Village Capital

Village Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in making seed, startup, and early-stage investments. The firm seeks to invest in energy, environmental sustainability, agriculture, health and education sector. It prefers to make equity investments for-profit companies operating in the affordable education services across the world with a focus on Africa, Asia and Latin America. The firm considers investments between $0.05 million and $0.1 million and follow-on investments between $0.25 million and $0.5 million. It typically makes minority equity investments. Village Capital is based in Washington, District Of Colombia.
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Adedana Ashebir

Regional Director, Africa and Middle East

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Allyson Burns

CEO

Allie Burns

CEO

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Daniel Cossío

Regional Lead, Latin America

Victoria Fram

Senior Advisor, Vilcap Investments; Co-Founder, Village Capital

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Apoorv Karmakar

Senior Director

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Rachel Schwartz

Senior Associate FP&A

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Ben Wrobel

Director of Communications

281 past transactions

Loans4SME

Venture Round in 2017
Loans4SME connects small businesses with lenders to provide cash-flow based loans. With a product suite tailored for high growth companies and a seemless, technology driven approach to lending, they provide a collateral free solution for every financing need your business has. They have built a vast network of lenders including banks, NBFCs, venture debt firms and family offices. Our experts help you navigate The complex debt financing landscape so you get timely capital.

Vega Coffee

Venture Round in 2018
The Vega Marketplace will eventually feature farmers representing a variety of regions and coffee varietals. Customers will be able to search for farmers and select coffee based on origin, tasting notes, and/or roasting profile.

Stars From All Nations

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Stars From All Nations (SFAN) is a high impact social venture established with precise vision to raise the next generation of African leaders through the accomplishment of the following goals: Help young people have a smooth transition from college to career through mentorship, capacity development and job/internship placement. Offer opportunities for youths to turn their passion into a business or career by creating platforms for networking, incubation and funding. Train young people to give back to their communities through positive social actions. Although there have been tremendous improvements in the business practices in Africa, the challenge lies in integrating youths into the workforce. Obviously there is a big disconnect because in as much as the economy is expanding and domestic demand is increasing, job creation is not, hence the growing youth unemployment rate in Africa.

Tustawi

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Tustawi is an e-learning specialist for professional development in Kenya, using technology to develop job-specific and market-relevant customized training.

IUNU, Inc.

Venture Round in 2015
iUNU is an industrial computer vision company that connects plants, facilities, and people through a single interface. Luna turns commercial greenhouses into precise, predictable, demand-based manufacturers. Luna is an AI born in the heart of Seattle; trained in Silicon Valley and the greenhouses of Skagit Valley; accessible from everywhere. Founded in 2013, iUNU is an industrial computer vision company headquartered in Seattle, with offices in San Francisco and San Diego.

CFOremoto

Seed Round in 2019
CFOremoto empowers SMEs towards funding by giving them access to automated cash management platform that makes them visible to various funding sources in the market.

Agribotix

Seed Round in 2015
Agribotix is a drone-enabled software company that provides advanced imaging and analysis for precision agriculture. It offers Agribotix Hornet Drone, a rugged low-cost drone airframe purpose-built for operational use on the farm; and Agribotix Infrared and Thermal Sensors, which are thermal cameras that collect images over fields of interest. It also offers Agribotix Image Processing Services, a software solution that delivers easily viewable georeferenced aerial images.

ICT for Development

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
ICT for Development Kenya reaches out to undeserved communities in East Africa offering Technology literacy.

Mosabi

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
E-learning linked to financial health and inclusion for emerging market citizens

Piggybank

Seed Round in 2017
Piggybank.ng enables Nigerian debit card holders save little amounts of money frequently with minimal effort. They automate the process of saving tiny amounts daily, weekly, or monthly; and then allowing you to withdraw for free on only set withdrawal dates thereby practically making saving more possible for you by eliminating the temptation to withdraw.

Fundi App

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Fundi App is an on demand mobile application that connects vetted handymen providing different types of installation, repair and maintenance services in the informal sector to customers in the wider market. Our software is designed to match demand with nearest skilled individuals available in real-time. Lack of access to decent work for the skilled youth in Africa is a big challenge. The African Development Bank(Afdb) estimates that 11 million youth enter the labour market every year but only 3 million new jobs are created. Over 70% of all labour market entrants end up either unemployed or underemployed in the highly fragmented informal sector. Most informal workers, both self-employed and wage earners, face issues such as low productivity, low wages and unsustainable livelihoods. As a result of these, there is a significant, but not complete, overlap between working informally and being poor. At the same time, customers experience hardship in locating service providers who prioritize quality, affordability and reliability. Existing solutions offer contacts scattered across the web that are often not vetted which makes the process risky, expensive and time consuming for the customer. Our mission is to use technology to provide access to decent work and stable economic opportunities for youth in sub-Saharan Africa. We believe this to be key to building thriving communities.

Social Lender

Venture Round in 2018
Social Lender is a lending solution based on social reputation on mobile, online and social media platforms.

ESCALA EDUCACION

Pre Seed Round in 2017
ESCALA EDUCACION S.A.S offers employees of its business partners savings plans to facilitate access to higher education and education for their children. The company also offers vocational support, enrollment discounts in higher education institutions, provides scholarships for education. The company provides savings plans coupled with company matching funds, tuition discounts, career counseling, and other education benefits. ESCALA EDUCACION S.A.S was founded in 2015 and is based in Medellin, Colombia.

Story2, LLC

Seed Round in 2016
Story2 is a provider of a platform used to expand speaking, writing, and collaboration through online storytelling. Its platform uses the power of storytelling to expand writing confidence and persistence in college admissions, job search, and on the job by replacing empty words with vibrant, personal stories and writing that enable students to overcome the hurdles of the college admissions process as well as receive scholarships.

Infiniteach

Seed Round in 2015
Infiniteach is dedicated to autism innovation through technology and training. It is a digital learning platform for one in 68 children diagnosed with autism. Its first product, Skill Champ, makes it easy for parents and teachers to create customized lessons that are rooted in evidence-based autism interventions. Infiniteach was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

E-Bursum

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
E-Bursum provides a social initiative that brings together students that are looking for scholarships and people, institutions, and organizations that provide scholarships, and aims to assist students in the scholarship application process. The project of Galatasaray University Engineering Faculty students carries all the scholarship transactions to the electronic environment and offers students a faster, technological and fair scholarship search experience. Winner of BİLGİ Young Social Entrepreneur Award in 2015, E-Bursum is free. Users can view the people, institutions, and organizations that give scholarships through e-Bursum, and they can easily apply for scholarships.

One Clique Systems

Grant in 2018
A Comprehensive user-friendly Cloud Based HR Software developed by HR People for HR People.

Grain4Grain

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Grain4Grain is a San Antonio based food-tech startup. A couple years ago, we developed a patent pending process that allows us to dry and mill byproducts, specifically brewers spent grain, into a low carb, high protein flour. Spent grain is the number one byproduct from breweries and for over 100 years, breweries have been trying to develop a way to capitalize on this resource--think whey protein from cheese making. Our innovative methodology allows us to dry and mill brewers spent grain in under 20 minutes, down from the conventional 6 hours--allowing us to provide this incredibly healthy and sustainable ingredient at affordable prices to consumers and product makers. Since launching 10 months ago, we have been able to upcycle 120,000 lbs of wet spent grain, and have launched 2 CPG products in nearly 200 HEB stores. We are now in the works of developing contracts with product makers, bakeries, and even a dog food company!

Manim

Seed Round in 2018
Manim integrates the ERP application with the user's Bank in 7X24, securely and in real-time. It allows the user to track their banking transactions on the go and enjoy managing their financial activities.

Billpocket

Seed Round in 2015
Billpocket convierte tu smartphone o tablet en una terminal punto de venta. Ya no tienes que esperar al banco y pagar exageradas cuotas de mantenimiento, fianzas y papel para poder cobrar con tarjeta. Simplemente necesitas una cuenta bancaria a donde puedas recibir tus cobros con tarjeta de débito y crédito.

Gumption Labs

Grant in 2017
Gumption Labs is an end to end mutual fund software solution provider.

E-Bursum

Non Equity Assistance in 2020
E-Bursum provides a social initiative that brings together students that are looking for scholarships and people, institutions, and organizations that provide scholarships, and aims to assist students in the scholarship application process. The project of Galatasaray University Engineering Faculty students carries all the scholarship transactions to the electronic environment and offers students a faster, technological and fair scholarship search experience. Winner of BİLGİ Young Social Entrepreneur Award in 2015, E-Bursum is free. Users can view the people, institutions, and organizations that give scholarships through e-Bursum, and they can easily apply for scholarships.

IUNU, Inc.

Grant in 2015
iUNU is an industrial computer vision company that connects plants, facilities, and people through a single interface. Luna turns commercial greenhouses into precise, predictable, demand-based manufacturers. Luna is an AI born in the heart of Seattle; trained in Silicon Valley and the greenhouses of Skagit Valley; accessible from everywhere. Founded in 2013, iUNU is an industrial computer vision company headquartered in Seattle, with offices in San Francisco and San Diego.

