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9. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Adaptation Ventures Fund I
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTUREFinancial and insurance activities

Adaptation Ventures Fund I

The first angel group fund in the US to invest in early-stage disability and accessible tech startups.

United States

RespondLocal - community resilience & crisis response
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTUREInformation and communication

RespondLocal - community resilience & crisis response

A free global platform for aggregating community needs and matching them with offers of goods and services.

Canada

Pescadata - an app for small scale fishing communities
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTUREProfessional, scientific and technical + 3 Others

Pescadata - an app for small scale fishing communities

A logbook and expenses app for small-scale fishers and fishing communities.

Mérida, YUC, Mexico

Humanitarian Project Finance Facility
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Humanitarian Project Finance Facility

Unlocking finance for local operators in frontier markets to deliver vital health, sanitation & disaster response solutions.

Tech2Peace
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Tech2Peace

Tech2Peace (T2P) hosts blended technology training, entrepreneurship, and conflict dialogue seminars for Israelis and Palestinians (with a particular focus on women and marginalized populations) along with continued community events post-seminar.

Israel

World Innovation Network
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

World Innovation Network

Supercharging the Global Innovation and Start-up Ecosystem with Digital Technologies

India

Solar Market Gardens
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Solar Market Gardens

For over a decade, SELF’s Solar Market Gardens (SMGs) have tackled food insecurity through a combination of solar power and drip irrigation.

Benin

Watsan Envirotech Private Limited
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Watsan Envirotech Private Limited

Watsan Envirotech focuses on providing affordable solutions for clean drinking water and sanitation through innovative technologies like Terafil filters and modular toilets.

India

World Social Capital Monitor
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

World Social Capital Monitor

For the first time in history, in order to accelerate the SDGs people can score on eight crucial local social goods by open access and in 46 languages yet.

Switzerland

Game the System: The Entrepreneurs Edition
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Game the System: The Entrepreneurs Edition

First in a series of serious games about systems of oppression.

Back Office Support Pilot
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Back Office Support Pilot

Seeking to pilot a sliding scale business development solution that will help early stage, BIPOC- and immigrant-owned cooperatives reach profitability more quickly.

Denver, CO, USA

CoIO: AI-Powered Collective Intelligence/Inclusive Decisions
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

CoIO: AI-Powered Collective Intelligence/Inclusive Decisions

CoIO transforms organizational collaboration by using AI to ensure every voice is heard, breaking down power dynamics and language barriers while synthesizing diverse inputs into clear, actionable decisions—all within an accessible, asynchronous platform.

Boston, MA, USA

Learning Modules for Equitable Acquisitions in Manufacturing
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Learning Modules for Equitable Acquisitions in Manufacturing

This project will create learning modules to help business owners and community lenders plan for and support ownership succession planning for small- and medium-sized manufacturing companies. These tools will preserve jobs and expand ownership opportunities for communities.

Equity Capital for BIPOC Entrepreneurs in CPG
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Equity Capital for BIPOC Entrepreneurs in CPG

Propeller Impact Fund II offers technical assistance to BIPOC entrepreneurs seeking equity financing for their CPG ventures.

City of New Orleans, LA, USA

Healthy Entrepreneurs
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Healthy Entrepreneurs

Healthy Entrepreneurs delivers effective and affordable health products and services to the last mile, hard-to-reach populations in Sub-Saharan Africa, through a network of 5,000 Community Health Entrepreneurs in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Burundi.

Kampala, Uganda

End-to-end Shrimp Farming Solution
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

End-to-end Shrimp Farming Solution

Jala helps shrimp farmer manage their water quality to boost the yield and create a sustainable farm.

Indonesia

Women Originated Media Entrepreneurship Network (WOMEN)
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Women Originated Media Entrepreneurship Network (WOMEN)

The WOMEN project aims to develop women entrepreneurship in Ukraine inspired by the AEIF funded project e-Bridge. Project activities include interactive featured audio video, ICT learning mechanism, and peer-to-peer exchanges of women-owned companies.

Ukraine

Independent LGBTQIA+ media in Israel
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Independent LGBTQIA+ media in Israel

WDG.co.il is Israel’s only independent LGBTQ news website, providing critical media coverage to evolve a more involved and synchronized LGBTQ community.

Israel

Upcycled Plastic Prosthetics
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Upcycled Plastic Prosthetics

Accessible Recycled Material prosthetics innovation enables the manufacture of artificial limbs using recycled yarns made from plastic bottles. This prosthetic limb costing £10 per unit to make- thousands of dollars cheaper than carbon fibre sockets.

United Kingdom

Xenom Energy
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Xenom Energy

A transformative start-up building a cutting-edge B2B platform for easy access to petroleum products in Africa. By connecting independent fuel station owners to Oil Marketers through our tech-enabled and operations driven marketplace.

Aadiwasi Janjagruti
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Aadiwasi Janjagruti

Creating social awareness and sustainable livelihood in tribal and marginalized areas of Maharashtra, India.

Maharashtra, India

Amrue
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Amrue

Over 145 million trees are used annually to print paper receipts yet 75% of receipts end up in the bin. Amrue has developed an intelligent receipt that allows customers to view their receipt directly in their banking app, thus doing away with paper.

South Africa, WC, South Africa

Audiopedia - Essential Knowledge. For all Women, Everywhere.
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

Audiopedia - Essential Knowledge. For all Women, Everywhere.

Audiopedia is a free resource of localized expert audio content about health, nutrition, child care, gender-based violence, family planning, agriculture, and much more. It is accessible using solar-powered players and on mobile phones.

Global Village, KA, India

BEMPU HEALTH
INDUSTRY, INNOVATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE

BEMPU HEALTH

The TempWatch is a novel, continuous temperature-monitoring bracelet which alerts if the newborn is hypothermic, thereby empowering the caretaker to warm the baby with KMC well before hypoxia, hypoglycemia, poor growth, or death can occur. In light of the Covid-19 crisis, Tempwatch is immensely instrumental as it warns parents against probable infections and reduces needless visits to health centers.

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