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500 Mexico City

Mexico

500 Startups is a global venture capital seed fund with a network of startup programs headquartered in Silicon Valley. We believe successful internet startups are born from usable design customer focused metrics and online distribution. At 500 Startups we challenge ourselves to also embody those qualities in how we help startups through both our seed fund and our startup accelerator program.We typically invest between $25K $250K USD in our first check however we also make selective follow on investments at Series A/B of up to $1M USD. We also aim to be innovative in our investment model.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: Mexico

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Awethu Project

South Africa

Over the last seven years we ve grown from a R60K startup to a company with hundreds of millions of Rands to invest in our vision. We've incubated hundreds of entrepreneurs and positively impacted the lives of thousands of people. We've been recognised internationally by the Echoing Green Foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative and locally by institutions such as Discovery and the South African Government and individuals such as Archbishop Tutu and Nku Nyembezi Heita.We flexibly combine ideas people and capital to build the fast growing SMEs South Africa needs.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: South Africa

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Bridge for Billions

United States of America

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: Eastern Africa

Impact: Capacity Building

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City First Enterprises

United States of America

City First Enterprises is a nonprofit bank holding company and an incubator of social finance solutions located in Washington DC that promotes social justice by increasing economic access and expanding opportunity for low wealth communities. CFE has launched City First Bank City First Homes and City First New Markets Fund. In total the City First family has financed over 5000 units of affordable housing 7000 school seats and 3400 jobs. City First Enterprises is a proud to be supported by a White House Social Innovation Fund and to join a class of the most innovative and effective nonprofits in the nation.City First Enterprises is a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) certified by the US Department of the Treasury.

Type: CDFI

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Affordable Housing

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CyberHive

United States of America

CyberHive is a unique innovative shared workspace and incubator program that delivers business and technical support to early stage companies providing cybersecurity and high tech related products and services. CyberHive members receive business support services from CyberHiveas experienced and highly skilled services team robust and redundant data connectivity access to shared reception areas and conference rooms and a strategic location along Freeway 5 and the nearby Enterprise Zone. CyberHive is 5 minutes from San Diego Airport and less than 15 miles from Naval Air Stations Miramar and Coronado US Navy Amphibious and USMC base Camp Pendleton.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Capacity Building

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EvoNexus

United States of America

EvoNexus strives to be the world’s best technology incubator with locations in San Diego and Irvine. They have big goals and their results speak for themselves. They empower motivated entrepreneurs to turn their transformative ideas into fundable, commercially-viable companies. EvoNexus leverages community resources to provide what entrepreneurs need, without requiring them to surrender equity.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Capacity Building

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Finance Innovation Lab

United Kingdom of Great Britai

The Finance Innovation Lab incubates the people ideas and movements building a financial system that serves people and planet. We work with innovators developing new business models campaigners calling for change in the rules of the game and mainstream professionals who want to change finance from the inside.Our financial system has become disconnected from the real needs of people the environment and the wider economy. Dysfunctions in the financial system lie at the root of many of today s challenges from fossil fuel addiction to structural inequality.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: United Kingdom of Great Britain and

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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Kantian Social Ventures

United States of America

KANTIAN Social Ventures is The Kantian Group s for profit investment and incubation arm. Kantian Social Ventures invents incubates and invests in 21st century purpose driven brands and companies and supports disruptive for profit business models seeking to maximize financial and social impact. Kantian Social Ventures is helping build the next economy in which a socially responsible business is not only the right choice it s the only choice. It s purpose with profits

Type: Investor Network

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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MaRS - Investment Accelerator Fund

Canada

The Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF) helps build and strengthen Ontario based businesses in the cleantech ICT and life sciences & healthcare sectors.MaRS is a non profit organization that partners with entrepreneurs researchers business and government to build the next generation of high growth companies in Canada s knowledge economy.

Type: Investment Fund Manager

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Financial Services

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MARS Discovery District

Canada

MaRS is where science technology and social entrepreneurs get the help they need. Where all kinds of people meet to spark new ideas. And where a global reputation for innovation is being earned one success story at a time.MaRS is more than a building it s building on MaRS co founder Dr. John Evans vision for the future. Great minds may not think alike but they like each other s company a brilliant idea in isolation is not enough to create a real breakthrough. MaRS is a leader in the trend toward urban innovation districts which allow entrepreneurs access to corporations investors mentors university institutions and labs to test their concepts. We are where inspiration meets realization.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: Canada

Impact: Community Development

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Radius SFU

Canada

RADIUS (RADIcal Ideas Useful to Society) is a social innovation lab and venture incubator based at the Beedie School of Business in Simon Fraser University. A place for radical doers we develop the emerging leaders and solutions needed for a sustainable healthy and just economy through four main areas of workSFU Social Innovation Programming builds a network across SFU to lead the social innovation pillar of the institution wide SFU Innovates strategy in three distinct areas.RADIUS Fellowship curates an annual cohort based development program for BC s top emerging social economy leaders.RADIUS Ventures identifies and amplifies high potential social ventures working on addressing meaningful societal and/or environmental challenges. RADIUS Lab builds deep partnerships with community to better understand complex socio economic challenges and to develop test and launch new interventions.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: Canada

Impact: Capacity Building