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    2020 Early Results from the GSIV Selection

    For the second year in a row, UNDP, EPFL Tech4Impact, Orange, and SAP have collaborated on the Growth Stage Impact Ventures for SDGs (GSIV) selection process. 


    With a focus on identifying and showcasing mature impact ventures in emerging countries with a catalytic potential that can drive both large impact and yield, the 2020-2021 edition aims to promote ventures that contribute to tackling inequalities and empowering poor and vulnerable people in developing countries in the following areas: Increasing Access to Quality Health Care, Increasing Access to Affordable and Clean Energy, and Reducing and Recovering Waste.

    Building upon feedback from previous SGS Geneva events and given the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year Call for Nomination was expected to generate 125 submissions.


    Instead, we collected nearly twice the 2019 amount of nominations and received 237 responses from 65 countries, through 148 third parties (each was allowed to nominate up to three ventures). 


    Distribution of GSIV 2020 Nominations

    For full infographic, click here.


    Third-party nominations (rather than ventures direct applications) allowed us to continue building on existing pipelines, leveraging existing networks, and vetting processes. An accelerator or investor submission implies a likely higher inherent quality, with some level of due diligence already folded into the nomination.

    As a result, almost 58% of the ventures nominated reported over half a million dollars of revenue, with 23% over a million dollars. 

    Some additional details:

    • Nominations included 40% of women-led ventures, 
    • Of the 40 countries represented by the nominees, the four countries with the most nominations were, in order, India, Kenya, and China.
    • This year, in comparison to 2019, only 66% of nominations were eligible. Last year, the rate was 85%.
    • The number of third-parties grew drastically, by 95%, as a clear indication of the initiative gaining some traction among key stakeholders


    Third-party nominating entities

    Nominations came from a great diversity of players, from private sector entities to key agencies. The nature of our nominators varied from Investors (Fund, family office, HNWI), Incubators/Accelerators, UN Agencies, INGO, Foundations, Governmental bodies, to Banks, & more.



    The above logos represent 107 of 148 third parties, i.e. those who nominated ventures were deemed eligible.


    See the full list of third parties that made at least one nomination at the end of this blog post.


    The Selection Process & What to Expect Next

    After being checked for eligibility by the UNDP team, the Ecole Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Tech4Impact team is carrying out the initial screening of nominated entities. 

    This will lead to a short-list of ventures who will be invited to fill out an in-depth profile for the final set of evaluations. The resulting finalists will then be announced in December, after being selected by a Technical Committee composed of representatives from international organizations, large corporations, academia, investors and thematic experts, and then endorsed by the SGS Advisory Board of UN representatives. As part of their prize, finalists will be invited to attend a one-day preparatory workshop at EPFL, as well as the SGS event taking place in Switzerland in March 2021. There, they will pitch as well as network with potential investors as well as partners for growth. 


    We thank every third party and impact venture nominated both for taking the time to participate in the second edition of the GSIV selection and once again, making it surpass our expectations. These initial results prove it is possible to create a pipeline of ventures developing at-scale solutions for the SDGs with a strong business model. We hope the GSIV contributes to encourage investors to start – or continue – shifting their portfolio to include a higher number of these companies in developing countries that strive to advance the SDGs. This is a conversation we look forward to continuing through to and at our event in March 2021 in Switzerland. 

    Sign up for our newsletter to be among the first to hear who the finalists are.


