Over the past twenty years, the Mentor Capital Network has worked with more than 1,150 start-up social enterprises. Some have folded, some have been sold, and some are not public-facing. Those that are still operating under their own name and have public-facing websites are listed below. Some of these companies worked directly with us, and some worked through our partners (SVN, Agora, Barka Fund, Bethesda Green, CDVCA, and others.)
This list reflects companies with a wide range of social and environmental missions, all at different stages, and around the world. We are proud that we’ve been able to support so many incredible mission driven social enterprises.
Company : Year : Category : Country : Description
Re-Nuble : 2025 : Agriculture : USA : Re-Nuble is a B2B2C climate tech company that converts unrecoverable vegetative food byproducts into a suite of affordable, sustainable agricultural inputs.
TerViva : 2012 : Agriculture : USA : Terviva is the global leader in pongamia. We’ve pioneered its development into a “super crop,” with high-yielding tree cultivars and a suite of products derived from their beans.
TIAS (Trito Agro) : 2022 : Agriculture : USA : Trito Agro is a Puerto Rican corporation dedicated to providing integrated systems for recycling, water treatment, composting and the creation of soil conditioners for clean, resilient, efficient and sustainable agriculture.
Krimanshi : 2016 : Agriculture – Animal Feed : India : Krimanshi produces animal/cattle feed from invasive plant species, decreasing dependency on grains and oil seeds, to reduce the cost on feeding cattle by 50% in next 2 years and create additional livelihood opportunities in raw material collection.
Rainbow Sustainable Solutions : 2011 : Agriculture – Animal Feed : Netherlands : Rainbow Agro is converting coconut waste into cattle and fish feed. This approach will change the coconut industry into a serious competitor of palm oil and soya plantations.
Rushnu : 2024 : Agriculture – Animal Feed : USA : Rushnu’s technology produces essential feedstock for water treatment, agriculture and paper industries at low cost and zero carbon footprint through a distributed manufacturing model.
Jumla Organic Apple : 2011 : Agriculture – Apples : Nepal : An organic apple business for economic and environmental viability in the underserved -conflict affected – Communities of the Mountain District Jumla,Nepal.
CERO : 2021 : Agriculture – Composting : USA : CERO (Cooperative Energy, Recycling, and Organics) is an award-winning commercial composting company. We provide food waste diversion and pickup services for a wide range of commercial clients in the metro Boston area.
Loop Closing : 2021 : Agriculture – Composting : USA : Loop Closing installs and operates composting machines placed where dumpsters now stand at commercial food waste generators to compost their food scraps and, using previously empty food delivery vehicles returning to farms, brings back the finished compost to regenerate the soil.
RUR Greenlife : 2016 : Agriculture – Composting : India : RUR Greenlife ensures that waste is diverted from landfills and transformed into something useful, creating a closed-loop system that benefits both the environment and local communities.
Grateful Gardeners : 2020 : Agriculture – Flowers : USA : Grateful Gardeners focus on growing organic and sustainable flowers on their farm.
Hydroponic Farms Uganda : 2020 : Agriculture – Hydroponic : Uganda : Hydroponic Farms Uganda is a home-grown Ugandan climate smart urban farming social enterprise that primarily designs, manufactures and distributes Hydroponic Farms.
Farmland LP : 2012 : Agriculture – Investing : USA : Farmland LP is one of the largest investment funds in the US focused on converting chemical-based conventional farmland to organic, sustainably-managed farmland using a value-add commercial real estate strategy in the agriculture sector. Since 2009, they have built a 15,000-acre portfolio representing over $200M in AUM.
1000ecofarms : 2015 : Agriculture – Marketplace : USA : 1000ecofarms is an online marketplace for fresh and organically grown food provided by local farmers to businesses and individual consumers.
Eco Fuels Kenya : 2015 : Agriculture – Nuts : Kenya : EcoFix(K) – formerly (Ecofuels Kenya) is committed to continuously developing organic products centred around the Croton megalacarpus nut.
Agro Market Square : 2023 : Agriculture – Supply Chain : Nigeria : Agro Market Square streamlines the supply chain process for Nigerian smallholder farmers and bulk buyers, to reduce agricultural waste and increase their earnings.
Apogee Farms : 2020 : Agriculture – Urban : USA : Apogee Farms is committed to creating a sustainable closed loop urban food system that will revolutionize the way we design cities.
ecospaces : 2014 : Agriculture – Urban : USA : Ecospaces is creating sustainability in urban areas! * We install: Green Roofs * Green Walls * Rain Gardens * Rain Barrels * Solar Panels * Beehives * and Birdhouses.
Schaduf : 2012 : Agriculture – Urban : Egypt : Schaduf develops innovative urban farming systems. They strive to create financially sustainable businesses for their customers, while tackling Egypt and other arid regions’ agricultural land and water scarcity problems.
Up Top Acres : 2015 : Agriculture – Urban : USA : Up Top Acres designs, builds and operates commercial rooftop soil farms.
Urban Pastoral Collective : 2015 : Agriculture – Urban : USA : Urban Pastoral Collective combines real estate development & investment with a specialized focus in the design / implementation of vertically integrated food-sector businesses & alternative green spaces.
Vertical Harvest : 2012 : Agriculture – Urban : USA : Vertical Harvest is dedicated to to growing fresh local food and jobs in urban communities.
Ignitia : 2016 : Agriculture – Weather : Sweden : Ignitia is the world’s first and most accurate tropical weather forecasting company. The forecasts are delivered to West African farmers via SMS in partnership with mobile network operators .
Blooh : 2022 : Apparel : Egypt : Blooh empowers small designers and producers to reach global customers.
California Cloth Foundry : 2021 : Apparel : USA : California Cloth Foundry designs and produces from farm – to – fashion, with their supply chains, luxe leisure apparel and textiles made from regenerative, plant-dyed, all natural and sustainable materials. Their customer is 90/10 women/men, and currently a US distribution, soon Europe and Canada.
Conscious Gear : 2021 : Apparel : USA : Consicous Gear is an inclusive outdoor apparel firm.
