Global Development

Acumen is a venture philanthropy organization that invests in visionary entrepreneurs building transformational companies from seed to scale. They focus on funding bold entrepreneurs who are creating inclusive solutions across sectors like sustainable agriculture, quality education, renewable energy, healthy communities, dignified jobs, and gender equality. Their mission is to break the cycle of poverty through patient capital investments in high-innovation, high-impact enterprises. They operate by deploying philanthropic capital to shape markets and support entrepreneurs who are addressing the world's toughest poverty-related challenges, investing where traditional funders won't. Acumen Ventures has established itself as a significant force in the impact investing ecosystem since 2001, with an A to Z directory of portfolio companies spanning over two decades. They matter because they've reinvented the rules of return, prioritizing impact alongside financial sustainability and helping to demonstrate that venture philanthropy can drive meaningful systemic change in underserved communities globally.

Airbnb.org is an independent U.S. 501(c)(3) public charity that pays for free, short-term housing for people affected by disasters and other crises. The organization launched in 2020 after eight years of crisis-housing work through Airbnb's Open Homes program, which began when a host named Shell offered her home at no charge after Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Airbnb.org is legally separate from Airbnb, Inc.; Airbnb covers the charity's operating costs, supplies access to its technology platform and services, and says it does not earn money from Airbnb.org-supported stays. The operating model is housing assistance rather than conventional grantmaking. Airbnb.org works with vetted local nonprofit partners that identify and refer eligible people, volunteers, first responders, refugees, and families traveling for medical care. Airbnb.org then funds bookings on Airbnb's platform. Hosts are generally paid as they would be for an ordinary stay and receive AirCover and specialized support; some separately choose to discount a stay, offer it free, or donate a portion of their payout. An Airbnb.org emergency-stay host should therefore not be described as synonymous with Airbnb's broader commercial-host community. Airbnb.org organizes its work around emergency-response stays, medical stays, and resettlement stays. Its official site says more than 60,000 hosts have helped provide housing to more than 250,000 people since the 2012 origin of the program. It separately reports 1.6 million nights of free emergency housing since Airbnb.org launched in 2020. Those are facilitated stays and nights, not a count of unique guests, grants, or dollars deployed. For January through June 2026, Airbnb.org reported 87 disaster responses, more than 28,000 nights provided, and 5,776 hosts who donated. It also reported that an Airbnb.org booking cost an average of US$110 per night globally over the preceding five years. These organization-reported operating measures show delivery capacity, but they are not assets under management, audited grant expenditures, or a committed funding pool.

Amazon Disaster Relief is an internal Amazon corporate disaster-response initiative. It is not AmazonSmile, not a donor-advised fund, and not a separately incorporated Amazon foundation. Amazon uses its inventory, fulfillment centers, disaster-relief hubs, transportation network, cloud and communications technology, employees, and cash or product donations to support vetted humanitarian organizations before, during, and after disasters. Amazon describes sustained response activity beginning in 2017. The model is predominantly operational and in-kind. Relief hubs pre-position commonly requested items; response teams coordinate with nonprofit and public-sector partners; Amazon transports donated products from its inventory and wish lists; and AWS or technical teams may provide cloud, connectivity, mapping, and recovery support. Announced retail value, item counts, flights, truckloads, and logistics capacity are different from cash grants and should not be added together as a grant total. Amazon's current disaster-relief pages and 2026 response stories show active deployments, including relief shipments tied to floods, fires, earthquakes, and other emergencies. Partners—not the general public—typically identify priority goods and distribution needs. The public Disaster Relief by Amazon portal is a partner logistics mechanism, not a general grant application. No organization-wide open funding round, broadly applicable cheque size, or AUM exists for this internal initiative.

