Rockefeller Foundation

BlueMark engages in providing independent impact verification services for investors and companies. It focuses on strengthening trust in impact investing and helps bring more accountability to the impact investment process. The company was founded in 2020 with a belief that impact verification is a key ingredient for establishing and maintaining trust between impact investors and their stakeholders.

data.org seeks to democratize and reimagine the use of data science to tackle society’s greatest challenges and improve lives across the globe. Our current initiatives aim to advance inclusive growth, build capacity, mitigate and adapt to climate change and fight pandemics.

Founders First Capital Partners, LLC is a venture capital firm established in 2015 and based in San Diego, California. The firm specializes in providing growth capital and business acceleration support to service-based companies, particularly those led by underrepresented founders, including women, ethnic minorities, and military veterans. Founders First Capital Partners focuses on businesses located outside major capital markets, aiming to empower these enterprises to become significant job creators within their communities. The firm employs a proprietary platform that offers revenue-based funding and accelerator programs designed to transition underserved businesses into tech-enabled companies with recurring revenues between $5 million and $10 million. By fostering inclusive teams and supporting growth in low- to moderate-income areas, Founders First Capital Partners aims to generate high-yield investments for its limited partners while creating impactful economic opportunities.

Africa Public Health Foundation exists to forge partnerships and mobilize resources to support critical public health initiatives.

CLLCTIVLY is an organization dedicated to expanding equity and economic opportunity to communities of color.

ATLAS AI P.B.C develops artificial intelligence based API software and operates a web platform and for sustainable development. The product uses machine learning to help decision-makers get more impact at lower costs through better planning, management, and assessment. The product can be used to study and analyze data on economic wellbeing, agriculture, and infrastructure. ATLAS AI P.B.C was founded in 2018 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Founded in 2005, Benefits Data Trust (BDT) is a national not-for-profit organization committed to transforming how individuals in need access essential benefits and services.

Sixup PBC, Inc. is a for-profit technology company based in San Francisco that provides an online platform offering loans to low-income, high-achieving students. Established in 2014, Sixup focuses on addressing the financial needs of underserved students by aggregating, underwriting, and funding loans that support their educational pursuits. The company aims to create a new asset class, termed Future-Prime, which encompasses approximately seven million students and represents a significant annual market volume. Sixup is supported by $14 million in equity funding from various investors, including Collaboration Capital and the Kellogg Foundation, and has secured an additional $41 million in lending and grant capital from institutions like Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank. Operating in 18 states, Sixup collaborates with numerous community-based and advocacy organizations to enhance access to education for its target demographic.

Onward is a non-profit employer-based mobile savings and credit app that enables workers of all income levels to build financial security. We help workers save effortlessly, build financial literacy, and access responsible credit when emergencies strike. Essentially, what the 401K is for long-term retirement savings, Onward is for short-term emergency savings.

Project QUEST is a critical economic development resource

The/Nudge Institute is dedicated to alleviating poverty in India through sustainable and scalable initiatives. Founded in July 2015 by Atul Satija, the organization focuses on three primary impact streams. The Centre for Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (CSDE) aims to empower underprivileged youth, with a goal to reach over one million youths annually. N/Core nurtures talent to address significant social issues in India. The up (ultra-poor) initiative targets families living in extreme poverty, implementing a micro-entrepreneurship program based on a well-researched "graduation model" to uplift 100,000 households over the next decade. The organization has positively impacted over six million people through various programs in skilling, education, and healthcare. With a dedicated team of over 175 members, The/Nudge Institute aspires to create a poverty-free India within a generation.

EGL is a STEM platform that recognizes and rewards students that are passionate about video games and technology, similar to a student that plays a traditional sport. Within our platform, EliteGamingLIVE educates participating students on potential careers in video game design and related technological areas including but not limited to coding, computer programming, and web development. 91% of students play video games, sometimes at the expense of his/her schoolwork. EliteGamingLIVE gives participating student’s a way to stay after school and Play For More.