Everywhere Apparel : 2025 : Apparel : USA : Everywhere Apparel is a materials science company that manufactures 100% recycled apparel for leading brands.
Femme Flex : 2024 : Apparel : USA : FemeFlex is the world’s first pantiless panty liner – an innovative liner alternative designed to attach directly to the body rather than underwear. These pantiless liners keep women fresh and dry, providing comfort and protection all day.
Haptic Path : 2018 : Apparel : Israel : Haptic path is an ethical slow fashion brand, which provides people with longlasting comfortable clothes made of hemp. They are based in Israel and Russia and sell online. https://hapticpath.com/
Himalayan Wild Fibers : 2017 : Apparel : Nepal : Himalayan Wild Fibers produces textile fiber extracted from a plant growing wild in the Himalayas and sells it into established textile supply chains as a ‘better than linen’ raw material input to high end apparel and furnishings manufacturing in order to create income for subsistence farmers who wild-harvest our raw material.
Jackalo : 2025 : Apparel : USA : Jackalo is a circular children’s clothing brand, offering durable, comfortable, and sustainable clothes for active kids.
Mille Collines : 2011 : Apparel : Rwanda : Mille Collines carries the design, production and distribution of high quality clothing and accessories under a brand with a strong identity.
HeSapa Enterprises : 2020 : Apparel – Culture : USA : HeSapa Enterprises was founded by Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal members. Starting off with a single laser engraver the business quickly grew to include screen printing, embroidery, custom knitting, sand carving and sublimation. One of the main reasons for starting their business was to focus on accurately portraying their Native American culture and language.
Faire Collection : 2010 : Apparel – Jewelry : USA : Faire Collection is a jewelry company that specializes in fair trade and eco-friendly designs, made out of natural materials that have been sustainably harvested from the rain forests of South America.
Makua Jewelry : 2016 : Apparel – Jewelry : Colombia : Makua Jewelry is a Colombian jewelry brand that uses ancestral techniques of indigenous communities of Colombia fused with contemporary design.
Shellcatch : 2011 : Aquaculture – Efficiency : USA : Shellcatch uses mobile technology to effectively address fish fraud, seafood sustainability claims and bring consumer confidence back into the market. They were the first to develop an easy to use, low cost IT solution for artisanal fishery fleets.
Viable Gear : 2024 : Aquaculture – Environment : USA : Viable Gear is a mission drive startup reducing traditional petroleum-based plastics with our seaweed-based bioplastic material technology targeting the fishing, aquaculture, and agriculture industries.
Green Product Placement : 2012 : Awareness – Environment : USA : Green Product Placement works with companies to integrate their brands seamlessly into film, television and online media.
Mozambikes : 2012 : Bicycles : Mozambique : Mozambikes is the first provider seeking to build a bicycle industry and make bicycles a commodity in Mozambique. The unique advantage of Mozambikes lies in their model of bicycle sales to provide bicycles of higher quality and lower prices to all provinces in Mozambique.
Corona Ethics : 2021 : Civic Engagement : USA : Corona Ethics allows whistleblowers to submit tips regarding fraud, waste and abuse of funds distributed under COVID relief acts that have distributed $4 Trillion with little oversight.
IncentivesPRO : 2025 : Civic Engagement : USA : IncentivesPRO is a software platform that simplifies the process of identifying, applying for, and managing tax incentives, grants, and government-backed financial programs for businesses.
Just Results : 2023 : Civic Engagement : USA : Just Results works with countries, regions, and cities to simplify, harmonize, and digitize government services.
i-APS : 2023 : Civic Engagement – Consulting : USA : i-APS is a woman-owned small business that leverages global expertise with local presence.
Melinated Moms : 2025 : Civic Engagement – Culture : USA : Melinated Moms is a membership-based empowerment organization dedicated to improving maternal health outcomes through education, community, and economic empowerment.
Red Rock Innovations : 2025 : Civic Engagement – Culture : USA : Red Rock Innovations is a technology-driven company committed to strengthening Tribal economies through vendor accountability, procurement transparency, and economic sovereignty.
Jackrabbit Development : 2020 : Construction – Environment : USA : Jackrabbit Development creates self-sustaining, efficient, “smart” homes and structures, that provide mankind a better way to live.
Zero Damage : 2023 : Construction – Housing : USA : Zero Damage designs and manufactures modular housing kits made of steel standard components, wooden parts and other prefabricated building components.
Efficiency Exchange : 2010 : Consulting : USA : Reduce the everyday costs of running a factory with the first cost management application designed specifically for Chinese manufacturers
Prisere : 2011 : Consulting : USA : Prisere enables small enterprise access to capital by enabling better risk management practices.
Shifting Patterns Consulting : 2011 : Consulting : USA : Shifting Patterns Consulting is a socially responsible consulting firm that helps social enterprises access funding and strengthen their people and organizational capabilities.
Blue Star : 2020 : Consulting – Culture : USA : Blue Star is an Indigenous American creative small-business enterprise dedicated to quality design, environmental excellence, and smart community building.
Rate It Green : 2016 : Consulting – Environment : USA : Rate It Green platform connects and supports green builders and green building companies across the globe.
Jitasa : 2008 : Consulting – NonProfit Support : USA : Jitasa provides accounting services for non-profits.
Greenleaf Integrative Strategies : 2008 : “Consulting Education Public Health” : USA : Greenleaf Integrative Strategies provides training and support services to enhance wellness and resiliency of professionals working in high-pressure and/or trauma-related situations.
Fuego del Sol Haiti : 2015 : Cookstoves : Dominican Republic : El Fuego del Sol (FdS Haiti) is a social-eco enterprise based in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. We are a full-service waste management, recycling and clean cooking enterprise working to improve environmental, economic and health conditions in Haiti.
Jaan Pakistan : 2017 : Cookstoves : Pakistan : Jaan Pakistan sells affordable clean energy solutions to off-grid areas of Pakistan.