The ASEAN Institute is a trade facilitation organization that focuses on fostering international and intergovernmental collaborations across Southeast Asia's ASEAN trade bloc, which includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Their primary focus areas are technology, energy, and infrastructure sectors, where they work to create productive channels for cross-border trade and development. The organization operates by facilitating communication, knowledge exchange, and technology transfer between public and private sector stakeholders across the ASEAN region. Their mission centers on strengthening economic cooperation by connecting global partners with local opportunities, creating meaningful bridges between international investors and Southeast Asian markets through strategic initiatives and structured collaboration programs. The ASEAN Institute plays a significant role in the Southeast Asian economic ecosystem by driving economic growth and innovation through their facilitation services. They matter because they provide essential infrastructure for cross-border collaboration in critical sectors like technology and energy, helping to strengthen the overall ASEAN trade bloc's competitiveness and integration in the global economy.

Bamboo Capital Partners is an impact investing platform that provides innovative financing solutions to businesses in emerging and frontier markets serving low- to middle-income populations. They focus primarily on four key sectors: financial inclusion, access to clean energy, access to healthcare, and agribusiness, where they identify mass-market opportunities for high growth and social impact. The organization operates as the asset management arm of global impact firm Palladium, which operates in over 100 countries. They bridge the gap between seed and growth stage funding through a full suite of finance options ranging from debt to equity, which they deploy either unilaterally or through strategic partnerships. Bamboo has established itself as a significant player in the impact investing ecosystem, having impacted 260 million lives, supported 100,000 jobs including 170,000 female jobs, served millions of patients, and helped avoid significant CO2 emissions. Their comprehensive impact management process deployed throughout the investment lifecycle and their focus on technology-driven solutions for underserved populations positions them as a catalyst for lasting social and environmental change in developing markets.

BESTSELLER Foundation is a Danish commercial foundation established in 2015. It is funded by BESTSELLER, the family-owned fashion company, but operates as a separate legal entity from both BESTSELLER A/S and HEARTLAND A/S. The foundation's current strategy focuses on expanding economic opportunity for women, particularly their ability to create, work, and own. Its work is organized around three areas: Creative industries, including fashion, craft, music, and the arts Future of work, including reskilling, childcare, and workforce participation Ownership, including assets, businesses, income, and financial decision-making BESTSELLER Foundation uses both donations and impact investments and describes itself as a long-term, evergreen investor. Over its first 10 years, it reports making more than 25 impact investments and 100 donations across 25 countries. Its geographic focus includes South Asia, especially Bangladesh, as well as Sub-Saharan Africa and Europe. Current and recent partnerships have supported women artisans, small businesses, workforce participation, water resilience, and recovery efforts following major disruptions. The foundation's legal purpose is broader than its current public strategy. Its statutory mandate includes humanitarian work, poverty reduction, entrepreneurship, agriculture, and nature conservation. Earlier investment strategies also placed significant emphasis on circular economy and climate technology. Financial Snapshot At the end of 2024, the foundation reported: - DKK 109.7 million in total assets - DKK 85.9 million in equity - DKK 88.4 million in long-term investments - Approximately DKK 20 million distributed during the year - Approximately DKK 18 million invested during the year BESTSELLER's board also approved a preliminary DKK 250 million commitment for the foundation's 2024 to 2029 strategy. This represents committed future support, not capital already deployed. The foundation does not publish a standard grant size, investment check range, or formal scored application process. Potential partners can contact the team through its website.

Coefficient Giving is a philanthropic funder and advisor that partners with leading donors to multiply their impact. Formerly Open Philanthropy, the organization has directed over $5 billion in grants since 2014, including more than $1 billion in 2025 alone, and works with donors such as Good Ventures and other major philanthropists to identify and fund high-impact giving opportunities. Coefficient operates dedicated funds spanning global health and wellbeing, biosecurity and pandemic preparedness, farm animal welfare, global growth, AI safety, science and global health R&D, air quality, and other strategic cause areas.