Sixup PBC, Inc. is a for-profit technology company based in San Francisco that provides an online platform offering loans to low-income, high-achieving students. Established in 2014, Sixup focuses on addressing the financial needs of underserved students by aggregating, underwriting, and funding loans that support their educational pursuits. The company aims to create a new asset class, termed Future-Prime, which encompasses approximately seven million students and represents a significant annual market volume. Sixup is supported by $14 million in equity funding from various investors, including Collaboration Capital and the Kellogg Foundation, and has secured an additional $41 million in lending and grant capital from institutions like Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank. Operating in 18 states, Sixup collaborates with numerous community-based and advocacy organizations to enhance access to education for its target demographic.

Ajira Digital introduces young people to online work and provides the tools, training and mentorship needed for them to work and earn an income online.

CloudFactory Limited provides a cloud-based workforce solution that focuses on automating business processes involving large volumes of data entry, collection, and processing. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, with an additional office in Reading, United Kingdom, the company offers services such as machine learning, document transcription, and data enrichment under the WorkStream brand. The work is organized into microtasks that are executed by a global, on-demand workforce, allowing for efficient task completion along virtual assembly lines. As a social enterprise, CloudFactory aims to connect one million individuals in developing countries to basic computer work, empowering them to become leaders in their communities and combat poverty. The company first introduced its beta version at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco in September 2011.

BPeSA Western Cape was founded in 2002 to promote and develop the IT-enabled services industry in Cape Town, with a strong initial focus on contact centres. It operates both as a specialist investment promotion agency for business process outsourcing (including call centres) and as a regional trade association and networking body for the industry. The mandate of BPeSA Western Cape is to create jobs. It does this by raising awareness of the industry’s potential internationally and thus attracting new investments, and by helping to create an enabling environment for investments to thrive and grow – developing the skills base, supporting SMEs, and providing linkage to national and regional government to ensure the implementation of pro-growth policies. BPeSA Western Cape’s mission is to promote job creation in the Western Cape's BPO industry

Treedom s.r.l. is an online platform based in Florence, Italy, that enables individuals and businesses to plant trees and track their growth digitally. Founded in 2010, Treedom allows users to select a tree, which is then planted by local farmers in various regions around the world. Each tree is photographed, geolocated, and made visible online, providing transparency and a personal connection to the planting process. Users can also monitor the daily carbon dioxide emissions of their trees and gift trees to others. Additionally, Treedom offers businesses the opportunity to plant trees in their brand names, promoting environmental responsibility and sustainability.

Digital Divide Data provides a competitive advantage in digital content to academia, corporations, governments, NGOs, publishers and libraries worldwide. We partner with our clients to seamlessly support a range of content processing services, including eBook production, print-on-demand file creation, handwriting transcription, newspaper and magazine digitization, data entry, survey digitization, and records management--plus offer a unique opportunity to make a positive social impact.

United States Artists (USA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the work of living American artists. Each year, USA awards $50,000 fellowships to the country’s most accomplished and innovative artists working in the fields of Architecture & Design, Crafts, Dance, Literature, Media, Music, Theater & Performance, Traditional Arts and Visual Arts. USA was founded to address the lack of unrestricted funding available to artists. USA is currently funded by a broad range of philanthropic foundations and individuals committed to cultivating the vibrant character of contemporary culture in America.

netomat, Inc. develops Websites, applications, and social media services that work across desktop, tablet, and mobile devices. It offers mobile solutions, such as mobile Website or responsive design, mobile apps, and location-based services; and Web solutions, which include Websites and microsites Web apps, HTML5/CSS3, HTML email and responsive email, and Web forms and data collection solutions. The company also provides social media solutions, including integration with social media sites and networks, social Web apps and widgets, and social media analytics; and contests, sweepstakes, quizzes, and polls. In addition, it offers creative services, such as Web UI/UX design, mobile UI/UX design, and social campaigns and marketing programs; managed services, which include cloud hosting services, search engine optimization, mobile and Web analytics, Ad integration, and e-commerce integration services; optimization solutions for touch-screen devices; and netomat Mobility Server, which enables organizations to publish Websites across various mobile device models. Further, the company provides netomat MediaHub that enables enterprises to acquire, transform, manage, and stream videos across mobile and desktop devices. It serves tourism organizations, sports leagues, gaming companies, NFL teams, record labels, and law firms in the United States and internationally. netomat, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is based in New York, New York.