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Kubik turns hard-to-recycle plastic waste into low-carbon, low-cost building materials.

Wasoko is transforming communities across Africa by revolutionizing access to essential goods and services. By connecting small shops to the digital economy, they fix inefficient supply chains and provide services that were previously unavailable. Wasoko aims to provide everything a retailer needs, with no wholesalers or banks necessary. Thousands of retailers across Kenya, Tanzania, and…

The dream of Korion Health is to provide a toolkit of digital health devices that enable patients to conduct basic health examinations from the convenience and comfort of their own home. Their first product, an electronic stethoscope, is focused on improving access to heart screenings. Heart disease is the #1 killer in the world, yet…

Excuela is a mobile education system for frontline workers, as well as individuals at the bottom of the social pyramid (vulnerable populations). Their solution is mobile-first, low-tech (without unnecessary complex features), and low-bandwidth (it weighs less than a high-resolution photo; even the app version can be used without internet access). They’ve followed a reverse engineering…

Coral Vita helps to restore our world’s dying reefs by growing corals on land and transplanting them into dying/endangered reef ecosystems. Coral reef ecosystems support 500M people and generate $30B annually, but 75% are projected to die by 2050. Coral Vita’s innovative farming system can grow coral at up to 50x natural rates while enhancing…

SEOS is democratizing the ownership of energy in LATAM by creating a finance and technology platform that puts the consumption and production of energy in the hands of individuals, communities and micro-businesses, enabling a just energy transition for all. Through the platform and the SEOS Ecosystem, SEOS provides flexible solar loans to end users, a…

Trestle Labs is an assistive technology company, empowering the blind and visually impaired community towards inclusive education and employment by building solutions that help them listen, translate, and digitize printed, handwritten, and digital content in real-time across 60+ global languages. Trestle, which symbolizes support, comes together with the inventive nature of a laboratory environment to…

BYBUG uses genetically improved insects to process organic waste in modular units called bioreactors and, thanks to an in-situ carbon-negative process, produce fertilizer, insect protein, recombinant proteins, and carbon bonds.

Polus provides intelligent automation and control solutions for commercial and industrial refrigeration systems. Their IoT system monitors and optimizes refrigeration equipment performance, reducing energy consumption and product losses. Serving supermarkets, food retailers, and industrial facilities, Polus aims to transform refrigeration management for sustainability and cost savings.

Forte is an innovative way to provide financial services, such as vocational reskilling, to disadvantaged individuals in a way that does not cost the recipients anything, does not cost governments anything, does not rely on donations, and makes a profit for investors. It does this by utilizing Tradable Income-Based Securities (TIBS).

Sylvarum intercepts electrostimulation tech with AI to control the metabolism of plants in order to improve crop yields.

The core mission of Aymara revolves around ensuring the safety of artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity. With this objective in mind, Aymara aims to create and implement testing procedures that effectively evaluate bias, misinformation, and inaccuracy present in large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT. The current approach of manually reviewing LLM output…

TuConsejería is an affordable and confidential web-based solution that allows any person to receive real-time psychological support from mental health professionals. TuConsejería is bridging the gap of mental health access for underserved youth and women in Central America.

Trashcoin is a waste management company that incentivizes individuals and communities to recycle by offering rewards for proper waste disposal. The mobile app connects users with recycling partners, enabling efficient waste collection and fostering sustainable practices. Trashcoin empowers diverse and underserved communities to adopt a circular economy approach, promoting environmental sustainability and reducing pollution.