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Impact Companies Tag: (West Coast VilCap) 16
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Catchafire
United States
Catchafire is a community of individuals striving to push the social good sector forward by focusing on efficient and effective ways to give back. One way we do this is by matching professionals with nonprofits based on their skills cause interest and time availability.We're committed to providing transformational volunteer experiences so all of the nonprofits we welcome into our community must have demonstrable impact strong leadership and be aligned to our mission. Our nonprofits are required to make a financial investment to confirm their commitment to our partnership and Catchafire Consultants' time. This also allows us to continue to provide high quality matches and support to our partners. Our goal is to provide a significant return on investment for our partners and save them time money and resources in finding talented and passionate individuals who have the potential to become long term advocates.Catchafire is a New York City based for purpose social mission business.We are working to create a more efficient and effective social good sector and a world where it is commonplace to serve for the greater good
| Other services |
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Cooler
United States
Cooler is a for profit social venture that connects every purchase to a solution for global warming. It does this by enabling businesses and people to eliminate the global warming impact of their everyday purchases and activities.
| Information, communication & technology |
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Cutting Edge Capital
United States of America
Cutting Edge Capital provides capital raising consultancy/outsourcing for startups and small businesses.
| Financial & Insurance activites |
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EdCaliber
United States of America
EdCaliber tools helps K 12 educators take planning delivering high quality instruction monitoring progress and districtwide knowledge sharing to a whole new level. Not only does EdCaliber save K 12 teachers and administrators time and improve learning outcomes but it also lowers the total cost of ownership of instructional tools and content.
| Education |
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Haku Wale
United States
Haku Wale makes social games that entertain and educate players about sustainability issues.
| Information, communication & technology |
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kWhOURS
United States
kWhOURS is an operating platform for energy auditors their software provides a mobile data collection and calculation service that cuts the cost and time to conduct an energy audit in half.
| Information, communication & technology |
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Neighborhood Fruit
Neighborhood Fruit is creating an online community facilitating finding and sharing produce grown within cities.
| Information, communication & technology |
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New Avenue
United States of America
New Avenue finances entitles and builds eco friendly low cost homes in backyards and other empty spaces to reduce sprawl increase affordable housing in city neighborhoods and promote urban infill.
| Real estate, design & building |
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PAYU Computing
PAYU provides pay as you go computers with internet and customized open source packages for schools businesses and homes in East Africa.
| Information, communication & technology |
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Public Banking Institute
United States of America
The Public Banking Institute (PBI) is a non partisan think tank research and advisory organization dedicated to exploring and disseminating information on the potential utility of publicly owned banks and to facilitate their implementation. PBI s mission is to analyze U.S. and global financial events in order to explore and facilitate implementation of public banking options. In the process we are looking to quantify the true costs of financing government and public services including the costs of potential systemic risk business cyclicality and monetary instability imposed by particular methods of banking and government financing. Our goal is to leverage the historic role of publicly owned banks nationally and internationally in fostering access to cheap and readily available credit particularly as used for increasing productive capacity. Best practices and lessons learned from our research and experiences will be shared through PBI s online resources website webinars blog and in person conferences.
| Financial & Insurance activites |
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Rainforest ECO
Sri Lanka
The Rainforest Ecolodge Deniyaya in Srilanka has been critically designed to preserve the environment and to create a minimal impact on Tourism. It is based in Sinharaja which is certified as a UNESCO world heritage site and is part of the mere 6% of the last remaining rain forests in the World. The Rainforest Ecolodge is the ideal place to relax and enjoy the beautiful fauna and flora you have never experienced before as the magnificent Sinharaja consists of a rich biodiversity and a high number of speeches endemic to Sri Lanka.
| Acommodation & food service |
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RainSaucers
United States
RainSaucers is a rainwater collection system/product for individual family homes inside and outside of the developing world piloting in Guatemala and the U.S.
| Water & Sewerage |
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Reciprocity
United States of America
Reciprocity is a recognition and rewards payment platform to make CSR communications more engaging.
| Other |
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Refill Revolution
Refill Revolution greens consumer behavior through social networks and games encouraging corporations and college campuses to engage in environmentally sustainable behavior.
| Waste Management & Recycling |
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Senda
United States
Senda makes fair trade sporting goods a portion of each sale is used to donate equipment to organizations using sports as a tool for social development.
| Manufacture goods |
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TerViva BioEnergy
United States
TerViva BioEnergy makes low cost tree based feedstock for the biodiesel market at 10% the cost of corn based ethanol. TerViva has raised $4 million in follow on funding.
| Agriculture, forestry & fishing |