LipaMobile

Seed Round in 2017
LipaMobile’s Xuldime service is an integrated cashless platform for parents, school administrators, and school canteen vendors and suppliers to pay for school fees, supplies and services. The product is aimed at parents with no fixed earnings for whom lump sum payments of school fees can be difficult. It also offers a savings platform where parents can periodically load money and set payment dates for direct deposits into the school’s bank account.

Ennota

Grant in 2018
ennota.com owns and operates a cloud-based cross platform which offers cash-flow management, accounting, and resource planning tools catering to small businesses in the MENA region. to record their transactions and view their data it in a visually intuitive way, specifically designed for business owners with no strong technical knowledge or strong accounting background. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Cairo, Egypt.

Edwell

Seed Round in 2013
Edwell is an initiative to provide access to quality education through multimedia contents and video calls based tuition classes in small towns and villages to a larger mass having limited access to better means of education. Our primary research revealed that in most of the cases less qualified teachers take tuition classes in old fashioned way which most of the times is one side communication where teachers narrate the definition and formulas straight away from books. These are the only possible tuition solutions in the area inviting a greater scope for interactive multimedia based tuition classes offered by Edwell Solutions Private Limited.

Cerahelix, Inc.

Seed Round in 2018
Cerahelix is a manufacturer of ceramic picofiltration products designed to facilitate high-quality water purification. The company's bio-derived products are developed using a patented DNA template technology to form sub-nanometer pores in a ceramic to provide very minute particle filtration, enabling water purification agencies to separate salts, metal ions, and other impurities dissolved in water at the molecular level.

hiSofi

Grant in 2021
hiSofi is a debt collection FinTech that specializes in debt collection, financial education, and financial reintegration. hiSofi was founded in 2018.

Mathalicious

Seed Round in 2015
The World Is an Interesting Place. Math Class Should Be, Too. At Mathalicious, they think the world is an interesting place full of interesting questions. Do people with small feet pay too much for shoes? Do taller Olympic sprinters have an unfair advantage? How have video game consoles changed over time…and are they building the Matrix? They also think math class is the perfect place for students and teachers to explore questions like these, and that it can be the most interesting part of the day.

Crediyo

Seed Round in 2015
Crediyo Inc. operates a lending platform and payment solution. Its solution helps individuals to get the care they need, as well as allows providers to collect more patient responsibilities. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in New York, New York.

Nohms Technologies

Seed Round in 2013
NOHMs Technologies is developing materials and manufacturing processes for advanced lithium-ion battery electrolyte that enables twice the energy and runtime for half the cost in consumer electronics and electric vehicles via sales and licensing business model. The company's NanoLyte Electrolyte solutions contain new functional ionic liquid materials that significantly improve the performance and safety of next-generation lithium-ion batteries. NOHMs Technologies was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Rochester, New York, United States.
Sensatek Propulsion Technology is the developer of wireless ceramic sensors for gas turbines intended to measure gas turbine health and reduce downtime and costly repairs of turbines. The company's technology permits wireless monitoring of harsh environments inside application such as fuel cells, gas turbine engines, and rocket propulsion that is not currently available on the market and its sensors are designed to withstand the extraordinarily harsh environments in combustion applications creating benefits in longevity of component life, enabling users to improve safety while monitoring the equipment and reduce downtime issues resulting in dramatic cost savings.

Earthineer, LLC

Seed Round in 2015
Earthineer is a social marketplace connecting members with people, farms, and food nearby. Members can create hyper-local trade connections based on what they produce and what they need. The registered users can also perform barter transactions on the platform.

Tekkredi

Venture Round in 2018
Tekkredi.com is a platform to help you reconfigure your existing loans in different banks and relax your monthly payment plan

Caseworx Inc.

Non Equity Assistance in 2017
Caseworx Inc. provides a video-based interactive collaboration platform for learners. It offers experiential learning for corporate training, leaders, managers, and decision-makers at various levels of organization, as well as for educators and investors. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Long Beach, California.

CoVi Analytics

Seed Round in 2018
​CoVi Analytics simplifies compliance for Banks and Insurers based on an AI powered Saas suite. Our mission is to help compliance, risk and business teams simplify their dealings with an increasingly complex regulatory environment and automate repetitive activities.

reNature

Pre Seed Round in 2014
ReNature helps farmers to change the production method into a sustainable agroforestry system. It teaches farmers on how to grow different types of crops together that support and each other and improve the condition of the soil. ReNature provides information, guidance and support to local authorities, cooperatives and farmers in making a sustainable agriculture in the form of agroforestry. ReNature was founded in January 5, 2018.

Nilus

Seed Round in 2020
Nilus is a social enterprise that applies AI and crowdsourcing to reduce food loss and waste. It rescues edible food that is about to be discarded and distributes it among community kitchens. Nilus was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal.

Kredico

Seed Round in 2018
Kredico is an online platform where members' credit requests are collected, score cards are created, and an agreed bank is sent for credit approval. Kredico works with the membership system. Individual score cards are produced for individual and business members. The Kredico rating is updated according to the loan repayment terms.

Vexi

Seed Round in 2021
Vexi provides a credit card through mobile application. The application allows users to develop a payment plan, and manage and control expenses. The company offers online credit card for online purchases and physical card for purchases in establishments. Vexi was founded in 2016 and is based in Mexico City, Mexico.

IroFit Technologies Oy

Seed Round in 2017
IroFit mobile card reader allows small businesses accept card payments anywhere they operate, even in areas with poor internet connection. By ensuring widest possible coverage area and effective operations, merchants increase sales and buyers are better served. We improve the overall purchasing experience for billions living in areas with poor/no Internet connection.

Elsen Inc.

Seed Round in 2018
Elsen Inc., a financial technology company, provides cloud based high performance computing platform for financial applications. It offers accelerated computing engine for financial applications; and graphical processing unit based processing algorithms. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Pick My Work

Seed Round in 2021
We hire, train, manage and deploy gig workers to complete repeatable tasks for companies

Xendoo

Grant in 2020
Xendoo is an innovative cloud-based bookkeeping and accounting platform focused on helping small businesses. The fintech company provides small business owners with accessibility to CPAs, predictability of pricing, and speed to their numbers delivered through a technology foundation. Xendoo is reshaping the accounting industry, leveraging technology to deliver financial peace of mind to small business owners so they can focus on doing what they do best – running their business. For more information, visit www.xendoo.com.

Angaza Elimu

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Angaza Elimu is primed to transform education across Kenya and the entire African continent by addressing the problem of inefficient classrooms and inadequate educational material. At Angaza Elimu, we enhance the classroom experience and strengthen the student-teacher bond. By combining a comprehensive e-Learning platform with a simple classroom setup, Angaza Elimu eases the administrative burden of teachers and frees them to spend more time teaching substantive material. Additionally, Angaza Elimu encourages children to further engage with technology with a Student Portal that challenges them to think critically. We also offer supplemental training on STEM to plant the seed of innovativeness in the young African learner.

Hybrent Inc.

Seed Round in 2015
Hybrent Inc. provides a mobile ordering application that provides interface to inventory and supply chain systems in hospitals. Its platform offers supply chain visibility, reduced supply expense, and workflow automation solutions. The company serves nurses, technicians, and materials management and purchasing personnel. Hybrent Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

CareAcademy

Seed Round in 2018
CareAcademy.co, Inc. operates an online training platform for senior home care agencies and caregiver agency teams. The company offers evidence-based online classes for in-home caregivers. It provides online training programs for caregiver agencies, and professional and caregiver certifications. CareAcademy.co, Inc. was formerly known as Sittercycle.com, Inc. and changed its name to CareAcademy.co, Inc. in 2014. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Edsix Brain Lab Private Ltd

Angel Round in 2015
Edsix Brain Lab Pvt Ltd is an emerging player in the edutainment industry , It is incubated by IIT Madras Rural Technology Business Incubator (RTBI) and is headquartered in IIT Research Park Chennai. Edsix is a "Winner at Tech4Impact Accelerator Program 2013 " supported by IIM Ahmedabad CIIE and Village Capital ,U.S.A Poised to disrupt the booming educational gaming sector by becoming the world’s largest developer and publisher of interactive brain skill & curriculum based products . Edsix was born with a vision to create a tool that will enable users experience an enjoyable brain boost regime

MyStrongHome

Seed Round in 2017
MyStrongHome is a provider of construction management and insurance services intended to protect buildings and communities from hurricanes. MyStrongHome is a benefit corporation with a mission to strengthen communities in coastal areas. They work with a sister non-profit organization called the Foundation for Strong Homes. Together, they provide home upgrades that are independently certified*, secure financing for those improvements based on future insurance savings, and are a licensed insurance agent. They are dedicated to developing innovative, proven and fully certified programs that improve community access to critical resources needed to withstand future storms.

Riby Finance

Seed Round in 2018
Riby, a finance technology company, provides a finance management platform for cooperatives, company groups, employees, individuals, associations, and financial development institutions. The company is based in Lagos, Nigeria.

WorkNasi Plus

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
WorkNasi Plus is a platform empowering businesses in Africa by connecting them to the best-skilled freelancers and remote workers from across the continent.

Logic Roots

Seed Round in 2017
Logic Roots is an education company that provides a social math game and equipment for kids. It offers math board games and math worksheets it helps children to practice in mathematics. Logic roots help reinventing how kids practice Math. Through board games, math activities and apps. The company was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Mumbai

Qandle

Seed Round in 2021
Qandle - that elusive HR solution which you always wanted but never found (till now). End-to-end HR solution that is smart, beautiful, and completely configurable, with a fully functional mobile app to help you manage tasks on-the-go! Amazing? Couldn't agree more! Connect with us and discover how they can help improve productivity and engagement of your teams.