Lofte Natural Care : 2024 : Cosmetics : USA : Lofte Natural Care sells skincare products that are safe for all kinds of people.
Native Botanicals : 2020 : Cosmetics : USA : Native Botanicals is a Native American-owned e-commerce business, bringing indigenous healing traditions into modern self-care. Our products are made using traditional Lakota remedies and natural ingredients and include herbal tinctures, topical beauty and health products, environmental sprays and gift bundles.
Naturaz : 2025 : Cosmetics : USA : Naturaz is a socially inclusive, clean health and beauty company that formulates, manufactures, and sells vegan hair care products.
Bindr : 2024 : Culture – Access : USA : Bindr is revolutionizing bisexual, lesbian, and LGBTQ+ dating with a free, inclusive, label-free app that eliminates gender biases and the need to define sexual orientation, creating a safer, more authentic space for the community to connect freely.
Libros 787 : 2023 : Culture – Books : USA : Libros 787 is an online bookstore dedicated primarily to the sale of books written by Latino and Hispanic authors with the goal of connecting Latinos with their culture from anywhere in the world.
Colectivo 1050º : 2013 : Culture – Ceramics : Mexico : Colectivo 1050º sells contemporary ceramics inspired by traditional cultures but finely adapted to modern life through collaborative design between women potters in rural Mexico and urban designers.
The Gathering Spot : 2024 : Culture – Community : USA : “The Gathering Spot is an exclusive membership community offering world-class facilities, including private event spaces, workspaces, and an on-premises restaurant and bar, all designed to foster connection, with a focus on african-american culture. “
Uprise : 2020 : EcoTourism : USA : Amazing custom adventures that are good for people and the planet. They are based in Venice, CA.
Citizen Math : 2011 : Education : USA : Citizen Math (formerly Mathalicious) helps math teachers transform their classrooms by creating less
Immersed Games : 2014 : Education : USA : Immersed Games is creating an immersive world for deep learning experiences.
IndiVillage : 2015 : Education : India : IndiVillage trains rural women and children in India on information technology and provides secure employment opportunities by integrating with the information economy and outsource knowledge work.
LabourNet : 2009 : Education : India : LabourNet enables sustainable livelihoods for disadvantaged men, women and youth in urban and rural areas.
Learn Collaborate : 2025 : Education : USA : Learn Collaborate is a Collaborative Project-Based Learning platform designed to equip students with real-world skills through micro-internships and team-based projects.
SONS Notebooks : 2023 : Education : USA : SONS Notebooks provides organizational tools for students.
Sproutel : 2012 : Education : USA : Sproutel is a patient-centered R&D workshop, producing products like Jerry the Bear, an interactive plush toy that helps kids with Type 1 Diabetes adjust to their new lifestyle.
World Leadership School : 2008 : Education : USA : World Leadership School empowers young leaders to find new and innovative approaches to the world’s pressing problems.
Million Dollar Scholar : 2011 : Education – Access : USA : Million Dollar Scholar is an education technology and services social enterprise increasing access to post-secondary education and training by providing schools and parents with tools to enhance their student’s ability to use financial-aid and decrease student-loan burdens.
MyTindy : 2023 : Education – Access : Morocco : MyTindy enables illiterate makers from Arabic speaking countries to sell their products through an online marketplace.
Shamrck : 2025 : Education – Apprenticeships : USA : Shamrck connects high school students with real-world projects, providing hands-on work experience while assisting businesses in accessing emerging talent.
Back to the Roots : 2012 : Education – Food : USA : Back to the Roots is working towards re-defining the ‘future of food’ – one that is all about the ‘undoing of food’; back to its simplest ingredients and least processed versions.
Brave Up : 2016 : Education – K12 : Chile : BRAVE UP! helps K-12 schools detect, predict, and prevent cases of microaggressions, bullying, and cyberbullying.
GogyUp : 2019 : Education – Language : USA : GogyUp Literacy Support System converts existing text into trackable, mobile training with embedded, just-in-time reading assistance for employees with low print literacy or English proficiency.
Alternalite Electric : 2024 : Electric Vehicles : USA : Alternalite Electric is an electrical contractor that specializes in EV charging stations.
Everlong : 2024 : Electric Vehicles : USA : EVerlong Technologies offers Outlet, which forms a marketplace that connects EV charger owners (hosts) with EV drivers in need (guests).
PowerMundo : 2009 : Energy – Access : Peru : PowerMundo improves access to solar and other clean technologies to empower people in emerging markets.
Green Energy Biofuels : 2014 : Energy – Biofuels : Nigeria : Green Energy Biofuels is scaling renewable ethanol for clean cooking fuels. Green Energy Biofuels is a SMEFUNDS company.
Husk Power Systems : 2008 : Energy – Biofuels : India : Husk Power Systems generates clean, safe and efficient electricity at affordable rates in some of India’s most remote communities.
Sunflower Fuels : 2024 : Energy – Biofuels : USA : Sunflower Fuels partners with fuel and energy companies to address the increasing shortage in U.S.-made energy resources critical to global energy production by offering leased land for carbon capturing crop production to meet the needs of energy consumers and generate new revenue for landowners.
Koolboks : 2021 : Energy – Cold Chain : Nigeria : Koolhome solar powered refrigerator cater to the sub-Saharan African market and its for use in home and businesses. It also provides LED lighting and USB ports for charging.
DGridEnergy : 2024 : Energy – ColdChain : USA : DGrid Energy manufactures solar-powered, expandable energy modular cold chain products. These products provide cold storage solutions to off-grid and weak-grid locations, helping to reduce food waste and improve food productivity.
Atmospark : 2025 : Energy – Efficiency : USA : AtmoSpark Technologies specializes in innovative moisture capture technology aimed at reducing energy costs in industries where humidity control is critical.
BEM Controls : 2017 : Energy – Efficiency : USA : BEM Controls provides an open architecture cloud-based building energy management platform to owners and operators of small and medium commercial buildings leveraging artificial intelligence and human expertise to realize energy savings while improving the health and comfort of their buildings.
