Recovery
The global pandemic has posed major development challenges affecting the lives of millions of people around the world. COVID-19 response measures have curtailed economic activities and placed a growing number of individual’s livelihoods at risk, with many slipping below the poverty line with narrow options for recovery.
B Current Impact Investment
B Current Impact Investment is the first impact fund in Taiwan, launched in 2014 through a club funding approach – by invitation only with an equal amount per investor per capital call. It aims to invest in early-stage impact-driven businesses that focus on sustainability, healthcare, education, and regional revitalization, aligning with the SDGs. It serves as a bridge between social entrepreneurs and HNWI/ESG investors and a platform to fill the impact investing ecosystem gap by connecting financial, human, intellectual, and social capital.
In 2021, B Current managed 4 impact funds by nearly 90 investors and invested in over 15 start-ups, and co-hosted 2 accelerator programs for impact-driven businesses and nonprofits, respectively. Every dollar invested by B Current was matched by three more dollars from other co-investors at the same run in average.
Backstreet Academy: P2P Platform for Impact Travel
Backstreet Academy is a peer-to-peer impact travel platform for developing countries with the mission of alleviating poverty through micro-entrepreneurship in the tourism industry. It works closely with disadvantaged communities.
BagoSphere
BagoSphere assists rural youth in The Philippines to become more employable by designing competency-based programs connecting students directly with employers. BagoSphere wants to expand the program to other cities.