Ensibuuko

Seed Round in 2018
Ensibuuko develops cloud-based micro-finance software for community-level financial entities in Africa. It provides banking solutions to financial services entities unique to Sub-Saharan Africa. The company also allows users to access their account via mobile phone, enabling them to can check the balance, make deposits, and withdraw. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Uganda.

We-Settle

Venture Round in 2020
WeSettle is a Fintech platform that helps small and medium enterprises better manage their invoices digitally and allows them to quickly get paid electronically.

DriversNg

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
DriversNG Recruitment Services Ltd. operates an online platform to recruit verified and trained professional drivers. The drivers can be recruited on full term, short term, on-demand, and ride-sharing basis. The company operates its services online and through mobile application. The company serves in Lagos, Abeokuta, Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt, Benin, Ibadan, Benue, Kaduna, and Delta city. DriversNG Recruitment Services Ltd. Recruitment Services Ltd. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria with additional office at Abuja, Nigeria.

Sweep, Inc.

Venture Round in 2015
Sweep, Inc. designs and develops an application that tracks users upcoming bills, expenses, and goals. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California. As of 2015, Sweep, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Affirm, Inc.

Fongogo

Seed Round in 2018
Fongogo is a localized crowdfunding platform. The company offers anyone from individuals to companies to NGOs a marketplace to fundraise, seek feedback, and marketing projects. Contributors allocate funds, small or large, to their projects of choice for which they receive rewards, and/or recognition, in return. Both creators and contributors have access to tools that allow them to promote their projects on social media networks, which creates a viral effect and increases success.

Brighthive

Seed Round in 2018
BrightHive helps companies link their data to empower decision making.

UALET

Seed Round in 2018
UALET designs and develops a platform that allows the consumers to invest directly into the funds without requiring a large amount of funds. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Bogota, Colombia.

Re-Nuble

Pre Seed Round in 2013
Re-Nuble, Inc. produces bio-derived liquid fertilizers for hydroponic growers. It offers liquid concentrate fertilizers for rapidly growing plants during the structural and foliar growth phase. The company also provides organic-based solutions that stimulate microbial activity in the plant’s root zone. It offers its products through stores and online in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. Re-Nuble, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in New York, New York.

TQIntelligence, Inc.

Venture Round in 2021
TQIntelligence, Inc. owns and operates a platform which measures the severity of the emotional distress. The platform integrates multiple data sources and offers cognitive insights into risk stratification, treatment outcomes tracking, and personalized behavioral health interventions. The company products include TQ-Intelligence, including insights from voice/speech analytics and other psychometrically sound instruments and TQ Analytics which offers solutions using existing EMR data with actionable insights. The company features include machine learning analytics, knowledge graph, and real time prediction. TQIntelligence, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

PharmaCCX, Inc.

Pre Seed Round in 2018
PharmaCCX, Inc. operates a platform that catalyzes the pricing and procurement of medicine by healthcare payers and accelerates patient access to the medicines available for their diseases. It serves oncology pharmaceutical companies and other healthcare systems in the United States and Europe. PharmaCCX, Inc. was formerly known as Contingent Commitment Exchange, Inc. PharmaCCX, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. It has additional offices in Stockholm, Sweden; San Mateo, California; and Zug, Switzerland.

Atikus

Seed Round in 2015
Atikus Investments Incorporated offers credit insurance on loans for micro, small, and medium sized enterprises. Through its product J.E.M. Guard, the company focuses on increasing the proportion of loans granted to women and underserved demographics. Additionally, it provides LoanSkout, which is a mobile loan origination and administration application and FINCH, which is its SMS-enabled outreach tool. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in New York, New York with a location in Kigali, Rwanda.

Aplazo

Seed Round in 2020
Aplazo is an online-based platform that offers different products where its users can pay through installment.

The Mentor Method, LLC

Pre Seed Round in 2017
The Mentor Method is a social enterprise that provides curated mentor matches, connecting the next generation of tech leaders with change-making mentors at the top of their game. ​ Their process focuses on people and value-fit first, to foster authentic, lasting connections. The result is stronger teams and inclusive workplace cultures. ​ They started The Mentor Method because they wanted to create a world where minorities and women in tech are viewed as assets, not a way to check a box.

EliteGamingLIVE

Seed Round in 2017
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.

WiseBanyan

Seed Round in 2016
WiseBanyan, Inc., a financial advisor, provides professional wealth management services to individuals and institutions online. The company offers advisory services ranging from designing, recommending, and managing various investment portfolios to help clients in achieving short and long term financial goals. It serves customers in the United States. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in New York, New York.

Growcentia, Inc.

Seed Round in 2015
Growcentia was founded by a team of three Colorado State University soil microbiologists with PhD degrees that share a passion for enhancing soil health and promoting sustainable agriculture. Using innovative proprietary technology, this team developed an approach to identify and apply nature’s very best microbes to improve nutrient availability to plants. Growcentia aims to help growers maximize the health of their soils or growth media to enhance plant health and yields, while minimizing environmental impacts of agriculture.

Gradely.ng

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Gradely.NG Limited operates a personalized learning platform that offers artificial intelligence-based learning materials, online tutorials, and video lessons for secondary school students. It provides exam preparation materials for students; assessment reporting, tracking, and training for teachers; and computer-based tests and a learning progress tracker for schools. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Yaba, Nigeria.

CreditStretcher

Pre Seed Round in 2020
CreditStretcher A/S operates an online platform that provides small and medium-sized enterprises to get finance and credit. Its online platform allows the user to upload his/her invoice, apply for credit, and undergo an automatic check. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

BlueCheck Inc

Seed Round in 2017
BlueCheck, Inc. provides an Internet based software application for identity and age verification services for online businesses in Texas. Its software application utilizes proprietary and commercially available databases to verify consumer provided data, as well as physically reviews personal identification documents, such as a driver’s license or passport when required. The company also provides account management and customer services. Its software solution serves various eCommerce platforms. BlueCheck, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

TalentBase

Venture Round in 2017
TalentBase is an affordable payroll solution enabling African SMEs to simplify and organize their HR processes.

Eneza Education Limited

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Eneza Education, a.k.a. MPrep, was founded in 2011 by Kenyan teachers and educators serious about making technology useful for their students. From the rural areas of Nyanza to Wajir Town and the Mombasa Coast, Kenyan teachers united to create the content of our initial Class 7 and Class 8 study tool. We wanted a tool that combined the best of great teaching practices: scaffolded assessments, direct feedback, and high engagement. And we wanted to make sure ALL kids had access to our system. What better way to start than with a simple SMS-based system?

ProteoSense

Seed Round in 2018
ProteoSense, LLC develops a platform to detect food-borne pathogens, such as E-coli, salmonella, listeria, and campylobacter. It offers RapidScan, a handheld testing system to test results on key food-borne pathogens in time-critical and remote applications. It serves growers, packers, processors, shippers, and wholesalers in food industry in the United States. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

Iron Goat

Seed Round in 2015
Iron Goat uses an automated in-field manufacturing technique to produce pelleted and cubed products from hay and other grassy crops. Their process can produce feed products at a lower cost than conventional haying methods.

Virtanza

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Virtanza isa provider of a training, certification and placement program designed to prepare underemployed people for a sales career pathway. Virtanza provides this population a 5-week, instructor led, live distance learning, ACE CREDIT college credentialed course, with highly predictive sales role matching assessment, innovative tuition funding solutions including Income share agreements, and comprehensive job placement assistance. The company also has sales career pathway programs dsigned for the visually impaired, and a licensed sales representative course through colleges and universities. The company will be launching a licensed mobile sales certificate program for enterprise/school districts, and technology sales as well as a sales management and sales solution for entrepreneurs program.

Localized, Inc.

Seed Round in 2019
Localized is a talent tech company focusing on early-stage recruitment in growth markets. Companies subscribe to access virtual career fairs and year-round recruitment and universities and talent hubs join to provide students and alumni with access to industry experts and employers. We work with universities in the Middle East, North Africa, India, China and the United States. With 85% of the world's population in emerging markets, our partners know that the future of early-stage talent recruitment is global and online.

Fincura

Venture Round in 2018
Fincura unlocks all of the data that is trapped in financial statements and spreadsheets today so finance companies can use it to differentiate themselves, optimize their operations, and future-proof their businesses. By marrying artificial intelligence and human judgment, our financial insight engine can extract all the data – every line item from every document – and ensure that every team has easy access to this unified, transparent, deep data asset. Our secure, cloud-based architecture and focus on amazing user experiences allows us to enhance the product continuously, integrate with other systems easily, and launch new customers in days.

StellarEmploy

Pre Seed Round in 2016
StellarEmploy is transforming how companies hire hourly workers. Our hiring platform uses AI and machine learning to learn the true indicators of job performance and satisfaction unique to each position. We generate quality candidate recommendations by using existing employee performance data to identify the skills, motivations, and preferences of each role. The result is more engaged recruits who stay 30% longer and are 10% more productive.