Citizen Energy : 2015 : Energy – Efficiency : USA : Citizen Energy accelerates energy efficiency adoption in mid-size commercial buildings by providing building owners with high return, $0 upfront LED lighting as a service.
Coulomb Technology : 2025 : Energy – Efficiency : USA : Coulomb Technology specializes in cutting-edge battery technologies that redefine efficiency and reliability. Their multiple patent-pending energy storage solutions include sodium-ion, solid-state polymer-based sodium-ion, and zinc-ion batteries.
Cutting Edge Superconductors : 2025 : Energy – Efficiency : USA : Cutting Edge Superconductors is producing MgB2 superconducting wires for helium-free MRI and developing Room Temperature Ambient Pressure Superconductor products, including Printed Circuit Boards and wires.
Flow Aluminum : 2025 : Energy – Efficiency : USA : Flow Aluminum is pioneering the development of aluminum-CO2 batteries, offering a safer, higher-capacity, and cost-effective alternative to traditional lithium-based energy storage solutions. Their technology operates efficiently in extreme low temperatures and, in flow format, functions as a Direct Air Capture system, contributing to carbon reduction efforts.
Leaptran : 2024 : Energy – Efficiency : USA : Leaptran delivers accurate, award-winning artificial intelligence and machine learning based forecasting and prediction solutions for solar energy and net load among various distributed energy resources to the electric utility industry.
SparkFund : 2014 : Energy – Efficiency : USA : Sparkfund powers your organization with efficient technologies like lighting, building controls, and HVAC without the complexity.
Verde : 2012 : Energy – Efficiency : USA : Verde exists to help your organization find, implement and maintain energy-efficient solutions that make a measurable impact on the bottom line.
Carbon Minus : 2024 : Energy – Environment : USA : Carbon Minus empowers enterprises to achieve net zero goals by minimizing energy and resource waste, ensuring sustainability reporting, and complying with regulations.
BlocPower : 2013 : Energy – Finance : USA : BlocPower is using the Internet of Things, machine learning, and structured finance to build a platform that will scale clean energy in American inner cities.
CleanChoice Energy : 2013 : Energy – Finance : USA : CleanChoice Energy sells 100% local, clean energy to progressive consumers, making clean power easy to purchase by selling it as a service online, while advancing the causes our customers value.
Solaris Offgrid : 2015 : Energy – Finance : Spain : Masunga provides echnologies to empower businesses to provide essential services and financial solutions that drive sustainable impact across emerging markets.
Energy Eight : 2024 : Energy – Hardware : USA : Energy Eight is a leader in power quality and energy efficiency solutions, specializing in innovative technologies that reduce harmonic distortion, improve electrical reliability, and lower energy costs.
REdNox : 2024 : Energy – Hardware : USA : RedNOx is working on a sensor for NOx, N2O, and CO2. This will reduce emissions for industries like hydrogen, alternative fuel, and fossil fuel.
GridPlex Networks : 2012 : Energy – Infrastructure : USA : GridPlex provides energy and conservation products and services that increase electric system efficiency and reliability, can save billions for utilities and consumers, and will reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
ARED Group : 2015 : Energy – Solar : Rwanda : ARED.is a solar powered peer to peer storage and computing infrastructure to provide low cost access to digital infrastructure for SMEs and better distribution for digital applications for low income people around the world.
Easy Solar : 2016 : Energy – Solar : Liberia : Easy Solar enhances the lives of people across West Africa by providing access to solar energy solutions and other transformative durable goods. We make these affordable through a range of flexible financing options, empowered by pay-as-you-go technology, and accessible through an extensive network of agents and shops.
Gham Power : 2014 : Energy – Solar : Nepal : “Gham Power is making Nepali Communities Resilient to Climate Change Impacts Through solar & digital solutions.”
Great Lakes Energy : 2011 : Energy – Solar : Rwanda : Great Lakes Energy is a solar innovation and distribution enterprise based in Kigali, Rwanda.
LuminAID Lab : 2012 : Energy – Solar : USA : LuminAID Lab develops cost effective, solar-rechargeable lighting products. The LuminAID light – is an inflatable, lightweight, waterproof solar lantern that can be packed and shipped flat and is ideal for use in emergency and disaster situations.
ONergy : 2011 : Energy – Solar : India : ONergy is India’s leading solar enterprise providing complete solar solutions and services.
Oretronics Technology : 2016 : Energy – Solar : Nigeria : Oretronics Technology increases energy security by developing, deploying and distributing renewable energy and energy efficient technologies and solutions to solve energy poverty, electricity access and high electricity cost challenges and as a means of reducing carbon emissions on our planet.
Purasol Vida Natural : 2016 : Energy – Solar : Costa Rica : Purasol Vida Natural offers unique financed solar systems in Costa Rica, with which residential and commercial customers can immediately lower their energy costs and gain flexibility in their energy supply.
Solar Bear : 2020 : Energy – Solar : USA : Solar Bear is committed to battling climate change through education, workforce development, and solar projects. Specifically we are working on tribal lands but plan to expand next year to the rest of Minnesota.
Wilkins Engineering : 2013 : Energy – Solar : Ghana : Wilkins Engineering Ltd provides Grid Extension Services and Supply and Installation of Solar PV Systems to Municipal, Metropolitan and Districts on behalf of the Ghanaian Government with the rural poor being the beneficiaries.
Sonsight Wind : 2016 : Energy – Wind : USA : Sonsight Wind is developing a small (5kW) horizontal axis wind turbine that is versatile and more cost effective, particularly within moderate winds for sale to residential and business customers.
Backbone Technologies : 2025 : Entrepreneurship : USA : Backbone Technologies is a financial management platform purpose-built for microbusinesses.
Equility : 2025 : Entrepreneurship : USA : Equility is a universal reconciliation platform that significantly enhances accounting accuracy and efficiency.
Musana Carts : 2016 : Entrepreneurship : Uganda : Musana carts are a solar powered smart street food vending solution suitable & fully customizable for anyone looking to start a street food business.