Deetken Impact is a Canadian impact investing firm that specializes in generating positive social and environmental impact across the Americas while delivering strong, uncorrelated stable returns to clients. They focus primarily on investing in Latin America and the Caribbean, targeting emerging economies projected to grow at twice the rate of advanced economies over the next five years. The firm operates with a hands-on approach, going beyond capital provision to offer strategic advice and customized engagement to their investees. They maintain high standards for both sustainability and financial performance, strategically hand-picking and rigorously assessing a limited number of investments while prioritizing returns and capital preservation. Deetken Impact differentiates itself in the impact investing ecosystem through its geographic focus on the Americas and its commitment to untapped growth opportunities in underserved communities. As a registered Canadian Investment Fund Manager, they manage diversified portfolios through joint-venture partnerships and provide both financial resources and technical assistance to micro, small and medium-sized businesses, contributing to hemispheric prosperity and sustainable economic development.

Elevar Equity is an impact investor that fuels the economic resilience and vibrancy of underserved customers and low-income communities by providing early growth capital to entrepreneurs. They focus on investing in businesses that operate at the intersection of inclusivity, affordability, and massive scale, targeting companies that serve underserved populations in emerging markets. Their mission centers on what they call "human centered capital" - a deep understanding of their customer segment's aspirations, priorities, challenges, incomes, and spending patterns. Led by an entrepreneurial emerging markets team passionate about addressing issues of access and inequity, Elevar translates this customer understanding into concrete investment insights to support solution-oriented entrepreneurs. Elevar has made a significant impact in the ecosystem through their "Elevar Method" of investing, which demonstrates a direct correlation between high impact and returns. Over their 15-year journey, they have democratized essential products and services for over 45 million households and catalyzed billions of dollars of capital. They are now expanding their vision through EPIC World, a comprehensive platform aimed at building 50+ blue-chip companies that address the needs of Entrepreneurial Households.

Flexport.org is the social-impact and sustainability program of freight-forwarding company Flexport, not a separately presented corporate foundation. It applies Flexport's logistics technology, carrier relationships, freight expertise, and staff knowledge to humanitarian aid and lower-carbon supply chains. The public program dates its humanitarian funding activity to 2018. Donations to the Flexport.org Fund are managed by CAF America, an independent U.S. public charity, and pay transportation costs for nonprofits and mission-driven organizations; that sponsored-fund arrangement must not be described as a standalone Flexport.org legal entity. Its humanitarian work combines several forms of support that should remain distinct. The fund can pay freight costs, Flexport can provide its logistics platform free to fund recipients, staff can advise aid organizations on shipping, and the product-donation program can connect donated goods with nonprofit demand. A funded shipment is therefore not necessarily an unrestricted cash grant, and the retail value of donated goods is not the same as cash deployed. Flexport.org also supports commercial customers with carbon measurement, reduction, and offset-related services, which are corporate services rather than charitable awards. The 2024 impact report says donations had funded humanitarian-aid shipments to more than 86 countries since 2018. That is an organization-reported geographic/output measure, not a count of grants, unique beneficiaries, or independently evaluated outcomes. Current public pages direct prospective organizations to shipping and contact pathways but do not publish an always-open competitive grant application, a general award calendar, or a broadly applicable cheque range. This profile therefore leaves application and cheque-size fields empty.

Ford Foundation is one of the world’s largest philanthropic foundations, focused on advancing social justice, reducing inequality, strengthening democratic values, and expanding human dignity globally. Founded in 1936, the foundation supports nonprofits, movements, institutions, artists, researchers, and community leaders working to address systemic social, political, and economic challenges. The Ford Foundation operates across multiple regions worldwide and funds initiatives spanning democracy, racial justice, economic inclusion, technology and society, gender equity, arts and culture, journalism, and human rights.

GSG Impact is a global network organization that connects leaders, investors, governments, regulators, and social innovators to improve their impact on society and the environment. They focus on building impact economies, mobilizing private capital for public good, and promoting impact transparency and integrity across different sectors and geographies. Their mission centers on creating an inclusive, equitable, and sustainable economic system where impact becomes a core factor in every investment, business, and government spending decision. GSG operates through a network of national partners, taskforces, strategic partners and affiliations to drive collective action and advance impact investing globally. GSG Impact plays a crucial convening role in the impact ecosystem, bringing together diverse stakeholders to accelerate the transition toward impact-driven decision making. They matter because they serve as a catalyst for systemic change, working to ensure that all investment, business, consumption and government decisions consider their broader social and environmental implications.