    The full list of third parties that made at least one nomination


    No.
    Third-party 






    1 Accelerate2030
    2 Accenture Ventures
    3 Accion Venture Lab
    4 Acumen Fund
    5 Agência de Investimento Privado e Promoção das Exportações (AIPEX)
    6 Agora Partnerships
    7 Alpha Trend SA de CV
    8 AlphaMundi Group
    9 AMAZONPESC - PRODUTOS SUSTENTÁVEIS DA AMAZÔNIA
    10 Angora Partnerships' Acceleration Program
    11 Artha Impact (Rianta Capital)
    12 Ashoka (West & Central Africa)
    13 Ashoka Mexico
    14 Ashoka Netherlands
    15 Ashoka Switzerland
    16 Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN)
    17 Association Bookkjom Takku Liguey (bkjtl)
    18 Bamboo Capital Partners
    19 Beyond Capital Fund
    20 Business Shower forum
    21 Business-incubator MOST
    22 Capital 4 Development Partners (C4D Partners)
    23 Cartier Women's Initiative
    24 Catalyst 2030
    25 Cellule de Recherche et d'Intervention Sociale
    26 China Alliance of Social Value Investment
    27 China Creation Ventures
    28 Chiratae Ventures
    29 Climate-Kic
    30 Community Smile Uganda
    31 Consonance Investment Managers
    32 Corporación Ventures
    33 DABRE family services international
    34 Dasra (Impact Foundation India)
    35 DOUTSEN&R LTD
    36 Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
    37 Dubai Future Foundation (Dubai Future Accelerators)
    38 Echoing Green
    39 Endeavor
    40 Endeva
    41 Entrepreneurship World Cup, Global Entrepreneurship Network
    42 Enza Capital
    43 EPICENTRE
    44 Expo 2020 Dubai, Expo Live Programme
    45 Facebook
    46 Finance in Motion
    47 Flat6Labs Beirut
    48 Fledge
    49 Fly enterprises
    50 Gaia Impact Fund
    51 GEN Moldova
    52 Generation Leadership Initiative
    53 Global Good Fund
    54 Global Ventures
    55 GreenTec Capital Partners
    56 Ground Up Project
    57 HIMangel
    58 Impact Hub Belo Horizonte
    59 Impact Hub Bogota
    60 Impact Hub Caracas
    61 Impact Hub Curitiba
    62 Impact Hub Geneva – Accelerate 2030
    63 Impact Hub Istanbul
    64 Impact Hub Joburg
    65 Impact Hub Johannesburg
    66 Impact Hub Manaus
    67 Impact Hub Medellin
    68 Impact Hub Monterrey
    69 Impact Hub Moscow
    70 Impact Hub Yerevan
    71 Impact Investment Exchange
    72 Impakter
    73 Innovest Advisory
    74 Insitor Partners
    75 International Trade Centre ITC
    76 Johnsons Medicom (P) Ltd
    77 Joy Capital
    78 KBTU Startup Incubator
    79 KBTU Startup Incubator at JSC Kazakh-British Technical University
    80 Kenya Unites
    81 Kunan
    82 Makerere University School of Public Health - ResilientAfrica Network (RAN)
    83 Malaysia SME
    84 Match Professionals Uganda
    85 Merchants Microfinance Limited
    86 MIT Enterprise Forum Pan Arab
    87 Moat Intex Decor Services
    88 Monday's poultry
    89 Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkelingslanden N.V
    90 New Ventures
    91 Novastar Ventures
    92 NUST HultPrize On-Campus Programme
    93 Orange CSR
    94 Orange Fab Tunisie
    95 Patamar Capital
    96 Phandeeyar
    97 Philia
    98 Promise of a Generation
    99 Prudential
    100 Pureland Global Venture Pte. Ltd.
    101 Pushp-kiran Union for Real Enlightenment (PURE)
    102 Relax Farmers Multi Purpose Cooperative Society
    103 Sahara Social Entrepreneurship Development Initiative
    104 SAMBA DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION MOBILE FOR MALI
    105 SAP
    106 Sätila Impact Investment AB (SVB)
    107 Saudi Aramco Entrepreneurship Ventures
    108 Save Today's for tomorrow using youth Organization
    109 Seedstars
    110 Serra de Estrela Investments Ltd
    111 Shanghai Ehong Capital CO
    112 Shell Foundation
    113 Sichuan energy internet research institute, Tsinghua University
    114 Siemens Stiftung
    115 Sinovation Ventures
    116 Skees Family Foundation
    117 Small Enterprise Assistance Funds
    118 SMEFUNDS Capital
    119 Solar Impulse Foundation
    120 Solve
    121 Sonatel CSR Senegal
    122 SwissOrganicHeritageFund EAC
    123 The Core Incubator - Hussein Technical University
    124 Toilets for All
    125 Tony Elumelu Foundation
    126 UNCDF
    127 UNDP Business Call to Action
    128 UNDP Chad
    129 UNDP Colombia
    130 UNDP Costa Rica - BIOFIN Initiative
    131 UNDP Cultiv@te Initiative
    132 UNDP Ghana Accelerator Lab
    133 UNDP India
    134 UNDP Indonesia - Impact Aim
    135 UNDP Mexico
    136 UNDP Moldova
    137 UNDP Sudan
    138 UNDP Tanzania
    139 UNDP Turkey
    140 Uneako
    141 UNLEASH
    142 Vitol Foundation
    143 WAS Company
    144 WASTE TO WEALTH MALAWI
    145 WeRobotics
    146 WSA
    147 Xguru
    148 Zim Maggot Producers Pvt Ltd




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