Wootlab

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Wootlab is a software development and talent management platform focused on creating employment opportunities for the unemployed and underemployed youth through technical upskilling.

yotepresto

Seed Round in 2015
yotepresto.com is the fastest growing mexican-based marketplace lending platform connecting individual and institutional investors to near-prime borrowers applying for a personal loan.

NurseDash

Seed Round in 2018
NurseDash was founded in Houston, Texas by a team of healthcare and start-up professionals. Working in the industry, we saw that a need existed for flexibility among medical professionals and a better staffing solution for facilities. NurseDash provides professionals and facilities in Texas and Ohio a way to close the staffing gap in healthcare by using new technology that is simple and effective.

terawork

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
TERAWORK - The Present and Future of Outsourcing TERAWORK seeks to take outsourcing to the next level by offering a robust platform that matches customers with the most suitable freelancers for their job offers. To the customer, the platform offers more than just a diversified crop of professionals providing freelancing service; it comes with numerous quality checks that ensure that projects are handled and delivered in good time by the most capable hands. To the freelancers, the platform offers more than just a go-to source for orders; TERAWORK cultivates a corporate culture that stimulates continuous self-development and human capacity building. It encourages a feedback loop that allows clients to connect with freelancers on a much deeper level, such that’s highly beneficial to both customer experience and working experience. How It Works TERAWORK is a platform that connects talents with clients in need of their services from all around the globe. The guiding principles of the organization, which vies to eliminate impediments to outsourcing, reflects in the fact that the platform is completely free for both service providers and customers to sign up on, with secure registration systems and air-tight payment processes. To sign up as a service provider, you simply need to create a free, eye-catching profile (probably featuring videos and animations) that describes the unique skills and services that you offer. Afterward, you’ll be receiving messages or notifications about new projects or quotation requests. You can also check the workstore to pick up jobs that you qualify for. To place orders, log into your free account and either order work directly from a particular service provider with a befitting profile, or post a job request (commonly called Request for Quotation or RFQ) and then choose from the different quotes and responses from qualified talents who’ll be contacting you. The funds you allocate for the project remains secured in an escrow setup until you approve of the completed work done. Note that we reserve the right to intervene in cases where a service provider feels the customer unduly rejects a submitted work. Key Features of the TERAWORK Platform The Work Store: The section of the platform where customers post job offers for qualified freelancers to see and respond with quotes and proposals. The Escrow Payment System: We escrow payments and release your deposited funds to a service provider only after you approve of the finished work. A Rich, All-Inclusive Pool of Talents: Our pool of talents cater to an all-inclusive client base from all around the world, from startups looking for creative design talents, to businesses looking to implement certain digital strategies, and blog owners looking for fresh blog posts. Two-Way Review System: Customers are encouraged to leave reviews of work done on the service provider’s public profile, and the service provider can also rate customers they’ve worked for to help other freelancers establish expectations for working with the customer. Note that we reserve the right to prevent clients or freelancers from publishing unfair reviews. Multiple Delivery Channels: Depending on the type of service requested, your deliverable can be sent to you via the TERAWORK cloud, courier, or a specified location where you can pick it up. Conclusion TERAWORK is here to knock several drawbacks of outsourcing out of the equation for both customers and freelancers. Charging a small commission on works done on the platform, it offers clients a rich stock of excellent talents and offers freelancers an integrated office in a box that allows them to find and fill work orders hassle-free.

Landit

Seed Round in 2017
Landit is a technology platform that increases the success and engagement of women and diverse groups in the workplace. The market leader in personalized career pathing, Landit creates a turnkey “one size fits one” solution that enables enterprises to attract, develop, and retain high-potential diverse talent. Landit provides each member with a personalized playbook that empowers them with the tools, resources, know-how, and human connections they need to advance and navigate their career path. Key features include building a personal brand, executive coaching, creating a personal board of advisors, curated skill development and mapping to career opportunities.

iRx Reminder

Seed Round in 2014
iRx Reminder LLC provides a real time mobile data capturing application for clinical trials. It enables the users to capture digital and electronic data from patients and study participants. Additionally, the company’s web-based control center enables users to create surveys, medication schedules, and intervention activities. iRx Reminder LLC was founded in 2009 and is based in Akron, Ohio.

Ayana Therapy

Seed Round in 2021
AYANA is a telehealth platform that offers access to mental therapy to marginalized communities by enabling virtual communication with licensed therapists through a smart matchmaking algorithm based on their cultural experiences and identity traits. Our aim is to address the severe lack of access to mental health services by people of color & LGBTQ+ communities in an effort to combat the high cost, stigma, and the poor cultural competency by the health care industry.

Assesshub

Seed Round in 2021
AssessHub is an online skill assessment platform that helps companies to hire, develop, and scale talent. Companies can measure competency, behavioural assessment, general aptitude, language proficiency, technical and functional skills using AssessHub platform.

ComproPago

Seed Round in 2015
ComproPago is a platform that allows online businesses to receive cash payments. Due to the low debit and credit card penetration in Mexico (30%) plus the lack of confidence when buying online via credit card, the e-commerce industry in Mexico is in search of alternative solutions to tackle this issue. ComproPago solves this problem by providing more than 130,000 physical payments points (Oxxo, 7eleven, Walmart, Superama, etc.) across the whole country, where customers can make cash payments to pay for products and services bought online.

Nonnatech Inc.

Venture Round in 2019
Nonnatech is an online platform that provides healthcare providers with health monitoring systems. The platform enables its users to monitor the health of their patients in real-time. It offers predictive analytics, alerts, and behavioral monitoring. The systems can be installed in the patients’ bathroom, assisted living apartment, and kitchen. Nonnatech was launched in 2010 and is based in New York.

MentorMind

Seed Round in 2021
MentorMind is an online platform where students & young professionals can access & work on real-time work situations in the form of challenges.Inspired through various diverse academic & professional experiences, it has been the MentorMind team’s long standing mission to improve the practicality of undergraduate education in India & other emerging economies. Hence, was born MentorMind.

Prim-U

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
A technology platform that matches demand and supply for wellness services thereby maximising capacity and usage by minimising wasted space for professionals and speeding convenience for consumers.

Doopla

Seed Round in 2018
Doopla is a peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform that provides above-market returns to investors, while charging below-market interest rates to borrowers.

SkillSmart

Non Equity Assistance in 2017
SkillSmart transforms the interaction between employers and job seekers by working with employers to define the exact skills needed for success—and then matching those skills requirements with the best candidates. We help individuals discover job opportunities that put their talents into the right roles and on the right path. And, we partner with training and educational institutions so job seekers can gain in-demand skills.

Cogknit Semantics

Seed Round in 2017
Cogknit Semantics Private Limited is an ISO 9001:2008 certified innovative product company based out of Bangalore, India. Cogknit envisions being the most admired product company providing solutions that impact everyday life.

Suyo

Venture Round in 2019
Suyo helps families secure their property rights by offering the most affordable and reliable property formalization services in Latin America. Combining modern technology with its expert team of lawyers, architects and other property professionals, Suyo can solve all of your property formalization needs in a simple process for approximately half the price of other providers. Its services include land titling, building registration, successions, property purchase studies, among many others.

Marlow

Seed Round in 2019
Marlow is a professional development experience for leaders, managers, and emerging talent. Marlow members partner with their coach to turn best practices and frameworks into high-impact day-to-day habits. Serving corporate clients and consumers, Marlow's subscription business model offers flexible pricing to meet their clients where they are.

Sensix Agro

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Through the FieldScan platform, Sensix uses analytical intelligence and machine learning to consolidate and correlate data from drones, satellites, machines, climate and soil and plant samples, generating input application maps, greater crop predictability and greater profitability for farmers. The web-based platform FieldScan is capable of delivering weed localization maps, quantifying planting gaps, identifying vigor and biomass variability and soil and plant sampling maps for variable rate application of fertilizers, nematicides, regulators (cotton), resistance inducers and insecticides, communicating directly with the agricultural machinery and impacting in saving of inputs, greater homogeneity of the crop and increase of yields.

Yenko

Seed Round in 2016
Yenko was born out of Margo Wright's frustration that while college enrollment rates have increased, college completion for all remains a challenging problem. Only 41% of U.S. adults over the age of 25 have a post-secondary credential (have earned an associate's or bachelor's degree). Today's college students are typically juggling school, work and family while commuting to college and depend on financial aid to afford college. Their most scarce resources are time and money and yet, in trying to balance school and work, financial aid eligibility can be put at risk. Yenko supports students' persistence by helping them keep their fingers on the pulse of what's important and as a result, achieve academic success that leads to graduation.

WiseBanyan

Seed Round in 2014
WiseBanyan, Inc., a financial advisor, provides professional wealth management services to individuals and institutions online. The company offers advisory services ranging from designing, recommending, and managing various investment portfolios to help clients in achieving short and long term financial goals. It serves customers in the United States. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in New York, New York.