Hilton Global Foundation is Hilton’s corporate foundation, launched in 2019 to support the company’s broader Travel with Purpose strategy. It is separate from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, the independent private foundation created from Conrad Hilton’s estate. The Foundation supports nonprofit organizations in communities where Hilton operates. Its current priorities include: - Workforce development and career opportunity - Destination stewardship - Environmental sustainability - Community resilience Hilton’s 2025 reporting says the company and Foundation awarded grants across these areas and surpassed a goal of more than 300 Action Grants. The Foundation also works alongside Hilton hotels, owners, team members, guests, and partners. However, these activities should be treated separately. Foundation grants are distinct from donated hotel stays, volunteer hours, hotel sustainability initiatives, and other forms of in-kind support. Hilton does not currently publish a standard grant size, open request for proposals, or general application process. Its public reporting focuses primarily on selected nonprofit partners and aggregate impact.

Katapult is a Norwegian impact investor that accelerates and invests in technology companies solving the world's greatest challenges. They focus on highly scalable impact tech startups, with specific investment programs including Katapult Ocean for startups with positive ocean impact and Katapult Africa for climate-tech startups addressing Africa's pressing challenges. The organization operates through a comprehensive platform approach, combining investment with accelerator programs to strengthen their support for promising impact tech startups. Since 2017, they have conducted 10 flagship accelerator programs and 3 corporate accelerators, while also establishing the Katapult Foundation in 2020 to focus on building the impact community and education around impact investment. Katapult has established significant influence in the global impact investment ecosystem, having invested in 169 companies across 47 different countries. Their platform approach enables domain experts to launch lean and efficient investment vehicles, while initiatives like Katapult Future Fest, Katapult X, and the Nordic Investment Network help build the broader impact investing community and demonstrate their commitment to scaling both profit and impact.

Mastercard Impact Fund is the charitable fund Mastercard established in 2018 with an initial $500 million commitment following U.S. tax reform. It finances philanthropic programs that advance inclusive growth. The Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth describes and helps activate the portfolio, but the Center is the company's social-impact hub and thought-leadership platform; it is not an interchangeable legal or canonical name for the Fund. The current official Fund page reports $432 million “at work” in 104 countries. That is an organization-reported deployment description, not current AUM, independently audited beneficiary impact or proof that the full original commitment has been disbursed as grants. The portfolio works through large nonprofit, research, financial-inclusion and implementation partners on financial health, small-business resilience, data and technology for good and economic mobility. The Fund does not present a general public grant application or a broadly applicable cheque range. Programs such as Mastercard Strive are delivered through selected global and regional partners and may create downstream opportunities for small businesses or local organizations, but participation in those programs is not the same as receiving a direct Impact Fund grant. This profile therefore leaves application and cheque fields empty.

Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) is a human rights organization and non-profit investment fund that provides debt and equity financing to independent media companies worldwide. They support media ventures ranging from digital news portals and TV stations to journalism data tools and AI-powered explainer bots, focusing on organizations that provide diverse news and facilitate information exchange. MDIF operates as a New York-registered not-for-profit corporation with 501(c)(3) public charity status, combining affordable financing with strategic business advice to help independent media grow, adapt and innovate. They work specifically in countries where access to reliable news and information is under threat, mobilizing capital through various private equity, debt, hybrid and venture funds. With 30 years of experience investing for impact, MDIF has become a critical player in the media development ecosystem by enabling independent media to inform millions, hold power accountable, and support democratic participation in their communities. Their work matters because timely, accurate, and relevant information is fundamental to building free, thriving societies, and they provide essential infrastructure for media plurality in challenging environments.