StartSomeGood : 2012 : Entrepreneurship : Australia : StartSomeGood allows social entrepreneurs to ask for small amounts of money from supporters around the world, and gives them the tools to update their supporters, provide unique rewards in exchange for support and run multiple campaigns over time.
Union Kitchen : 2016 : Entrepreneurship – Food : USA : Union Kitchen is the Food Accelerator that gives startups, global brands, and innovation teams the roadmap, networks, and ecosystem to succeed.
A.I.R. Lawn Care : 2014 : Environment : USA : A.I.R. Lawn Care is a full service eco-friendly landscaping company that improves and renews the atmosphere people breathe in through: the reduction of air pollution, the elimination of synthetic chemicals, and the mitigation of stormwater runoff.
iEmulsions Corporation : 2024 : Environment : USA : iEmulsions Corporation has a technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from asphalt.
Chakr Innovation : 2017 : Environment – Clean Air : India : Chakr Innovation is a leading cleantech and material science company on a mission to fight air pollution with transformative technologies.
CHARM : 2020 : Environment – Coral Reef : USA : CHARM is a coral farming robot designed to grow coral at economies of scale and remains affordable for island-nations and developing countries.
Forager Station : 2024 : Environment – Mining : USA : Forager Station makes lithium refining devices that can extract lithium from more domestic US sources, lowering water pollution and improving cost efficiency.
TerraFirma : 2024 : Environment – Weather : USA : TerraFirma forecasts environmental risks through solar, wind, and rain models, available on a browser. These insights are implemented by the construction industry, landowners and governments, to protect our cities and natural resources.
First Access : 2013 : Finance – Access : USA : First Access promotes financial inclusion for the billions of people who lack formal personal records by reducing the cost of offering and accessing financial services in these ‘informal’ markets. They use prepaid mobile records to help increase access to credit.
InHeirit : 2025 : Finance – Access : USA : InHeirit is a digital platform designed to democratize and simplify the estate planning process for underserved communities.
Kopo Kopo : 2011 : Finance – Access : Kenya : Kopo Kopo is a world-class platform to enable small and medium businesses to accept mobile payments and build relationships with their customers.
Tala : 2011 : Finance – Access : USA : Tala is making financial services smarter, faster, and more accessible across multiple markets—inviting 10 million and counting to take their place in the global economy.
ZigWay : 2019 : Finance – Access : Myanmar : ZigWay provides low income families in Myanmar with a mobile application that gives people direct access to cheap, flexible Nano Loans ($5-$200) via their phones.
Harmoney : 2024 : Finance – Education : USA : Harmoney helps individuals rebuild their credit ratings.
Eco Ola : 2010 : Food : Peru : Eco Ola delivers Amazonian Superfoods that are delicious, healthy, and done right.
Future Forward Foods : 2019 : Food : USA : Future Forward Foods is a health and wellness company that produces healthy, wholesome, engaging consumer packaged goods.
Terra Nostra : 2022 : Food : USA : Terra Nostra is a family business dedicated to agriculture and the processing of frozen, traditional and tasty products originating in western Puerto Rico.
AMASAR : 2022 : Food – Breadfruit : USA : Amasar produces breadfruit and other products in Puerto Rico.
Entre Panas : 2022 : Food – Breadfruit : USA : Entre Panas transforms breadfruit into gluten free bread.
MiPanaPen : 2025 : Food – Breadfruit : USA : MiPanaPen is a healthy and safe lifestyle food company centered around breadfruit.
Uncommon Cacao : 2013 : Food – Cacao : Guatemala : Uncommon Cacao boldly embraces Transparent Trade to source quality cacao.
Maziza Farms : 2021 : Food – Coconut : Nigeria : Maziza Farms farms, processes, and produces 100% organic coconut products.
Blessed Coffee : 2015 : Food – Coffee : USA : Blessed Coffee works directly with 300,000 small coffee growers (representing over a million family members) in Ethiopia introduces premium grade, shade grown, organic Ethiopian coffees in the U.S.
Cuela : 2022 : Food – Coffee : USA : Cuela is on a mission to make Puerto Rican coffee accessible.
Journey Foods : 2025 : Food – Distribution : USA : Journey Foods is a food supply chain platform that helps brands optimize nutrition, sustainability, and cost efficiency.
Pitaya : 2011 : Food – Dragon Fruit : USA : Pitaya sells the highest quality Dragon Fruit, to bring you the brightest color while supporting those in need.
Mas Panadas : 2020 : Food – Empanadas : USA : Mas Panadas makes healthy empanadas.
Ayinke herbs and organic skincare : 2021 : Food – Herbs : Nigeria : Ayinke herbs and organic skincare crafts Herbal teas, herbal powder, capsules, tinctures, balms & skincare using trusted herbs & roots — no additives, no chemicals.
Toleza Agricultural Enterprise : 2011 : Food – Honey : Malawi : The Toleza Agricultural Enterprise in Malawi sells their organic products through mail order / or at high end boutique type stores. These products include organic honey, various types of soaps (Jatropha, honey) candles, specialty nuts, cotton oil, etc…
The Jackfruit Company : 2013 : Food – Jackfruit : USA : The Jackfruit Company supports agricultural supply chain development for fruits in India.
Golden Coast Mead : 2016 : Food – Mead : USA : Golden Coast Mead sells the best mead to conscious millennial foodies in order to solve honeybee die-off and transition alcohol production from monoculture with demand for regenerative honey.
EatWell Meal Kits : 2025 : Food – Meal Kits : USA : EatWell delivers meal kits, complete with fast recipes and fresh ingredients. By partnering with managed care organizations, social care networks, health systems, and universities to prescribe the meal kits, they seek to ensure everyone has access to a nutritious meal.
Kuli Kuli : 2013 : Food – Moringa : USA : Kuli Kuli sells moringa-based nutritional products to health-conscious and globally aware consumers in the United States in order to help reduce malnutrition in West Africa.
Blind Tiger : 2025 : Food – Non Alcoholic Drinks : USA : Blind Tiger produces non-alcoholic and health-conscious beverage options.
