Appload provides an online solution for logistics services. They connect logistics companies with customers looking for cargo transport. The app offers a secure scheduling and electronic payment system and the ability to secure shipments through an industry partner. They serve in the B2B space in transportation and logistics technology. They also provides customer services.
Wunder is a Modern Energy Company. We help businesses, municipalities, and schools save money by delivering clean on-site power. We convert simple warehouses into electrified industrial platforms built for the future. We enable the nation’s leading commercial and industrial real estate firms to capture the benefits of solar across their properties. We align ESG goals with revenue targets. We deploy renewable energy assets today that will power America’s tomorrow. We open new markets, we launch new partnerships, and we build new solar and energy storage projects every day. Join us at www.wundercapital.com/careers
Farmstead is an artificial intelligence-powered farm to doorstep grocery delivery startup. Farmstead's personalized Smart Shopping List helps the user discover new dishes to cook and buy what they love in minutes. The user saves time, waste less food, and eat healthier with their fresher-than-theirr-supermarket supply chain.
Farmland LP is a real estate fund that acquires conventional farmland and converts it into Organic, sustainably managed farmland. We specialize in enhancing soil fertility and productivity through science-based livestock and crop rotations. Through their expertise in agriculture, soil biology, real estate, and farm management, they have forged a new model for how farmland is owned and managed. Our investors benefit from the security of owning farmland while participating in the growth and profitability of local, organic food markets. They are demonstrating that sustainable agriculture at scale is more profitable today than chemical-dependent commodity agriculture.
Sunwealth Power is a pioneering clean energy firm aiming to unleash the power of commercial solar by delivering meaningful returns and tangible impact to its growing community of investors. Sunwealth’s proprietary methodology identifies high-performing, high-impact projects, and its Solar Impact Fund allows for the rapid scaling of commercial solar investment, giving investors the unique opportunity to invest directly into a diversified pool of solar assets – generating returns and clean energy faster.
Money254 provides integrated financial services marketplace It offers financial and insurance services landscape into one central database, fast and transparent way for users to search and compare financial and insurance products.
Twende connect people traveling in the same direction - drivers offer the empty seats in their car to other travelers going the same way.
Terraformation wants to solve climate change.
Oze brings African small businesses into the digital era. It is an app that makes it easy for businesses to track sales, expenses, and customer information. The data is analyzed to provide tailored recommendations, reports, and business education. If the entrepreneur needs a little extra support, an Oze Coach is just a click away. As they are using Oze to manage their business and learn how to run it better, we are learning about them. Using this data and machine learning, we can predict their credit risk and provide them with affordable capital from our banking partners. With over 150,000 registered users, Oze is the largest online community of SMEs in West Africa. The most exciting thing is that Oze works; 97% of businesses that have used Oze for at least 9 months are growing or profitable or both!
4G Capital has supported micro-enterprises in Africa since 2013, providing financial literacy training with working capital loans to help small businesses grow sustainably. 4G Capital clients receive a bespoke programme of business training to help them use micro-loans to achieve much higher take-home earnings. 4G Capital’s proprietorial machine learning technology delivers high fidelity insights from traditionally data dark sectors. We design scalable credit products and services optimized for clients’ business risks, timescales and affordability. Training is delivered via mobile apps and face-to-face outreach. Using only mobile money, loans are accessed in under two minutes with either smart or feature phones. 4G Capital directly addresses the Finance Gap across Africa. This stands at over $19 billion for Micro and SMEs in Kenya alone (source: IFC), even though this important segment accounts for over 30% of GDP. It is almost impossible for these companies to access credit without high collateral and data requirements. Over 30% of small businesses fail due to lack of funding. 4G Capital consistently achieves very high collections rates without collateral or refinancing its clients, by only lending to viable businesses on terms that are right for them. 4G Capital is on target to positively impact over 1 million people by 2020. With operations in Kenya and Uganda, and having received multiple industry awards, 4G Capital is now scaling across the continent and expanding its suite of products and services as Africa’s Fastest Fintech. Key achievements to date: · >94% collection rates without refinancing clients · Net Promoter Score 72 · Clients increase revenues by average 82% · 81% Women Customers · 82% Repeat Customers · 77% Rural Clients · 94% Increased financial literacy · $32M worth of loans to date · >50 locations in Kenya and expanding in Uganda and beyond · Partnership retail credit service plugs in to distributor systems to boost value chain sales
GET IT is providing produce and dry goods delivery services, including cold storage, beginning with hotels and restaurants. Through its focus on systems, training and superior execution, GET IT seeks to solve the deficiency of cold storage and logistics services in Rwanda and beyond. The company sources produce directly from farmers, cutting out several middlemen who add little value, providing higher quality products at lower cost. GET IT is also introducing new, high demand products to the East African market.