Mercy Corps Ventures is the impact investing arm of Mercy Corps that invests in and accelerates high-impact enterprises operating in frontier markets. They focus on backing visionary early-stage founders who are building catalytic solutions across adaptive agriculture & food systems, inclusive climate fintech, and other climate resilience technologies in emerging markets. Their mission centers on increasing the resilience of people and communities in frontier markets by identifying, investing in, and accelerating the growth of innovative solutions. They operate as a family of funds that provide founders with the capital, support, and pathways needed to scale their impact-driven ventures from seed to scale. Mercy Corps Ventures plays a crucial role in the impact investing ecosystem by addressing some of the most pressing challenges of our time, including climate volatility, financial exclusion, and fragility of food systems. Their work matters because they bridge the gap between traditional development aid and market-based solutions, creating sustainable pathways for communities to build resilience against global challenges while supporting entrepreneurial innovation in underserved markets.

MIT Solve is an initiative of MIT that provides social impact and entrepreneurship services, connecting startups with funding and resources to address global challenges. The organization launches open calls for exceptional and diverse solutions to pressing global problems from innovators anywhere in the world, focusing on areas including climate, economic prosperity, health, learning, indigenous communities, youth innovation, and innovative financing. MIT Solve operates on the belief that building a better future requires new voices and ideas from diverse sources. They run challenges to identify groundbreaking solutions, then provide selected innovators with the backing of MIT and their community of supporters to scale their impact and drive lasting change. The organization has established itself as a platform that bridges the gap between innovative solutions and the resources needed to implement them at scale. Over its ten-year history, MIT Solve has become a significant force in the global innovation ecosystem, having run over 100 challenges and received more than 26,800 applications from 185 countries. Their community of innovators and solutions have reached over 370 million lives worldwide, demonstrating tangible impact from refugee education in Lebanon to agricultural improvements in Ethiopia. The organization has mobilized over $80 million and forged over 1,000 partnerships, establishing itself as a crucial connector between social entrepreneurs and the resources they need to create meaningful change.

NESsT is a global impact investor that focuses on social enterprises creating dignified employment opportunities for underserved communities while promoting environmental sustainability. The organization invests in high-performing enterprises that operate at the intersection of people, profit, and the planet, targeting job creation that benefits both communities and environmental resilience. Since 1997, NESsT has operated with a mission to support front-line entrepreneurs building sustainable and equitable futures in emerging markets. They work specifically in regions where traditional businesses fail to provide adequate employment, with 25% of workers living in extreme or moderate poverty and 46.8% facing low incomes and difficult working conditions. NESsT has established itself as a significant force in the social entrepreneurship ecosystem, having positively impacted over 3.4 million lives across communities worldwide. Their comprehensive approach includes multiple specialized programs such as the Lirio Fund, Violet Fund, Amazonia Initiative, and Racial Equity Initiative, positioning them as a leader in creating systemic change through social enterprise investment.

One Acre Fund is a nonprofit agricultural service provider that supplies smallholder farmers across Sub-Saharan Africa with quality seed, fertilizer, financing, training, and last-mile delivery. Rather than one-time charity, the organization invests in farmers to help them grow more food and earn more income on the same plot of land — creating pathways out of hunger and poverty while strengthening rural economies.

Open Road Impact is a specialized lender that provides fast, flexible, short-term debt to impact-first organizations addressing social inequality and climate change. They focus on eliminating funding delays and barriers that prevent mission-driven nonprofits, social enterprises, and entrepreneurs from achieving their impact goals through bridge financing solutions. The organization operates with a mission to make capital markets more effective and accessible for impact-driven organizations by solving systemic funding gaps across the impact finance ecosystem. They typically provide loans within 4-6 weeks of application submission, designed to "unstick" capital and keep organizations on track while they secure longer-term funding from other sources. Open Road has proven to be a catalytic force in the impact investing space, with each dollar they loan out leveraging an average of 10x in additional follow-on financing from other impact and commercial investors. Since 2012, they have evolved from providing small grants to becoming a market leader in impact sector bridge financing, consistently adapting their approach to meet the shifting needs of the organizations they serve.