AsthmaMD

Seed Round in 2015
AsthmaMD is now distributed through 15,000 Walgreens and CVS stores along with our Peak Flow Meter across US. AsthmaMD is the number one IOS Asthma management app on the market. AsthmaMD app, MyAsthmaMD physician portal and AsthmaMD Peak Flow Meter make up our asthma management platform with the goal of modernizing asthma care. It's partnered with leading researchers at UCSF. It enables users to track and manage their asthma and easily share their asthma trend with their physicians and medical practitioners. It's the number-one recommend app by physicians and health IT reporters. AsthmaMD was the innovator of patient-generated health data and its sharing the anonymous data with university researchers.
Shiksha Financial Services India Private Limited operates as a non-bank finance company that provides loans for asset creation, working capital, and school fees in the education sector in India. The company offers asset finance loans for the creation of infrastructure and assets primarily to private schools, vocational institutes, employment focused courses, and polytechnics coaching centers, as well as to schools’ vendors against supply of goods and/or services to schools. Its portfolio includes student loans for a group of parents through a school or an employer. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Chennai, India.

Parvata Foods

Seed Round in 2014
Parvata Foods is a socio-commercial enterprise that has emerged from the two graduates of the Indian Institute of Management. It is dedicated to creating a value chain of organic produce from Sikkim and other North-Eastern states. The company aims to build a value chain in fruits, vegetables, and spices to elevate the living standard of farmers in difficult hilly areas by integrating them with the main value chain. Parvata Foods also undertake processing to add value to the products. Parvata Foods was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal.

GreenFig

Seed Round in 2020
GreenFig is a micro education company offering microdegrees in applied business science, including: customer success, finance, marketing, product, sales, service and support. GreenFig combines experiential learning from industry experts with business application software instruction and provides practical work experience where students can apply their newly acquired skills. GreenFig’s microdegrees can be achieved in 200 hours or less and when completed, students can be confident they possess the subject matter proficiency and basic work experience industry demands. GreenFig is headquartered in Bend, Oregon and currently delivers its programs in New York and the San Francisco Bay Area using the GreenFig Education Broadcasting Network.

Smart Crowd

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Smart Crowd is a real estate investment platform that provides you an opportunity to access the UAE real estate market with low minimum investment amount from a simple online portal. Smart Crowd’s innovative approach enables investors to treat their investment properties more like stock portfolios, focusing on asset allocation rather than dealing with the hassles of researching and buying vacant properties that need to be leased and managed. This creates significant time and cost savings. By allowing low minimum investment you diversify your properties, allowing you to build a well-diversified investment property portfolio without taking on too much leverage and risk.

PiPiT Global

Grant in 2020
PiP iT is a Digital Cash Collection platform that enables loading cash onto eWallets, paying in cash for online orders and paying ebills with cash. For the customer they have the convenience of paying in cash with no need for bank account, credit card, no fraud or identity theft. For your business, you now have a secure and easy way for your customers to pay in cash, but you don’t have the problems of cash collection, reconciliation, cash handling or security risks of having cash. If your business sends bills to customers, offers an eWallet, sells online, you should PiP iT.

Seal the Seasons

Venture Round in 2018
Seal the Seasons, Inc. processes, freezes, markets, and distributes fruits and vegetables to consumers and institutional customers. It offers frozen products, including blueberries, broccoli, and spinach; and Fruit Medley that includes blueberries, strawberries, and blackberries. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Crescerance Inc.

Seed Round in 2015
Crescerance helps schools go mobile through customized mobile solutions such as apps, and mobile websites. It creates, assembles, and develops technologies and is focused on providing SaaS-based platforms and complementary services that enable community engagement in multiple industries. The company aims to connect and engage with students, parents, staff, alumni, and the community at large. Alefiya Bhatia founded the company in 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Vexi

Venture Round in 2022
Vexi provides a credit card through mobile application. The application allows users to develop a payment plan, and manage and control expenses. The company offers online credit card for online purchases and physical card for purchases in establishments. Vexi was founded in 2016 and is based in Mexico City, Mexico.

Worthy Financial, Inc

Grant in 2020
Worthy Financial, Inc., a financial services company, operates a micro-investment app to save and grow money. The company creates and sells SEC qualified bonds that help fuel American businesses. The company’s proceeds from bonds sales are primarily loaned to growing companies that offer collateral, such as inventory and accounts receivable to secure the funds. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Boca Raton, Florida.

Patasente

Seed Round in 2018
Patasente is a factoring platform for SMEs, traders and farmers. Use us to get credit, to purchase and to pay.

Chari.ma

Seed Round in 2021
Chari.ma is the leading B2B e-commerce platform for FMCG products in Morocco

Lipisha

Grant in 2012
Lipisha develops a mobile application that Mobile payments integrates and automates mobile payments in Africa. It serves its products for the users’ applications and businesses. The company is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

ClearLeaf

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
ClearLeaf uses patent-pending technology, organic certified in the EU and Japan, to control and manage a wide range of harmful pests while maintaining natural balances on the farm, protecting farmers and consumers. ClearLeaf currently has pre- and post-harvest solutions for the coffee, banana, multiple vegetables, melon, sugar cane, strawberries and flower sectors. GotaBlanca® is currently sold online in Costa Rica since launching its direct sales program in 2020. Our first product line, GotaBlanca®, is a line of non-toxic contact-action liquid emulsions that uses surface chemistry and colloidal technology to enhance plant growth through the control and management of fungal and bacterial diseases.

Finerio

Seed Round in 2021
Finerio is an automated and free personal finance platform in Mexico. Finerio allows users to link debit and credit accounts of the most important banks in Mexico while providing them insights on how to financially plan and save money.

Annona

Seed Round in 2018
Annona is the select tool for creating a traceable global food ecosystem. Annona is a mobile and web-based platform that global suppliers use to manage their farmer supplies, payments and aggregate crop production.

Education Modified LLC

Seed Round in 2016
Education Modified LLC provides EdMod App, a tool for everyone who influences the education of a student with diverse needs. Its tool features include easy-to-implement strategies, built-in professional development, and Learning Biography, as well as curriculum, program, or standards enhancement. The company also provides ADHD professional development, co-teaching professional development, and Dyslexia professional development. Education Modified LLC was founded in 2011 and is based in New York, New York.

ePayco

Seed Round in 2018
Epayco, specializes in creating transactional and e-commerce solutions for individuals and companies, facilitating processes, collections, shipments, transaction assurance, inventory control, and other critical processes in digital business

Under the Mango Tree

Seed Round in 2010
Under the Mango Tree is a hybrid social enterprise that brings a variety of natural, organic, and sustainable honey to support rural livelihoods. UTMT aims to promote community-based beekeeping as a specific solution to declining agricultural productivity and improvement of livelihoods of marginal farmers across India.

Bekia

Seed Round in 2021
Bekia offering exchange the separated Inorganic waste like (Cans, plastics, food oil, metal & etc.) with food & services

Swineguard

Seed Round in 2018
SwineTech is a mechanical and industrial engineering company that bridges the gap between producers and pigs through artificial intelligence and sensor-based technologies. The company specializes in the fields of machine learning, audio, and pork production. SwineTech was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Tulaa

Seed Round in 2018
Tulaa combines mobile technology and last mile agent networks to connect agri-input suppliers, financial service providers and commodity buyers to smallholder farmers. The aim is to lower the cost and risk for the partners to do business with farmers.

Gretel Labs, Inc.

Seed Round in 2020
Gretel Labs, Inc. develops an online platform that helps developers to create and share data. It offers data catalog, automate data exposure detection, and fast data cataloging of streaming data for fun and privacy; synthetics; and transformation, real time transformation, and data firewalling. Gretel Labs, Inc. was formerly known as Gretel, Inc. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Poway, California.

Colektia

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Colektia provides digital collection management services. The company provides software which has services such as real time analytics, omnicanal management, integrated channels, strategy automation, collection bots, new digital channels, chat center, and self-management which includes payments, refinance, and schedule payments. It provide services to banks, retail, fintech, insurance, financial, and telecom industry. Colektia was founded in 2018 and is based in Santiago, Chile.

Access-Afya

Seed Round in 2012
Access Afya is committed to improving healthcare options for low-income Kenyans. They are doing this through a mini-clinic model that is using the latest health technologies to deliver high quality, efficient healthcare.

SkyHive

Seed Round in 2019
SkyHive Technologies Inc. develops an AI based software as a service platform to reskill enterprise workforces and communities. The company offers quantum labour analysis to analyze a workforce or labour market; and enterprise integrations that helps to capitalize on IT investments by unlocking new value from existing data. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

viaCycle Inc.

Grant in 2012
viaCycle Inc. designs and develops electronic locking systems and bicycle sharing technology products for the rigors of bicycle sharing. It offers bike share in a box, an electronic product that offers urban bicycles with integrated electronic locks to handle administrative functions, transmitting the usage and location of each bicycle when needed, and monitoring for maintenance needs or unauthorized use. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

TellJo

Venture Round in 2020
TellJO Ltd develops a platform that identify and support vulnerable customers to manage finances. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Brighton, United Kingdom.

Credit Hero

Seed Round in 2016
Credit Hero is a platform for financial empowerment geared to the needs of working people.

CNote

Seed Round in 2016
CNote is an investment platform that earns a better return while investing in the causes and communities that matters. CNote rewards great savers with alternative financial vehicles that earn more - safely and simply. Their first product, CNote Savings, helps good savers earn up to 2.5% annual return -- that's 35x more than a traditional savings account. The was founded in 2016 by two women with decades of experience working in finance, venture capital, and private equity. CNote is headquartered in Oakland, California.

