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M-Kopa Kenya Limited is a leading provider of solar home systems, specializing in pay-as-you-go energy services for off-grid customers. Founded in 2011 and based in Nairobi, Kenya, M-Kopa began commercial operations in 2012 and has since expanded its reach to Uganda and Tanzania. The company offers a range of solar products, including systems that provide lighting, phone charging, and solar-powered radios, which are sold through over 1,000 retail agents and shops. M-Kopa utilizes a proprietary technology platform that integrates mobile payments and IoT connectivity, allowing customers without credit histories to access essential products and services. With a dedicated team of over 500 staff, the company is committed to delivering innovative solutions that meet the needs of underserved communities, continually improving its offerings through data-driven insights and customer relationship management.

Operator of a supermarket chain intended to provide basic food commodities. The company's marketplace offers cooking products, dairy products, frozen meat, frozen vegetables, and home baking goods, enabling customers to shop from a range of products at a single store.

NMB Bank Ltd is a prominent financial institution in Nepal, offering a wide range of banking products and services. Its offerings include accounts and deposits, loans, credit cards, remittance services, insurance products, and priority banking. The bank operates through various divisions, such as retail banking, small and medium enterprises (SME) and micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSME), corporate banking, deprived sector banking, and treasury services. NMB Bank also provides online banking solutions, including mobile banking and NMB 3D secure, facilitating convenient access for its customers to manage their finances and apply for services like savings accounts and credit cards.

Wysa, operating under Touchkin eServices Pvt. Ltd., is focused on delivering proactive behavioral health support, particularly for individuals with chronic illnesses and depression. The company utilizes a mobile application that leverages passive sensor data from users' smartphones to monitor behavioral changes indicative of health issues. By analyzing data related to mobility, activity, sleep, and social interactions, Wysa aims to provide context-sensitive, multilingual chatbot support and alerts for healthcare providers when unexpected changes occur. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Bengaluru, India, Wysa serves a diverse clientele, including healthcare firms, senior living communities, and mental health organizations, and is part of the Swiss Re global insurtech accelerator.

EV Co. provides four-wheeler electric passenger vehicle services.

RFL Electronics is an electronics manufacturing company.

Operator of a global mobility fintech company intended to democratize access to financial services for mobility entrepreneurs. The company uses embedded alternative credit scoring technology in ride-hailing, logistics, mass transit, and instant delivery platforms, using proprietary performance and revenue analytics to underwrite customers that have previously been excluded from financial services, enabling customers to access and use proprietary performance and revenue analytics of mobility entrepreneurs to underwrite loans.

Shubham Housing Development Finance Company Private Limited, established in 2010 and based in Gurugram, India, specializes in providing housing finance solutions tailored for families with informal incomes. The company focuses on offering home loans, home improvement loans, and loans against property to customers who often do not qualify for traditional financing options. Shubham aims to empower urban low-income families by employing an interview-based approach to underwriting, which allows for a better understanding of the customer's unique financial circumstances. This method enables the company to offer customized and affordable credit programs that cater to the specific housing needs of individuals and families in urban and semi-urban areas.

* At WeRize, we are creating a new category in Indian financial services space. We are building, India’s first socially distributed full stack financial services platform for families in small town India. The financial needs of these customers have been largely ignored by traditional players and even fintechs who primarily focus on millennials in urban India * WeRize is a full-stack provider, both manufacturing and distributing a wide portfolio of customized credit, group insurance, and savings products for 100Mn lower-middle-class families and 300Mn individuals spread across the 4000+ towns . This $200 Billion annual market expects a very different product set as well as distribution model which traditional private banks, insurers, and mutual fund companies are unable to provide. The economics of these products as well as operating in small cities for traditional companies is unfeasible due to their high-cost branch-based distribution model. * Families living in small towns across India require high touch sales/after-sales service which can only be profitably provided using a social distribution model. The entire Indian fintech ecosystem is geared towards building do-it-yourself (DIY) apps that help customers choose the right financial products for themselves. However, this approach doesn’t work for small-town Indian families as there is a huge trust deficit about non-government financial products. Using the “Social Shopify of Finance” Tech platform, WeRize has enabled thousands of financially literate and digitally savvy freelancers in 1000+ cities to sell its financial products in their social circle. This solves both the trust issue as well as provides high-touch sales and after-sales services these customers need. The technology platform provided to these partners enables them to source business online and offline, recommend the right product to their customers as well as provide after-sales support.

Equity Bank Kenya is a financial services provider headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. It is licensed as a commercial bank by the central bank of Kenya, the central bank, and national banking regulator. Equity Bank Kenya Limited was incorporated in 2014 as a result of the corporate restructure of Equity Group Holdings Limited.

Paymob Solutions S.A.E. is a digital payments enabler based in Cairo, Egypt, founded in 2015. The company operates a payment acceptance platform that allows users to convert cash payments into electronic transactions, thereby enhancing access to financial services for underserved populations in the Middle East and Africa. Paymob's offerings include integrated fraud detection, interactive dashboards, and compliance with PCI security standards, which help businesses of all sizes leverage digital payment solutions. By providing value-added integrated payment services, Paymob aims to bridge the financial inclusion gap and empower customers with various electronic payment and money transfer options, reducing risks associated with fraud and inefficiencies in cash handling.

Frontiir Co. Ltd is an Internet service provider based in Yangon, Myanmar, dedicated to offering affordable digital access and information services to bridge the global digital divide. The company serves a diverse range of enterprise clients by providing ready-to-install business solutions as well as customized packages tailored to specific business needs. Frontiir develops its own network infrastructure, utilizing proprietary technology and unique wireless last-mile solutions to deliver low-cost, high-speed broadband internet services. Founded by three professionals with extensive expertise in information and communication technologies, including two MIT Ph.D. graduates, Frontiir leverages their combined 30 years of experience and holds several patents in wireless networking and IT.

RFL Electronics is an electronics manufacturing company.