Prosper Global Ventures is the early-stage impact investing and venture-building platform of Prosper Global, the global development organization formerly known as Mercy Corps. The platform was founded in 2015 as Mercy Corps Ventures and now operates as a family of funds backing founders whose technologies help people and markets withstand climate and economic disruption. Its Resilient Future Thesis is organized around three connected areas: adaptive agriculture and food systems, inclusive climate fintech, and climate-smart technologies. The team invests primarily across Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America, prioritizing founders who understand the communities they serve and businesses that can scale across a region or globally. Earlier Fund I activity also included Southeast Asia. Prosper Global’s current Ventures page reports 61 early-stage companies supported, $753 million in follow-on capital catalyzed, and 46.3 million customers reached across 90 countries. Its 2025 impact report says 83% of portfolio companies had raised follow-on capital and 46% had at least one woman co-founder. These are Prosper Global Ventures’ reported portfolio figures, not independent impact measurements. The platform combines equity investment with pilots, technical assistance, impact measurement, partnerships, and post-investment support. Representative investments made under the Mercy Corps Ventures name include Pula, which provides agricultural insurance and advisory products for smallholder farmers; Floodbase, which develops flood-risk data and analysis; Wasoko, a last-mile commerce and financing platform for small retailers; AgriAku, an agricultural input marketplace; Ejara, an inclusive savings and investment platform; and Verqor, an agri-fintech platform serving farmers in Mexico. Prosper Global Ventures is embedded within Prosper Global’s humanitarian and development network, giving portfolio companies potential pathways to test products with communities affected by climate volatility, financial exclusion, fragile food systems, and infrastructure gaps. The venture platform is associated with Scott Onder, its co-founder and senior investment leader, while Tjada D’Oyen McKenna leads the parent organization as CEO.

SIMA Funds is a social asset manager that specializes in impact investing with a focus on empowering the Bottom of the Pyramid through commercial capital and advisory solutions. They operate multiple investment funds including Commercial And Industrial Solar, Green Bond, Emerging Distributor Finance Fund, Energy Access Relief Fund, and Off-Grid Solar and Financial Access Fund. The organization's mission centers on driving positive change through demand-driven commercial capital deployment to underserved populations and markets. SIMA operates by combining investment capital with advisory services to create sustainable financial and social impact, positioning themselves as pioneers in the impact investing space. SIMA Funds plays a significant role in the impact investing ecosystem by focusing on energy access, solar solutions, and financial inclusion for underserved communities. Their comprehensive approach of providing both funding and advisory services helps build industry capacity while creating measurable positive change both financially and socially, making them an important player in sustainable development finance.

SVX México is an impact investment organization that designs and implements impact investment strategies to channel financial resources systematically toward the regeneration of social, environmental, and economic capital in Mexico and Latin America. They provide three main services: education and intelligence to foster impact investment ecosystem development, strategy and consulting to design capital channeling strategies, and investment management of impact funds. Their mission is to ensure that capital serves life rather than governs it, operating under a holistic approach adopted since 2017 that integrates impact vision into investments. They work in strategic alliances with development organizations, companies, foundations, financial institutions, international cooperation agencies, and governments to build comprehensive impact investment ecosystems. Since 2014, in collaboration with SVX Canada, they have built the impact investment ecosystem in Latin America and are part of the SVX Americas network including SVX US, SVX Canada, and SVX Colombia. They have trained over 4,000 investors in impact investing in Mexico, demonstrating their significant role in developing the regional impact investment landscape and creating pathways for capital to address social and environmental challenges.

The UPS Foundation, Inc. is the U.S. private foundation associated with United Parcel Service, Inc., established in 1951 and reported. It is legally distinct from UPS's commercial shipping business while drawing on the company's logistics expertise, employee volunteer network, partnerships, and financial support. Corporate disaster deployments, donated transportation, employee giving, and foundation grants may work together but are not the same legal or accounting category. The foundation's current public framing emphasizes health and humanitarian relief, equity and economic empowerment, local engagement, and protection of the planet. Disaster work often combines grants with logistics expertise and transport donated by UPS. Community programs can include employee volunteerism and locally informed partnerships. Environmental work has included tree planting and resilience. These activities are broader than conventional cash grantmaking, and public contribution totals may combine forms of support.