Di Amalfi PR : 2023 : Food – Pasta : USA : Di Amalfi PR provides fresh pasta to hotels and restaurants in Puerto Rico.
Molcajete Foods : 2022 : Food – Tortillas : USA : Molcejate Foods makes Corn Tortillas & Chips, made with no preservatives, in Puerto Rico.
Turmerico : 2025 : Food – Tumeric : USA : Turmerico creates delicious turmeric-based food and beverage products that make it easy to add turmeric to your life.
Soupergirl : 2009 : Food – Vegan : USA : Soupergirl serves fresh, homemade soup made with ingredients from small local farms that practice sustainable farming methods.
KOMAZA : 2011 : Forestry – Finance : Kenya : Komaz is a company on a mission: to revive the productivity of degraded lands in the world’s most deforested areas.
WholeForest : 2016 : Forestry – Finance : Ecuador : WholeForest partners with with forest communities in Ecuador to conserve threatened forests, implements sustainable forest management, designs and manufactures hardwood flooring and furniture in the community factory, and markets them to green construction projects in the US.
MyBonum : 2024 : Health : USA : MyBonum is an outpatient rehabilitation tool for doctors, schools, and patients to better match and manage therapies like Physical, Occupational, Speech, Autism, and Behavioral Services. It digitizes the therapy journey using data, AI, and a proprietary scoring system to reduce burnout, turnover, and no-shows.
Outcome Project : 2025 : Health : USA : Outcome Project is a technology and data science company that equips health leaders with continuous learning and advanced tools to revolutionize patient care and public health.
Access Afya : 2013 : Health – Access : Kenya : Access Afya provdes modern healthcare operating system for emerging economies.
BeHealth : 2025 : Health – Access : USA : BeHealth is bringing doctors to people who can not come to them. They develop multi-channel strategies in the healthcare sector, combining information, awareness, and trends to empower the community with free access to reliable tools and resources for their physical, mental, and emotional well-being.
Flexio : 2025 : Health – Access : USA : Flexio is a routing and driver management platform that optimizes last-mile health delivery operations for businesses by enhancing efficiency, automating processes, and seamlessly integrating with external delivery capacity.
Lavanda Holistic Clinic : 2024 : Health – Access : USA : Lavanda Holistic Clinic provides health care services from a mobile health clinic.
Maternova : 2011 : Health – Access : USA : Maternova is a mission-driven corporation focused on women’s health and newborn/child health.
Signalytic : 2019 : Health – Access : Canada : Signalytic provides an e-health solution so Health Providers can focus on delivering quality care to their patients. They are in Uganda.
EvoCare : 2023 : Health – Caregivers : USA : EvoCare makes it easier for family members to find and work with professional caregivers.
Appleseed Education : 2023 : Health – Education : USA : Appleseed is a US-registered online EdTech platform that supports health professional schools in Africa to improve their quality, efficiency, & profitability, scale existing programs and add new programs.
Family & Nursing Care : 2011 : Health – Elder Care : USA : Family & Nursing Care is an award-winning home care services company, the largest single location home care services company in the nation.
HERHealthEQ : 2020 : Health – Equipment : USA : HERhealthEQ provides innovative medical equipment to healthcare systems or entrepreneurs in developing countries to address the lack of quality medical equipment to treat, detect, or prevent non-communicable diseases affecting women’s health.
Awi SuperFoods : 2021 : Health – Food : Brazil : Awi SuperFoods sells multivitamin sorbets that strengthen your immunity and the well-being of the amazon region.
Abartys Health : 2024 : Health – Information : USA : Abartys Health works to improve health care data interoperability between clinical laboratories, patients and doctors. They also track the spread of illnesses across geographic areas as well as provide predictive tools to understand who is most at risk.
Afya Pamoja : 2021 : Health – Information : Tanzania : Afya Pamoja is a digital patient reporting system which provides Tanzanian public healthcare managers with actionable insights into the quality-of-service delivery at primary healthcare facilities, driving improvements in healthcare outcomes.
Sproxil : 2009 : Health – Information : Nigeria : Our technology solutions build trust across supply chains, allow brands to engage with their stakeholders, and protect them from counterfeiting and fraud.
Beal Wellness : 2025 : Health – Mental : USA : Beal Wellness is a technology-driven mental health provider in Georgia, offering psychiatric care, therapy, and telehealth services.
CORXLY : 2024 : Health – Neurodivergent Access : USA : Corxly is a voice-activated project management tool designed to simplify tasks for neurodivergent people.
PharmaSecure : 2009 : Health – Safety : India : PharmaSecure protects the world from the threat of counterfeit pharmaceuticals and other goods.
Saathi : 2016 : Health – Sanitary Products : India : Saathi has developed a fully eco-friendly and biodegradable sanitary pad with an absorbent core made from waste banana tree fiber.
Sanivation : 2015 : Health – Sanitation : Kenya : Sanivation is a sanitation partner for african secondary cities.
Toilets for People : 2015 : Health – Sanitation : USA : TFP provides an affordable, sustainable and ecological toilet solution to those living off-grid in cabins, tiny houses, boats and RVs. We also provide toilet solutions to organizations working in community development and disaster relief.
Bioceptive : 2011 : Health – Women : USA : Bioceptive is a women’s health company developing innovative medical devices for a variety of gynecological procedures.
KONTi : 2024 : Housing – Affordable : USA : Konti Design Build Studio is creating affordable and sustainable buildings for Puerto Rico.
Green Canopy : 2017 : Housing – Environment : USA : Green Canopy NODE’s Buildings Kits for multi-unit homes and apartments provide greater cost control, quality, and speed.
Commonlands : 2023 : Housing – Finance : USA : Commonlands gives communities and investors the building blocks to create impact, together. Land-Backed Credit Communities: Opening informal markets with secure last-mile credit delivery
Flexible Capital Fund : 2012 : Impact Investing : USA : The Flexible Capital Fund invests in growing New England companies that fill a gap, or strengthen the supply chain in sustainable agriculture and food systems, forest products, renewable energy, clean technology, and other natural resource sectors.