LIBEEN Smart Housing

Seed Round in 2020
Libeen is a real estate startup. We make homeownership flexible and affordable for millennials thanks to our #SmartHousing model. This means that today, you can use your monthly rent to buy your own renovated and fully furnished house in the center of your city.

MediAngels

Seed Round in 2013
MediAngels makes the world truly flat for healthcare as it has accredited and chosen 350 of the world best medical specialists from over 20 countries across the globe, super-specialized in various branches of medicine as a part of its panel of Global Medical Experts TM. In a physical hospital, getting the top most quality human talent becomes difficult due to the extreme inequity for healthcare delivery world over. MediAngels bridges this through the use of technology to improve operational efficiency.

Unschool

Grant in 2021
Unschool is an ed-tech company that creates an online learning ecosystem for students and professionals. The company allows students, graduates, young professionals, entrepreneurs and anyone with the curiosity to learn to create an online learning ecosystem that fits their needs and industry demands. Correspondingly, Unschool is a marketplace where learned individuals or subject matter experts are able to coach younger, inspired minds in their own fields. Unschool was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Hyderabad, Telangana, India.

DinDin

Seed Round in 2019
DinDin makes paying and charging as easy as sending a message.

EduGorilla Community

Seed Round in 2021
EduGorilla Community Pvt. Ltd. develops online mock tests platform. It helps students with career related queries, study materials, and information of different coaching institutes and schools. The company offers coaching services for defense and police, civil service, management, medical, banking, designing, skill, aptitude, language test, computer and information technology, government exams, teaching, railway, engineering, school level state and all India level, law, arts, commerce, SSC, foreign education, other, insurance, graduate engineering, IT placement papers, PSUs and research, license, and finance exams. EduGorilla Community Pvt. Ltd. was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Lucknow, India.

PMaps

Seed Round in 2021
PMaps is India’s leading data analytics driven, online assessment company. With more than 1 million assessments delivered successfully around the world & across multiple domains, PMaps has been helping various organizations & corporates achieve long-lasting & sustainable results through its unique proprietary algorithms and recommendation engine. Whether you are a start-up hiring your first product developer, a rapidly growing mid-sized firm in need of scaling up human resources at a hectic pace or a large company hiring a sales manager in one corner of the country, the most important strategy for ensuring long term success is, undoubtedly, your “PEOPLE” strategy.

Pairin, Inc.

Series A in 2020
PAIRIN is a social enterprise company that uses friendly science to personalize career exploration, hiring, and professional development. It aims to make education relevant and hiring equitable. PAIRIN's My Journey product is a workforce process management platform that personalizes career exploration, job matching, and skill development for education, workforce programs, and governments.

Volabit

Venture Round in 2015
Volabit is a developer of a cryptocurrency trading platform. Volabit allows cash-based online payments through its mobile wallet as well as faster and cheaper international transfers. Volabit is financially empowering people through the use of Bitcoin.

Multisensor Diagnostics

Seed Round in 2018
Multisensor Diagnostics (MDx), LLC, is a diversified health and wellness company primarily serving the high-acuity patients.

Energy Intelligence, Inc.

Seed Round in 2016
Energy Intelligence, Inc. develops technology that generates clean energy at high-traffic locations from the motion of vehicles. Its technology serves various sites, such as parking facilities, transportation depots, highways, distribution centers, port terminals, stadiums and venues, airports, border crossings, factories and facilities, and construction sites. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Buffalo, New York.

EdConnective

Seed Round in 2015
Provider of an online video coaching platform intended to foster teacher growth to impact student achievement. The company's platform helps teachers to receive coaching on teaching, share game tapes with their instructional coaches, get personalized feedback and grow teaching practice, enabling the student to have access to a highly effective teacher. The company was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Virginia, United States.

Akiba

Grant in 2021
Akiba is a platform that revolutionizes employee savings funds and funds.It allows companies to manage their employee funds and funds in a digital and transparent manner, in addition to offering credits and payroll advances in an agile manner.

Salud Cercana

Seed Round in 2017
Salud Cercana SAPI DE CV provides preventive and primary care for patients with cardiovascular diseases. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Ecatepec, Mexico.

Solfeh.com

Grant in 2020
Solfeh.com operates an online micro-lending platform that allows users to get short term loans. It offers solfeh.com system, an online scoring system that allows the company to evaluate the user for a loan; and enables users to choose the amount and repayment schedule, as well as to apply through its Website. The user can receive money from the authorized money changers when the loan was approved and repayment will be deducted directly from their salary. Solfeh.com is based in Amman, Jordan.

Afrilearn

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Afrilearn leverages genius tutors, animators, and developers to provide affordable, world-class education.

Urbansense

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Urbansense is an on-demand service app that connects local vetted service providers with customers, regardless of the complexity of the job.

Yu’sure

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Yu’sure connects established insurance providers with unemployed youth.

Ecomake Innovations

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Ecomake Innovation provides practical engineering skills training and hands-on STEM skills to students for employment.

Irawo

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Irawo is a community that helps young Africans make a living from their talents. It is a place where young Africans can be inspired by successful role models who are like them, learn how to make a living from their talents, and connect with each other. With its resources, events, and programs, Irawo is the largest platform in Africa that allows young people to keep doing what they love.

CoffeeChat

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
CoffeeChat is a coaching-as-a-service platform that enables companies to offer one-on-one executive coaching for their managers.

Utiva

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Utiva provides digital skill training for individuals and organizations. It combines classroom training with online learning experiences; and provides a platform that allows remote interaction with facilitators and AI support for knowledge and skills. The company offers training in the areas of data science, agile development, growth hacking, product innovation, machine learning and AI, and platform development. Utiva was founded in 2017 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia with additional offices in Edinburgh, United Kingdom and Lagos, Nigeria.

Griyum

Seed Round in 2020
Griyum is an insect flour rich in proteins, low cost and without dominant flavor. Tenemos un propósito: Nutrir a México. 7 de 10 mexicanos tienen sobrepeso y están en riesgo de padecer diabetes. Por eso, iniciamos la producción y comercialización de harina de grillo comestible como un ingrediente rico en proteína para balancear alimentos procesados. Creamos una cadena de valor basada en micro-productores, a quienes les acercamos un paquete tecnológico para que inicien su cultivo de grillo. Compramos su producción, la transformamos en harina y nos volvemos proveedores.

Piggybank

Seed Round in 2018
Piggybank.ng enables Nigerian debit card holders save little amounts of money frequently with minimal effort. They automate the process of saving tiny amounts daily, weekly, or monthly; and then allowing you to withdraw for free on only set withdrawal dates thereby practically making saving more possible for you by eliminating the temptation to withdraw.

Boon

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Boon Company, Inc. operates a referral marketplace that allows users to get paid for referrals. Its platform allows job seekers to create an online portfolio, integrate with LinkedIn, apply to opportunities, and track their applications; and enables employers to post and share job openings, find and identify candidates, accelerate the hiring process, and hire dedicated people. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Culver City, California.

All Compliance Services

Non Equity Assistance in 2019
All Compliance Services (ACS) is a platform-as-a-service that provides compliance and security-bundled software to government regulators, financial institutions, healthcare companies, and energy companies that need emerging technologies to enhance their current activities. ACS sits at the intersection of cybersecurity, emerging technology, and government regulation. The most important part of your compliance and security operations management is the tool that brings it all together. The diverse team comes from software companies, government agencies, and financial institutions around the world with shared goals: to support the evolving compliance and security needs of our customers and to help scale the regulatory technology (RegTech) ecosystem & cybersecurity landscape to stop bad actors and enhance access to under-served communities, globally.

Global Data Consortium

Series A in 2020
Global Data Consortium is a Data as a Service company with a cloud-based platform for global electronic identity verification. For businesses that need to know the identities of customers all over the world, we provide one point of access to local, in-country reference data for instant verification.

Khazna

Seed Round in 2020
Khazna is an Egyptian company that aims to improve and expand financial services for Egyptians through the mobile application.

Hubpay

Seed Round in 2020
Hubpay Technologies Ltd. operates hubpay, a digital wallet for money senders and receivers that allows low cost digital remittances and international bill payment in the United Arab Emirates market. It supports the remittance, as well as mobile money markets. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Cogknit Semantics

Seed Round in 2010
Cogknit Semantics Private Limited is an ISO 9001:2008 certified innovative product company based out of Bangalore, India. Cogknit envisions being the most admired product company providing solutions that impact everyday life.

DataCultr

Seed Round in 2020
Datacultr is a PaaS that allows consumer lending companies to significantly reduce their risk on 'New to Credit' customers. Datacultr allows the lender to give out unsecured loans, at a lower risk, by allowing borrowers to present their newly purchased or existing smartphone as collateral.

Qualified.io

Seed Round in 2017
Qualified is the most effective platform for evaluating and training world-class engineers. Utilizing real-world assessment methodology we enable companies to identify high-performing hires.

Verge.Capital

Grant in 2020
Finclude offers financial well being services that empower EU citizens fair access to credit and expand the retail credit markets for financial institutions.

Upswing

Venture Round in 2017
Upswing providing a highly flexible and personalized experience to learners and coaches. The company's online academic coaching platform offers students with the ability to select coaches based upon various criteria including price, quality, subjects and previous experiences with other students, thereby enabling students to select coaches and learn from them. Each session is recorded, aggregated, and reported back to admins so they can become equipped with the tools necessary to help fight student attrition. The data science behind our sessions enables early alerts and predictive measures to better ensure student success.

markit

Seed Round in 2020
Markit is a developing tech solution focused on the grocery industry to enhance operations and synchronize data across the supply chain.

