Soros Economic Development Fund

Hewatele is a social enterprise dedicated to providing affordable, high-quality medical oxygen to patients in need across Africa. It supplies essential surgical elements and enables public hospitals, private not-for-profit hospitals, and individuals to access these services at reasonable prices.

Hewatele is a social enterprise dedicated to providing affordable, high-quality medical oxygen to patients in need across Africa. It supplies essential surgical elements and enables public hospitals, private not-for-profit hospitals, and individuals to access these services at reasonable prices.

Symplifica is a software startup focused on providing management services for domestic workers and nannies. The company offers a platform that simplifies the hiring process and payroll management for employers, facilitating tasks such as contract generation, monthly payroll calculations, and ongoing contract management. By automating these processes, Symplifica ensures that employers comply with labor regulations while also supporting domestic workers in obtaining fair working conditions and access to legal benefits. Its membership service includes features like a digital folder for document storage and alerts for employment-related tasks, enhancing the overall experience for both employers and domestic employees.

Univercells is a company specializing in high-density, low-cost biomanufacturing solutions aimed at enhancing the production of biologics, including antibodies, proteins, and vaccines. The company leverages innovative engineering and proprietary technologies, such as single-use systems and continuous process intensification, to significantly reduce capital investments by over 75% and the cost of goods by up to 90%. Univercells offers a range of services, including scale-X hydro, scale-X carbo, and NevoLine, which support both research and development and commercial-scale production of biologics. Additionally, the company provides integrated services like equipment confirmation, capacity and facility design, and bioprocess excellence, facilitating the scalability of cell and gene therapy manufacturers from clinical trials to commercial manufacturing. Through its commitment to making biologics more accessible and affordable, Univercells addresses critical global health challenges.

EM3 AgriServices Pvt. Ltd., established in 2013 and headquartered in Noida, India, specializes in providing comprehensive on-farm services aimed at enhancing agricultural productivity for Indian farmers. As one of the pioneering private sector initiatives in the realm of farm mechanization and technology services, the company addresses the entire cultivation cycle. EM3 is focused on developing a diverse range of service lines with the long-term objective of becoming a full-stack marketplace that enables small farmers to access various essential agricultural inputs and services.

DSM Corridor Group operates a dry bulk terminal at the Port of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It provides ship discharge and loading, lightering, and bulk handling services for dry bulk commodities, including cereals, metals, ores, fertilizers, and chemicals. The company offers warehousing, container stuffing and de-stuffing, and shore discharge services to the shipping and material handling community, as well as equipment rental and sale of bulk handling equipment. It also provides ships chandelling services and consulting, and offers clearing and forwarding for agricultural and mining inputs and outputs. The firm supports rail freight and logistics integration as part of its port-centric services. Founded in 2004, DSM Corridor Group serves clients with logistics and warehousing needs in the region.

Founded in Pune, India in 2008, Siddhivinayak Agri Processing specializes in potato supply chain management. It provides comprehensive services to farmers and processors, including inputs, finance, insurance, training, farm extension services, consulting for plant audits and process design, cold storage solutions, water treatment facilities, process automation, and manufacturing of processing equipment.