Ingressive Capital : 2015 : Impact Investing : Nigeria : Ingressive is an impact facilitation firm that connects scalable, revenue-generating, vetted African businesses with international investors seeking double-bottom line opportunities.
Kamson Financial : 2011 : Impact Investing : USA : Kamson Financial provides loans and advisory services to communities in developing countries by raising money in the global capital market through development bonds and other creative and innovative financing mechanisms to enhance income generation and improve productivity while taking into consideration the impact on the environment and underserved communities in developed economies.
CSRHUB : 2011 : Impact Measurement : USA : “The expert source-based sustainability platform for global benchmarking, supply and value chain risk assessment and compliance readiness solutions.”
MilkCrate : 2015 : Impact Measurement : USA : MilkCrate makes impact actionable and measurable through mobile app solutions for nonprofit programs and municipal initiatives.
Outline India : 2017 : Impact Measurement : India : Outline India is a research and consultancy firm, focusing on ground level primary data collection work from communities that are hard to reach, to enable data-driven decision-making at policy and intervention levels.
Cont3nt.com : 2011 : Journalism : USA : Cont3nt.com is a global real time marketplace for video journalism and professional media.
ARMR Systems : 2025 : Medicine : USA : ARMR Systems provides advanced hemorrhage control solutions to increase survival rates in trauma situations where immediate medical care is unavailable. Their novel wearable platform is prophylactically placed to stop severe arterial bleeds and respond to advanced trauma in any environment without assistance from medical personnel.
Fidari : 2025 : Medicine : USA : Fidari is an AI-powered patient engagement and care coordination platform designed to improve oncology and rare disease care.
Izote Biosciences : 2025 : Medicine : USA : Izote Biosciences is a synthetic biology company pioneering the use of anaerobic fermentation to sustainably and cost-effectively produce high-value compounds traditionally derived from petrochemicals or scarce natural sources. The company engineers proprietary microbes that thrive without oxygen, making fermentation more scalable, less energy-intensive, and environmentally friendly.
MedE Techni : 2025 : Medicine : USA : MedE Techni develops cutting-edge medical technology, including Virgilio Rays, a UV-C therapy device that accelerates wound healing and reduces infections without antibiotics.
Pons : 2024 : Medicine : USA : PONS is a system for mobile ultrasound overcoming the high barriers to imaging outside hospitals.
SOAP Health : 2025 : Medicine : USA : SOAP Health is a digital health company focused on enhancing access, affordability, and accuracy in primary care.
Vasowatch : 2025 : Medicine : USA : Vasowatch Inc develops clinical decision support technology aimed at improving maternal outcomes by predicting and preventing postpartum hemorrhage, the leading cause of maternal deaths globally
Dynamiko Pharmaceutics : 2025 : Medicine – Cancer : USA : Dynamiko Pharmaceutics works to provide cancer patients with potentially life-extending treatment options that enhance both their survival prospects and overall quality of life.
Insu Health Design : 2023 : Medicine – ColdChain : USA : Insu Health Design supports temperature-sensitive medication users by providing them the means to protect their medication, no matter the situation.
Polyghost : 2025 : Medicine – Efficiency : USA : PolyGhost is an industrial manufacturer that designs and produces its own array of disruptive and USPTO patented mixing, dosing and separation technologies to the industrial world.
Equiply : 2025 : Medicine – Finance : USA : Equiply assists with planning and financing medical equipment acquisitions.
DxLab : 2024 : Medicine – Hardware : USA : DxLab provides rapid and affordable detection of diseases with new diagnostic platforms.
Sisu Global Health : 2023 : Medicine – Off Grid : USA : Sisu Global Health makes an autotransfusion system that collects, filters and re-transfuses a patients’ own blood from internal bleeding in surgery instead of donor blood. They currently sell in Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana and Ukraine.
Ai Health Highway : 2022 : Medicine – Products : India : Ai Health Highway makes a smart stethoscope to screen, detect & predict Heart/Lung disorders using state of the art signal processing and ML capabilities.
Elysian Holdings : 2019 : Packaging – Environment : USA : Elysian Holdings is leveraging the growing national and global support for industrial hemp cultivation as a sustainable and profitable 3-product — seed, oil, and hemp fiber — successor to more-depleting tobacco, corn, cotton, soybean farming.
PulpWorks : 2012 : Packaging – Environment : USA : PulpWorks specializes in custom molded-fiber packaging made from upcycled materials, including agricultural byproducts and recycled paper.
gDiapers : 2015 : Products – Diapers : USA : gDiapers sells diapers using Cradle to Cradle design principles that allows both parents of babies and aged care facilities to create a resource from the waste using bio-digesters and commercial composters.
Gasco : 2022 : Products – Environment : USA : Gasco is a Puerto Rican family business that develops high-quality industrial and institutional cleaning solutions. Our products and services guarantee a clean, safe, and environmentally friendly environment. We offer advanced technology, expert knowledge, and personalized service.
Generation Conscious : 2020 : Products – Environment : USA : Generation Conscious is a sustainable laundry and cleaning company that’s committed to environmental justice.
Teysha : 2014 : Products – Footwear : USA : Teysha brings together customers and skilled artisans to create beautiful goods which empower people to connect and create together.
One World Play Project : 2011 : Products – Sports : USA : One World Play Project is a B Corporation that markets and distributes a virtually indestructible soccer ball that never needs a pump and goes on playing even if punctured multiple times.
Realty Sage : 2016 : Real Estate – Environment : USA : Realty Sage is the largest and most comprehensive online real estate marketplace for sustainable homes. ‘The Zillow of eco-friendly homes.’
Anisoptera : 2024 : Recycling : USA : Anisoptera’ Dragonfly technology is an intuitive no-code platform that helps you generate real-time data & insights from on-premise footage.
Arqlite : 2016 : Recycling : Argentina : Arqlite recycles what nobody else can – transforming complex plastic polymers into high efficiency materials for the construction industry.
