Meet the 8 innovative startups funded by Impact Collective 2020
Eight innovative startups who received investment and a glimpse look of our key results from IC 2020 Cohort 1
Impact Collective is a community-driven investment and acceleration program for startups focusing on opportunities in Asia-Pacific. The program is powered by TheVentures, a Seoul-based investment firm, and Citypreneurs, an UN-backed ecosystem building and growth initiative for startups to scale the SDGs. The program was launched in 2020 and now accepting applications for 2021 cohort 2 until August 20th.
In 2020, IC successfully raised a dedicated collective fund of USD 5 million backed by leading companies and seasoned entrepreneurs including Korea’s Kakao Corp, Krafton Inc, and Neoply. IC typically invests USD 50K+ to USD 300K in pre-series A startups and the average monthly revenues of the final teams are approximately USD 75K per month.
Meet the 8 innovators that received investment from the IC fund in 2020
👩🏻⚕️ Community Innovation Hub (Sehat Kahani) is democratizing access to quality and affordable health care using cost-effective ICT enabled solutions through a network of qualified home-based female doctors.
🧩Crepass Solution is an alternative credit scoring solution provider that uses both the traditional analytics & the tech-based approach to enable more people with financial opportunities.
📋 Pulse Active Stations Network is a connected network of IOT-based smart kiosks known as the Pulse Active Stations that tests over 21 body parameters and risk indicators for 12 lifestyle diseases.
🚐 Shuttle provides safe transportation at an affordable price by moving more people with fewer vehicles and primarily focusing on women in Bangladesh.
☀️ Sogo Energy builds the first distributed utility to serve rural communities in emerging economies in Asia with affordable, reliable, and clean energy.
💬 Tella provides highly effective & personalized English tutoring services through the synergy of professional English native tutors and technology.
🔗 Astrome has developed innovative wireless products that give fibre-like bandwidth at a fraction of the cost of fibre to help telecom operators deliver reliable internet services to suburban and rural areas.
🍎 (Undisclosed) Indonesia-Based Circular Economy Startup in Food Sector
Want to join cohort 2 and benefit from funding, mentoring & a network of 1,000+ IC community members?
Apply NOW: https://impactcollective.earth
To learn more about IMPACT COLLECTIVE:
1) The manifesto:
Introducing Collective Intelligence to Impact Investing
by Changseong Ho and Jiwon Moon
2) Our definition of impact:
Impact Is Essential For Your Success.
3) The community-driven adventure to democratize money and power:
by Songyi Lee
4) Our impact investment story