ReelFruit

Seed Round in 2020
ReelFruit’s had its humble beginnings in a small apartment in Surulere, Lagos. In 2012, their founder birthed the idea of a new snack company; A first-of-its-kind that would offer dried fruit snacks, made in Nigeria but sold to the world. With this dream in mind, we launched their first range of dried mango and pineapple in March 2013, their first lucky break came from Prince Ebeano Supermarket, Lekki, who stocked their products – and the rest is history.

TCARE

Series A in 2020
TCARE, Inc. develops a caregiver support SaaS solution. It offers TCARE, a cloud-based technology suite to help care professionals intervene before a family caregiver burns out. The company’s TCARE enables care professionals the means to assess for risk factors for family caregiver burnout and prescribe the right interventions, at the right time to prevent burnout. TCARE, Inc. was formerly known as Tailored Care Enterprises, Inc. Its solution is used by organizations, care professionals, and family caregivers in the United States. TCARE, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Saint Louis, Missouri.

WorkAmerica

Non Equity Assistance in 2017
WorkAmerica develops and implements company-specific workforce retraining programs for students, employers, community colleges, and training institutions. The company offers in-house and external training courses and programs. It serves call centers, warehouses, and individual hotels; and trucking, hospitality service, and manufacturing markets. The company is based in Washington, District Of Columbia. As per the transaction announced on October 13, 2018, WorkAmerica operates as a subsidiary of Climb.Jobs.

Valify Solutions

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Valify is a digital identity infrastructure technology that provides identity solutions to financial institutions, and e-commerce platforms. Valify is a computer software company that offers service providers tools that enable them to digitally identify their customers, verify official documents remotely, and extract information from valid data sources without compromising integrity and security. The software mitigates the risks associated with online product or service provision creating a more secure online environment for all parties. Its vision is to accelerate financial inclusion and economic growth by enabling digital identity creation and ownership and furthering organizational control and security. It is driven by the mission of providing service providers with smart, configurable, and accessible solutions to verify user identities for a seamless registration experience. Founded by Omar Abdelwahed and Ibrahim Eid in 2019, Valify Solutions is headquartered in Cairo, Egypt.

MPOWER Financing

Series B in 2018
MPOWER Financing, Public Benefit Corporation provides educational loans to international and DACA students studying in the United States and Canada. The loans provided by the company can be used to cover student related expenses such as basic tuition, housing, food, insurance, and books. The company also provides flexible funding options. Additionally, the company has partnered with different universities to identify potential candidates for loans. MPOWER Financing, Public Benefit Corporation was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Washington, District Of Columbia.

BuyBack Bazaar

Seed Round in 2020
North Ladder is an online B2C (and B2B) portal that brings sellers of personal items to the ‘best priced’ and geographically closest buyer with the additional optionality for the seller to ‘buyback’ their item in the near future.

Upsie Technology Inc

Seed Round in 2018
Upsie is a mobile app that provides an easier & better way to protect your stuff. You get the same warranties and coverage offered by other companies, but at an affordable price. No annoying sales pitch. No big price markups. All warranty pricing and coverage options are right there in the app. Even your receipts are photographed and stored! You can purchase coverage, start a claim or even scan a barcode while shopping to see what warranties are available for that item.

Wisr Inc.

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Wisr Inc. operates an online platform that enables alumni to guide current students through automated matching, scheduling, and follow up communications. Its platform strengthens the work of career services and alumni relations offices for better career outcomes. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Rocky River, Ohio.

Fig Tech, Inc.

Seed Round in 2018
Fig Tech, Inc. provides loans for customers in Texas. It offers emergency loans and financial stability products. Fig Tech, Inc. was formerly known as Fig Loans Inc. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Sugar Land, Texas.Fig Tech, Inc. offers payday loan and auto title loan in Texas. The company was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Quartolio Inc.

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Quartolio is an AI-powered learning platform that accelerates research by connecting the dots across scholarly documents, data, and discussions. Quartolio was selected as one of the top Data/AI startups by Hello Tomorrow, a global, invite-only summit that selects the world's most promising science and deep tech startups. Quartolio kicked off in the MIT Global Entrepreneurship program, was selected to the NYU StartEd Incubator, and has partnerships with the New York Institute of Technology, and other universities.

Better Weekdays

Non Equity Assistance in 2017
Better Weekdays, Inc. owns and operates an online career services platform and mobile application under the name The Whether. The company's solution enables university recruiters reduce cost per hire through personalized content marketing to college students. It provides self-assessment, job matching, and career development services to students and professionals; and allows employers to attract, hire, and retain top talent. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Saint Louis, Missouri.
Kings Learning is an ed-tech startup funded by Michael & Susan Dell Foundation & Village. Kings Learning aims to provide employability focused English language and communication skills training through innovative technology products. Kings Learning's flagship product, the enguru Spoken English app, already has over 28 lakhs users. Available in 28 languages, enguru teaches you English in mother tongue right from the basics up to more complex industry-specific functional English that improves your employability. Kings Learning runs various app-based and teacher-led programs for corporates, government schools and colleges and training institutes pan India.

Kuli Kuli

Grant in 2016
Kuli Kuli produces nutritional moringa products in the United States. It offers moringa bars, moringa powders, green energy shots, herbal teas, and sampler packs. Kuli Kuli sells its products through retail stores, as well as online. Anne Tsuei, Jordan Moncharmont, Lisa Curtis, and Valerie Popelka founded Kuli Kuli on September 21, 2011, with its headquarters in Oakland in California.

Home Lending Pal

Grant in 2020
Home Lending Pal built the first Automated Mortgage Advisor that simulates buying a home with multiple lenders to determine mortgage approval odds and affordability impact based on lifestyle. HLP merges online data from trusted sources to streamline application, reduce the need to scan paper documents, and simplify the home buying process with data-driven workflows, AI and blockchain technology. We educated borrowers on homeownership options while collecting underwriting documents at scale for lenders.

Unleesh

Non Equity Assistance in 2017
Unleesh is a digital venue for programs, conferences and events that enables hallway conversations and networking.

PayGo Energy

Convertible Note in 2016
Globally, three billion people cook with biomass. The use of open fires and inefficient cookstoves with fuels such as wood, charcoal, and kerosene causes serious environmental and health impacts that disproportionately affect underserved communities. PayGo Energy is a revolutionary cookstove solution and distribution system that enables consumers to access clean and efficient fuel at a price point that is within their daily energy budget.

Pear Deck, Inc.

Venture Round in 2017
Pear Deck, Inc. develops and operates software solution for education industry. The company offers Pear Deck, a solution that allows schools and teachers to connect with students through virtual classroom. Pear Deck, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Iowa City, Iowa. As of November 16, 2020, Pear Deck, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Liminex, Inc.

Complete Farmer

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Complete Farmer Ltd. offers agricultural services by building and managing crop farms. Additionally, the company develops Internet of technology based software that uses machine learning algorithms to monitor the farms. The product can be used by owners to continuously monitor their farms and to keep an eye on the health of the crops. Complete Farmer Ltd. was founded in 2017 and is based in Accra, Ghana.

TCARE

Seed Round in 2018
TCARE, Inc. develops a caregiver support SaaS solution. It offers TCARE, a cloud-based technology suite to help care professionals intervene before a family caregiver burns out. The company’s TCARE enables care professionals the means to assess for risk factors for family caregiver burnout and prescribe the right interventions, at the right time to prevent burnout. TCARE, Inc. was formerly known as Tailored Care Enterprises, Inc. Its solution is used by organizations, care professionals, and family caregivers in the United States. TCARE, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Vault

Seed Round in 2016
Vault provides the most comprehensive software platform in the market to address the financial burden of student loan debt. Our intuitive web-based tool provides a highly secure employee experience that empowers employees to achieve financial freedom. With the option to make contributions to employees’ debt repayment, Vault enables companies to attract and retain their valuable talent. Vault empowers companies with relevant, flexible products that provide advice, create pathways to manage student debt more effectively, and enable paying-down student loans while building 401(k) savings.

Yobs Technologies

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Yobs Technologies, Inc. develops and offers artificial intelligence (AI) based human capital management voice and video platform. The company's product enables clients with the behavior, soft skills, and personality data trapped in their audio and video content. Yobs Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Sorcero

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Sorcero, Inc. develops and offers office suite software. The company's no code platform enables deploying of AI (artificial intelligence) powered decision support and knowledge management applications. Sorcero, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Washington, District Of Columbia.

Quinncia, Inc.

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Quinncia is an AI-based career development platform that helps students improve interview skills, polish resumes and find jobs. With the mission to make career development a part of academic curriculum, Quinncia allows career service to scale their offerings allowing each student to get personalized feedback on their resume and interviewing skills. Quinncia then connects students to potential employers who use Quinncia's AI to conduct first-round interviews. Quinncia was founded in 2015 by Himal Ahuja and Steve Farthing.

WorqCompany

Pre Seed Round in 2020
WorqCompany provides services to businesses and entrepreneurs with technology and sharing economy support in these components. WorqCompany is positioned as a new generation.