Brio Systems, Inc. operates a comprehensive COVID-19 testing platform designed to assist employers in maintaining workplace safety through on-site testing. Founded in 2017 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, the company provides access to lab-backed polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and antibody testing, along with logistics support, medical oversight, and digital results communication within three days of test collection. Brio’s platform connects employers with FDA-certified laboratories, offering a turnkey solution that includes laboratory testing, fulfillment of collection kits, test requisitioning, medical supervision, and digital reporting. Serving various industries such as manufacturing and food processing, Brio Systems facilitates up to 50,000 tests daily, enabling businesses to protect their workforce and make informed risk-mitigation decisions.
4G Capital has supported micro-enterprises in Africa since 2013, providing financial literacy training with working capital loans to help small businesses grow sustainably. 4G Capital clients receive a bespoke programme of business training to help them use micro-loans to achieve much higher take-home earnings. 4G Capital’s proprietorial machine learning technology delivers high fidelity insights from traditionally data dark sectors. We design scalable credit products and services optimized for clients’ business risks, timescales and affordability. Training is delivered via mobile apps and face-to-face outreach. Using only mobile money, loans are accessed in under two minutes with either smart or feature phones. 4G Capital directly addresses the Finance Gap across Africa. This stands at over $19 billion for Micro and SMEs in Kenya alone (source: IFC), even though this important segment accounts for over 30% of GDP. It is almost impossible for these companies to access credit without high collateral and data requirements. Over 30% of small businesses fail due to lack of funding. 4G Capital consistently achieves very high collections rates without collateral or refinancing its clients, by only lending to viable businesses on terms that are right for them. 4G Capital is on target to positively impact over 1 million people by 2020. With operations in Kenya and Uganda, and having received multiple industry awards, 4G Capital is now scaling across the continent and expanding its suite of products and services as Africa’s Fastest Fintech. Key achievements to date: · >94% collection rates without refinancing clients · Net Promoter Score 72 · Clients increase revenues by average 82% · 81% Women Customers · 82% Repeat Customers · 77% Rural Clients · 94% Increased financial literacy · $32M worth of loans to date · >50 locations in Kenya and expanding in Uganda and beyond · Partnership retail credit service plugs in to distributor systems to boost value chain sales
Sigora Solar offers solar installation, roof replacement, energy storage, ev charging, home energy automation, electrical services, and energy efficiency.
Linger provides home textiles directly to the consumer. They partner with factories around the world to craft inspirational designs through a transparent and sustainable supply chain.
MyPerfectStitch manufactures an array of stylish and desirable boutique items that embraces Zambian fashion and modern needs.
Kakbima an insurtech that provides tools to connect insurers, distribution partners, and customers to transform the way insurance is bought, managed and sold. At the center of the ecosystem is our insurance management and distribution platform that removes the barriers to flexible products development and distribution channels helping more new businesses get started, expedite growth for existing companies, and increases global consumer coverage. Kakbima provides a simple insurance management and distribution platform for insurance buyers, agents, brokers, micro-insurers, and insurers with the intention of making insurance disposable to every individual who has access to the internet. We have broken down insurance functions into individual business services allowing ease of maintenance and independent deployment of features. Insurance distributors can easily put up their products which will be accessible to every individual who interacts with our platform looking for insurance.
GladeFinance target to accelerate the growth of merchants and SMEs through digital financial solutions to foster financial inclusion.
Akido is a care delivery platform focused on overcoming the complex needs of our most vulnerable populations. We are on a mission to leverage modern technology and proprietary datasets that have historically been locked up in our public health ecosystems in order to radically improve the quality of life and affordability of care for underserved people. We are a fast-growing, impact-focused, Y Combinator company being used nationwide to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, homelessness, and other public health crises. Across the country, health systems and government service providers use Akido to launch new technology-powered public health initiatives that improve the health and well-being of the communities they serve.
Every day in America, they waste 3X more food than there are mouths to feed. It is not a lack of food that is the issue, but rather an ineffective distribution of that food. Hunger is not a scarcity problem, it's a logistics problem. For the first time ever, they can effectively donate prepared and highly perishable food to those who need it when they need it most. Copia is a for-profit company that has built technology allowing food donors (e.g., food management companies like corporate cafeterias, universities, hospitals, grocers, caterers etc.) to easily request pickups of their surplus food, have it matched, and safely delivered to non-profits in need. With Copia, partnering businesses can now seamlessly access significant tax savings, dramatically reduce food waste through data and analytics on surplus, and remove CO2 from the atmosphere, all while feeding the neediest in their community.
An Investment app which aims to make the process of finding and selecting investments — specifically stocks & Bonds— easy and approachable for beginners. With Trove You’ll find stock from public companies from the Nigeria and the U.S (In View) , as well as various bonds, 10 cryptocurrency assets and mutual funds. From the kyc & sign up process to the range of financial assets offered by the Trove platform , down to payment and buying and selling & a display of a personalized news feed of finance headlines about the stocks & assets you trade. Trove makes the whole process around micro investing seamless from start to finish
Bluefield Technologies offers remote sensing technology to assist in measuring and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Bluefield Technologies delivers precise, always-on methane leak detection via microsatellites.
