Investor

Initiative for Global Development

The Initiative for Global Development (IGD) is a 501(c)(3) organization that drives significant poverty reduction by catalyzing business growth and investment in the developing world. IGD brings together an influential Frontier Leader network of CEOs and senior executives with the interest and capacity to make strategic investments in high-need regions, with a current focus on Africa. Through its network, IGD fosters global connections, shares frontier market knowledge and insight, and promotes business-driven development to create economic growth and opportunity that can lift generations from poverty.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: Americas

Impact: Access to Financial Services

Investor

Queen City Forward

United States of America

Queen City Forward provides a hub for entrepreneurs who have business ideas that address social needs and work to balance a triple bottom line of people planet and profit. They encourage enable and scale these social enterprises to create a robust cluster of innovation in the Charlotte region.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: Northern America

Impact: Capacity Building

Investor

Stanford D School

United States of America

The d.school is a hub for innovators at Stanford. Students and faculty in engineering medicine business law the humanities sciences and education find their way here to take on the world s messy problems together. Human values are at the heart of their collaborative approach.they are a hub for innovation collaboration and creativity at Stanford. Our mission is to help people become everyday innovators everywhere.

Type: Accelerator/Incubator

Geography: United States of America

Impact: Access to Education