Unreasonable Group is a Colorado-based international company that partners with growth-stage entrepreneurs solving pressing global challenges through capital, community, and storytelling. They operate a Fellowship program that handpicks and privately invites the world's most compelling solutions, focusing on five key verticals: Energy & Environment, Food & Water, Health, and other sectors aimed at transitioning into a more resilient and regenerative economy. Their mission centers on creating trusted partnerships and moving capital to ensure a better future, believing in the power of business and finance to drive lasting, scalable change. They build trust across growth-stage entrepreneurs, institutions, and investors by channeling exclusive deal-flow to investors and partnering with institutions to discover profit in solving global problems. Unreasonable Group has established itself as a significant force in the impact ecosystem, striving to become the world's most trusted community in service of a more connected and regenerative economy. Their approach of focusing on scaling what works has created a substantial network that operates across multiple countries and industries, demonstrating that reasonable ideas seldom change anything while unreasonable ones drive progress.

Village Capital is an impact investment organization that unlocks social and financial capital for startups solving the world's biggest problems. They focus on three key thematic areas: Climate Innovation & Adaptation, Economic Mobility, and Equitable Access to Essential Services, supporting entrepreneurs through accelerator programs and comprehensive resources. Their mission centers on creating real impact by ensuring that startups and ecosystems grow together symbiotically. Village Capital operates by partnering with locally-led Entrepreneurship Support Organizations (ESOs) to co-deliver programs, while also equipping these partners with tools, methodologies, and curriculum to strengthen local entrepreneurial ecosystems. Village Capital matters because they reimagine the entire entrepreneurship support system and build tools that benefit the broader community. They unlock capital through various financing structures including equity, debt, and revenue-share arrangements, connecting impact-creating startups with the appropriate type of capital for their specific needs. Their approach of working with local partners and supporting featured founders like QuinTerra and Tierra de Monte demonstrates their commitment to driving measurable environmental and social impact.

Vital Capital is a high-performing impact investor founded in 2011 that leverages deep operational expertise to identify overlooked opportunities in growth markets. The firm builds successful, scalable businesses that transform lives by turning critical challenges into high-return opportunities that deliver impact at scale. Since inception, Vital Capital has improved the lives of millions of individuals while achieving above-market returns for investors. The firm operates at the intersection of need, opportunity and experience, pursuing social, environmental and financial goals equally when evaluating investments. Vital Capital has provided over 5.4 million individuals with solutions to critical challenges including improved access to clean water, affordable healthcare, nutritious food, and sustainable infrastructure, while creating economic prosperity in local communities.

Wavemaker Impact is Southeast Asia's climate-tech venture builder, co-founding startups with proven entrepreneurs to cut emissions at regional scale. Launched in 2021 as part of the Wavemaker Partners platform and led by founding partner Marie Cheong, the firm targets the region's largest emission sources in agriculture, energy, industry, built environment, and transport, with a long-term goal of helping reduce 10% of the global carbon budget by 2035.

Working Capital Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in technology companies focused on promoting fairness and building responsible, sustainable global supply chains. They target startups developing innovative solutions like AI-enabled transparency tools, worker-voice platforms, and financial technology that addresses urgent labor rights and ethical supply chain challenges. The fund operates with a mission to improve the lives of vulnerable workers across global supply chains and catalyze economic justice. They focus on addressing root causes of social and environmental challenges in supply chains, which annually generate $354 billion worth of goods at risk of involving forced labor and contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions while relying on over 17 million people in modern slavery conditions. Working Capital Fund drives systems change by investing in technologies that can create impact at scale, including artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, health-tech wearables, blockchain, and fintech tools. Their portfolio companies facilitate corporate compliance, enable worker self-advocacy, support responsible sourcing, and generate proprietary datasets valuable to the responsible sourcing ecosystem, ultimately working toward more just and responsible global supply chains.