VestMunity

Grant in 2016
VestMunity is a platform where every community member can become stakeholders in local real estate projects with a minimal investment amount through the power of crowdfunding.

Spensa Technologies Inc.

Series A in 2015
Spensa Technologies is a startup housed in the Purdue Research Park of West Lafayette. The company was founded in 2009 by Johnny Park, president and CEO. Spensa's mission is to design, develop and deliver novel technologies for the agricultural industry that will reduce reliance on manual labor, foster eco-friendly farming and enhance crop production efficiency. Their technologies leverage the team's world-leading expertise in wireless sensor networks, robotics and computer vision.

Knack Technologies, Inc.

Seed Round in 2018
We’re building a world where every student has access to free, individualized peer support. The vast majority of students receiving peer-to-peer support services through Knack shared that they previously never utilized the free campus resources. We partner with institutions with the goal of meeting these students where they are, activating the student populations who do not or cannot utilize existing support services on campus. Knack is drastically different from other student support platforms and service providers in how we align incentives for all stakeholders involved: peer leader, student learner, university, and employer – allowing us to minimize costs and maximize impact.

Rimidi Inc.

Series A in 2018
Rimidi Diabetes is a health care technology company centered on the belief that they can do so much better, as individuals and as an industry, in providing significant and enduring solutions to one of health care's most pressing problems, diabetes. Rimidi Glucose Manager is a software solution that empowers patients and physicians to identify gaps in diabetes management as well as the necessary steps to close those gaps, meet patient targets, and create a more efficient cycle of care.

INRFOOD, Inc.

Seed Round in 2015
Nutrition has been overly simplified to just counting calories. InRFood delivers a true personalized "health and wellness" solution through a mobile app to interpret nutrition beyond calories. Since each person has unique nutritional needs, InRFood uniquely takes into account dietary concerns, along with logging ingredients and macro nutrients in order to come up with an impactful personalized experience. The analysis of your nutrition can then be connected to professionals for additional assessment.

Ed Leadership SIMS

Non Equity Assistance in 2017
Provider of computer-based simulations intended to assist in professional development for school administrators. The company's computer-based simulation tracks and communicates behavior of leaders and educators and recommends ways so as to improve skill based assessment and service delivery, enabling educational institutions to facilitate training education leaders and transform development for all school leaders.

E-Bursum

Seed Round in 2020
E-Bursum provides a social initiative that brings together students that are looking for scholarships and people, institutions, and organizations that provide scholarships, and aims to assist students in the scholarship application process. The project of Galatasaray University Engineering Faculty students carries all the scholarship transactions to the electronic environment and offers students a faster, technological and fair scholarship search experience. Winner of BİLGİ Young Social Entrepreneur Award in 2015, E-Bursum is free. Users can view the people, institutions, and organizations that give scholarships through e-Bursum, and they can easily apply for scholarships.

Parker Dewey

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Parker Dewey (www.ParkerDewey.com) helps companies utilize college students and recent grads for immediate support on short-term, professional assignments that may otherwise be neglected or completed by employees whose time is better spent elsewhere. These take under 5 minutes to post, and have zero obligation. In addition to the immediate benefits, companies can identify and evaluate job candidates, including those from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds, and authentically assess job skills, cultural fit, and non-cognitive traits (e.g. grit, communication, teamwork, etc.). For college students and recent grads, Parker Dewey provides the opportunity to demonstrate their skills and grit, explore careers, develop their networks, and generate income as they seek internships and full-time roles. Furthermore, these authentic, experiential learning opportunities complement in-class instruction, thereby improving academic performance and driving completion. As a result, career launchers graduate more job-ready, and have the perspective and experience to find a full-time role with the right skill and cultural fit. Using data from these projects, Parker Dewey also provides insights to college and university faculty so that they can better align curriculum with job skills demanded by companies. In addition, these academic institutions can more effectively engage alumni and professors as mentors, counsel students on career options, and support existing and / or prospective corporate recruiters. Parker Dewey made it really easy for everyone to use the platform. It takes under five minutes to post a project (including setting the price and due date), career launchers apply only to those assignments that interest them, and companies select who they think is the best fit. And since we are not a staffing or recruiting firm, there are no administrative burdens associated with these “micro-internships” or fees if a company wants to directly hire someone.

WorkHound

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
WorkHound provides a real-time feedback platform for frontline workers to help companies reduce avoidable turnover. It simplifies communication and retention in transportation and healthcare. With the company's insightful analytics, it help companies of all sizes retain frontline workers, boost profitability, and save money. WorkHound was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

PAYMINT

Venture Round in 2020
PayMint is a payment solution that allows businesses with easy cashless payments and a payroll management system. They also provide businesses with fringe benefits for employees which makes PayMint the best solution that provides this bundle of services.

MPOWER Financing

Seed Round in 2015
MPOWER Financing, Public Benefit Corporation provides educational loans to international and DACA students studying in the United States and Canada. The loans provided by the company can be used to cover student related expenses such as basic tuition, housing, food, insurance, and books. The company also provides flexible funding options. Additionally, the company has partnered with different universities to identify potential candidates for loans. MPOWER Financing, Public Benefit Corporation was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Washington, District Of Columbia.

SpotKew

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
spotkew is a driver relay platform that enables trucking companies TO FIND QUALIFIED TRUCK DRIVERS WITH AVAILABLE HOURS TO double the use of their trucks

iKure Techsoft

Seed Round in 2013
iKure Techsoft Pvt. Ltd., a medical research technology company, develops Wireless Health Incident Monitoring System, a technology platform and software application hosted in cloud. Its product enables health workers/doctors in rural areas to collaborate, seek advice, and escalate cases to specialist doctors working in hospitals in semi-urban areas and cities. The company also offers franchise opportunities. iKure Techsoft Pvt. Ltd. was founded in 2009 and is based in Kolkata, India.

JobBliss

Seed Round in 2020
JobBliss is a platform dedicated to building a flexible workforce for the future. We help Employers manage their freelancer resources more efficiently – and allow Employers to tap into the best network of top freelance talent.

Presentr

Non Equity Assistance in 2017
Presentr is an AI coaching platform that is changing the way people develop their communication skills. Presentr mimics the live training experience by providing quantitative assessment, coaching, learning and real-time feedback on skills using deep subject-matter expertise. Users get customized learning and feedback through the AI coach and can learn at their own pace. The SaaS app is targeted at enterprise and education.

Creci

Grant in 2020
Creci Inc. operates a platform that provides loans and credit facilities to social impact small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The company offers an easy-to-use online tool to assess a project's impact and assign a social impact score and allows small businesses to determine if they are pursuing a social impact goal and track statistics across a portfolio of small businesses. Creci Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Hollywood, Florida. It has additional offices in Medellin and Bogota, Colombia.

Cell-Ed

Non Equity Assistance in 2017
Cell-Ed, Inc. offers mobile e-learning solution for employers and education providers to reach, retain and upskill low skilled, low-literate, low-wage workers worldwide on any device - from smartphones to tablets to computers to flip phones. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Next Play

Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Next Play helps companies employees, with an AI app that facilitates internal mentorship matching, follow-up, and goal setting. Next Play is a chatbot that personalizes employee career development in order to help companies attract, develop, and retain more diverse talent. Next Play works with users to identify goals and preferences, matches mentees and mentors at scale, and guides employees to achieve their goals. HR directors can gain insight into employee engagement data.

ARED Group

Pre Seed Round in 2016
ARED Group develops a business in a box solar kiosk, application, and software platform that offers Internet WIFI; intranet solutions for offline users; and phone charging services. The company also provides services, including airtime, mobile money, prepaid electricity, and tax payment services through its application. It offers services to women, people with disabilities, and other individuals. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Kigali, Rwanda.

PayGo Energy

Seed Round in 2017
Globally, three billion people cook with biomass. The use of open fires and inefficient cookstoves with fuels such as wood, charcoal, and kerosene causes serious environmental and health impacts that disproportionately affect underserved communities. PayGo Energy is a revolutionary cookstove solution and distribution system that enables consumers to access clean and efficient fuel at a price point that is within their daily energy budget.

Farmerline

Seed Round in 2015
The Farmerline vision is to see an Africa where Agriculture NGO’s are not a functioning force in the market. Farmerline provides paid services that allow farmers to have the information and access they need to employ an entrepreneurial method of farming. Input dealers and traders pay for more efficient communication channels to farmers and farmers pay for information packages and services. In this vision, more food is produce, more food gets to market, and GDP from cash crop export soars.
Simulanis Solutions Pvt. Ltd. develops augmented reality, virtual reality, and 3D simulation-oriented gamified content for learning, skilling, and training applications across pharma, auto, education, and oil and gas sectors. It offers software applications for the training discipline within the manufacturing domain of industries; and augmented reality and virtual reality solutions equip learners with visualization aids and help them to understand the fundamental concepts. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in New Delhi, India.

Upswing

Seed Round in 2017
Upswing providing a highly flexible and personalized experience to learners and coaches. The company's online academic coaching platform offers students with the ability to select coaches based upon various criteria including price, quality, subjects and previous experiences with other students, thereby enabling students to select coaches and learn from them. Each session is recorded, aggregated, and reported back to admins so they can become equipped with the tools necessary to help fight student attrition. The data science behind our sessions enables early alerts and predictive measures to better ensure student success.