Looks For Lease : 2024 : Recycling : USA : Looks For Lease provides wardrobe rental to reduce the use of disposable fast fashion.
ReDu Plastic : 2024 : Recycling : USA : RE-DU provides groundbreaking recycling solutions, including the chemical deconstruction of mixed plastics into valuable raw materials.
Vitriform3D : 2025 : Recycling : USA : Vitriform3D transforms glass waste into high-end, customizable tiles and wall panels using a patent-pending 3D printing process.
Dunia Designs : 2019 : Recycling – Furniture : Tanzania : Dunia Designs makes commercially well-designed furniture, accessories, construction products & more out of 90% upcycled plastic – we’ve taken over 400 tons of plastic waste out of the Tanzanian environment since our conception in 2016.
EcoAct Tanzania : 2017 : Recycling – Furniture : Tanzania : ECOACT TANZANIA addresses the challenges of post-consumer plastic pollution, waste management,deforestation and climate change.
WeCyclers : 2013 : “Recycling Environment” : Nigeria : Wecyclers gives low-income communities in developing countries a chance to capture value from waste and clean up their neighborhoods through incentive-based recycling.
Essmart : 2013 : Supply Chain : India : Essmart creates a marketplace for essential technologies, like solar lanterns and water filters, in places where people already shop.
Esoko : 2016 : Supply Chain – Communication : Ghana : Esoko is connecting last mile communities with services through digital innovations. They improve the quality and efficiency of surveys, last mile service delivery and support organizations to seamlessly manage development projects on tech-enabled platform.
HawKar : 2017 : Vehicle – Access : Tunisia : HawKar is building a smart electric car that is directly accessible in a wheelchair, compact, economical & environmentally friendly.
MoveInSync : 2009 : Vehicles : India : MoveInSync provides smart, effective and safe corporate transport operations, providing complete control and visibility to the transportation stakeholders.
Folia Materials : 2017 : Water – Access : USA : Folia Materials makes anti-viral and anti-bacterial products by integrating Silver (Ag) and Copper (Cu) particles into paper and related material.
Village Ecosystems : 2010 : Water – Construction : USA : We provide holistic watershed services with synergistic benefits. We have the STEM to do hydrologic research, analysis, and design; we build the water features that we design, and our ecological expertise integrates life into our structures.
FREDsense : 2014 : Water – Infrastructure : Canada : FREDsense makes water testing fast, affordable, and simple.
Green Print Partners : 2016 : Water – Infrastructure : USA : GreenPrint Partners makes it easy for cities to achieve high-impact, community-driven stormwater solutions.
change:WATER Labs : 2015 : Water – Sanitation : USA : change:WATER Labs is developing a low-cost, compact, waterless toilet for non-sewered households and communities.
Sanergy : 2011 : Water – Sanitation : Kenya : Sanergy builds healthy, prosperous communities by providing sustainable non-sewered sanitation solutions in Africa’s urban informal settlements.
Apiari : 2025 : Workforce : USA : Apiari is a SaaS platform designed to support independent in-home child care providers. By treating providers as solopreneurs, Apiari reduces unpaid administrative work and recovers over $1,600 in lost wage opportunities monthly.
Clean Decisions : 2016 : Workforce : USA : Clean Decisions is a janitorial and landscaping service company solely owned and operated by returning citizens.
Inache : 2020 : Workforce : India : Inache solves for the lack of transparent and accountable grievance redressal mechanisms in factories by providing an anonymized communication tool for workers to communicate their suggestions and grievances via SMS or voice call, and for managers to listen and respond.
MiChamba : 2025 : Workforce : USA : MiChamba is an AI-powered task manager built specifically for blue-collar enterprises in Latin America.
Pinkcollar : 2017 : Workforce : Malaysia : Pinkcollar is a a first-of-its-kind solution for employers looking for a better way to hire domestic workers, and for workers seeking safe and dignified jobs.
Trase : 2020 : Workforce : Palestine : Often labeled a“gig economy” the construction sector is relatively unstable due to its cyclical nature. Worker rates are not regulated, consistent jobs are hard to find and reputation is difficult to scale. For contractors, retaining “good” construction workers is not a difficult task as they are in high demand. Most importantly, in the Levant & North African markets, there are no vetting methods to streamline the recruitment process. Accordingly, a lot of time is being wasted due to the manual process and lack of technology involved.
Wash Cycle Laundry : 2012 : Workforce : USA : Wash Cycle Laundry delivers laundry on bicycles with trailers to consumers, businesses, and institutions and washes it using sustainable, cost-competitive processes that reduce the water and energy required to do so. They also strive to create meaningful, upwardly mobile careers in all their locations.
DOTS Coffee : 2017 : Workforce – Access : Thailand : Dots Coffee is the world’s first shop operated entirely by persons with visual impairment. We demonstrate that no individual should be defined by their perceived limitations.
Prosperity Candle : 2010 : Workforce – Candles : USA : Prosperity Candle supports refugees and artisans through candle-making and beautifully crafted vessels.
MinVayu Small Wind : 2012 : Workforce – Education : India : MinVayu will meet the need for power in Indian villages by training, supplying and supporting rural mechanics to build, install and maintain a low cost wind turbine. MinVayu consists of affordable small wind turbines, and a training program for village mechanics, that allows access to windpowered electricity to be scaled to a significant proportion of India’s 98 million rural dwellers that have wind, but don’t have reliable electricity.
Murmuratto : 2025 : Workforce – Engagement : USA : Murmuratto is a workflow automation platform designed for companies capture employee insights and channel them to the right business leaders for impact and results.
Yellow Leaf Hammocks : 2013 : Workforce – Hammocks : Thailand : Yellow Leaf Hammocks exists to empower the Hill tribe members in Thailand to rise out of poverty by creating stable, culturally sustainable, high wage weaving jobs.
Prison Art : 2020 : Workforce – ReEntry : Mexico : Prison Art has developed a training program that fuses the traditional tattoo, chiseling, fashion design and leather construction resulting in a luxury line of leather products.