Kwara is transforming credit unions into modern digital financial institutions, powered by an industry-leading core banking system and a modern mobile banking experience for credit union members. Backed by investors across Africa, Asia, Europe and the USA, Kwara currently serves 200+ SACCOs in Kenya, South Africa and the Philippines
10Power is a social enterprise that reinvests revenue to grow its impact. They help to develop and finance commercial-scale solar projects. They see renewable energy as the key to providing access to clean water, gender empowerment, livelihood improvement, education, and technology.
Community Investment Management provides responsible and transparent financing to small businesses in the United States in partnership with a select group of technology-driven lenders. CIM combines experience, innovation, and values to align the interests of small business borrowers and investors. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Virunga Power is an electric utility company that develops, invests, and operates of renewable power projects and rural distribution grids. Their focus is on megawatt-scale rural utility projects across several countries in East Africa and beyond with a goal of bringing high-quality, low-cost power to rural communities that currently lack reliable access to modern energy. They engage local and regional stakeholders to tailor renewable power solutions to match local needs and resources. The company's mission is to build the leading rural utility company in sub-Saharan Africa and to continuously strive to bring the full benefits of electrification to new rural communities and consumers in a sustainable manner. It provides clean electricity to communities living in and around Virunga National Park in North Kivu, Eastern Congo.
Democracy Brewing is committed to making beers and supporting its community. It is a brewery and pub.
Goat 'n Chips offers a wide variety of freshly prepared and delicious food
Global Student Embassy (GSE) develops community leaders through action oriented environmental education.
In 2014, Etho Capital’s co-founders, Conor Platt and Ian Monroe, were introduced by a mutual stakeholder in both of their respective companies. Conor was managing his own absolute return fund, Confluence Capital, LP. Ian had started Oroeco, a web application where users calculate their individual carbon footprints and compare them. Believing the two entrepreneurs might learn from each other, and that a meeting to share ideas would be valuable, their mutual stakeholder made the introduction.
Majika offers solutions to enable rural communities to access to electricity.
Betaksys is a traveler information system with free services for Antananarivo.
Versara is a provider of small loans and advances to individuals and small businesses. Using mobile technology and a wide distribution network, Versara promises a fast and convenient process for accessing loans and cash advances. Versara gives you a peace of mind, knowing that you can get cash anytime you need it for Emergencies, Unplanned and Unexpected events, or for taking advantage of an opportunity that comes your way.
CleanCapital is a financial technology company that makes it easy to invest in clean energy. CleanCapital allows accredited individuals—including institutional investors, family offices, and investment funds—to invest in secure and diversified clean energy projects. Investors can monitor investments in real time using their seamless online platform.
Zpos is a tech company that develops business management technology systems. It also offers inventory management software, keeps track of credit customers, offers discounts, adds a new stock, saves transactions to process later, and also offers IT-related consulting services.
Outsource Now helps businesses and NGOs manage their technology needs by providing business management software and IT support.
SunFunder is a solar energy finance business with a mission to provide financing for solar assets in emerging economies, including inventory, working capital, construction, and structured finance loans. The company offers borrowers deep solar market expertise, and efficient due diligence process, and strong customer partnerships, while simultaneously providing investors with diversified, high-impact, fixed income debt offerings of emerging market solar investments. SunFunder is a well-positioned financial intermediary that has been operating since 2012.
Musanga, a logistics company, is solving Africas $140b transport problem by connecting shippers to loaders in real time. Whether its the delivery of FMCG products or the delivery of vital medicines, Musanga is leading in the delivery of efficiency across industries.
ConnectDER is a solar technology company developing meter collars to connect distributed energy resources to the home and the grid. The company specializes in resilient home energy technology and improves distributed energy resources (DERs) by turning an electricity meter socket into an interconnection point for solar, battery storage, electric vehicle charging, directly benefiting the user, the grid, and the environment.
Sigora is a provider of utility-management systems engineered for frontier markets. For established urban grid utilities and rural micro-grid developers, Sigora’s platform transforms energy access into bankable business. Leveraging specialized hardware, web-managed software, and simple payment solutions, the company's platform streamlines bill collection, reduces revenue losses, deters energy theft, and increases operational efficiency for energy providers operating in emerging markets. It’s easy to oversimplify the capabilities of a simple electric meter, but in reality Sigora’s meter is offering the “operating system” for financeable micro-utility business models. Sigora was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
OffGridBox is a modular and compact unit that provides renewable energy and clean water in remote areas and developing countries. Their OffGridBox™, an all-in-one system, fits entirely inside a 6x6x6 feet shipping container and is equipped with all the hardware needed to produce electricity and clean water. This innovative technology is a solution for more than 2 billion people worldwide that need energy and clean water on a daily basis. One unit potentially managed by a local women co-op in a Rwandese village can impact up to 300 families (circa 1500 people) providing Tier 1 electricity and sterilized water. They deployed 38 units in 9 Countries (Italy, South Africa, Rwanda, Nigeria, Philippines, Madagascar, US and Colombia) for different segments: humanitarian, household retail, service to industry. These units have operated more than 400,000 working hours.