Brian Cayce

The Georgia Social Impact Map is an initiative of the Georgia Social Impact Collaborative (GSIC), which was formed by a group of community leaders committed to developing a stronger ecosystem of impact investing in Georgia. By bringing together our region’s leaders, representing all sectors of our social fabric, we envision an energetic and dynamic network that raises up our social impact ecosystem. In order to unlock our region’s resources and develop networks of collaboration, GSIC built a comprehensive map of our resources, relationships, and gaps to create a dynamic tool for anyone seeking to engage in impact investing in Georgia: -Identify the region’s resources, gaps and key players engaged in or interested in social impact; -Communicate and connect businesses and investors to nonprofits and social entrepreneurs; -Educate all interested parties on impact investing; -Expand and Cultivate the pipeline of investable opportunities for all types of investors; -Accelerate the deployment of capital from private sector, philanthropic and public sources; -Live On to serve as a dynamic and iterative community resource that connects capital to causes.

The best ideas come from moments when an entrepreneur experiences a pain point or identifies a need. For African-American, LatinX, and female innovators, finding investors to hear those ideas has been difficult – until now.

Range Networks, the worldwide leader in software-based mobile communications, is driven by a simple mission: to bring mobile communications to the entire world. More than two billion people lack access to reliable, affordable, mobile phones, particularly in developing countries. Studies have shown repeatedly that mobile service drives GDP and per-capita income growth. Among the benefits, expanding a country’s mobile network creates jobs, expands commerce, and provides millions with access to electronic banking. It has also been shown to improve health care and increase access to education. As a major cloud-computing company recently announced: “Anywhere you have a phone and a tablet [computer], you can now have access to the world banking community.” Range Networks makes mobile service available and affordable to anyone, anywhere around the world. Today, the 25% of the world who don’t have access to mobile technology no longer need to go without. Although most people can own a mobile phone, the large custom equipment suppliers do not pursue the remote and smaller market segments because the cost of their custom hardware forces them to charge a price the local residents can’t afford. If they charge a lower price, they can’t meet their profit goals. As a result, they focus their efforts on providing the newest service to high-density population centers: the major cities around the world. Range Networks fundamentally changes this equation. Range software uses inexpensive, off-the-shelf hardware to build a full-featured profitable mobile network, while charging a price that almost any customer can afford. Our global ecosystem of partners sell, install and support our low-cost, mobile networks. Range is linking mobile networks around the world, with proven results in Mexico, Latin America, Indonesia, Asia, Europe and Africa.

Founded in 2011, M-KOPA is a fintech platform that provides digital financial services to underbanked consumers by leveraging data to combine digital micropayments with the Internet of Things [IoT] technology. With operations in Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria and Ghana, M-KOPA’s platform has provided over $1 billion in credit and enabled 3 million customers to access smartphones, electric motorcycles, solar power systems, digital loans and health insurance. The company directly employs nearly 2,000 people across Africa and has created over 10,000 roles for sales agents since the start of 2020.

bKash Limited (bKash) is a Bank-led Mobile Financial Service Provider in Bangladesh operating under the license and approval of the Central Bank (Bangladesh Bank) as a subsidiary of BRAC Bank Limited. bKash provides safe, convenient and easy ways to make payments and money transfer services via mobile phones to both the unbanked and the banked people of Bangladesh. At present, bKash is one of the leading Mobile Financial Services Provider in the world. bKash started as a joint venture between BRAC Bank Limited, Bangladesh and Money in Motion LLC, USA in 2010. In April 2013, International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, became an equity partner and in March 2014, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation became the investor of the company. In April 2018, Ant Financial (Ali Pay), an affiliate of globally reputed Alibaba Group, became an investor in bKash. The ultimate objective of bKash is to ensure access to a broader range of financial services for the people of Bangladesh. It has a special focus to serve the low income masses of the country to achieve broader financial inclusion by providing services that are convenient, affordable and reliable.

Founded in 2007 in New Hampshire, USA, PharmaSecure provides technology-enabled solutions for protection against medicine counterfeiting as well as patient engagement and adherence. PharmaSecure has provided IDs to more than 3 billion drug packages across 300 packaging lines for clients including five of the top ten pharmaceutical companies in India and several of the leading anti-malarial drug providers in Nigeria. PharmaSecure’s proven serialization capabilities have enabled some of the leading exporters of drugs in India to meet the regulatory requirements of countries such as India, Europe, Russia, China, South Korea, Saudi Arabia and the United States. Products coded by PharmaSecure’s solutions are currently being exported to more than 50 countries around the world. PharmaSecure was also one of the first providers to be approved by the Nigerian FDA (NAFDAC) as a provider of the scratch-and-text Mobile Authentication Service (MAS) solution, which has been in place since 2013 for antimalarial and antibiotic drugs sold in the country and has resulted in dramatic reduction in counterfeiting rates. Every month, PharmaSecure engages tens of thousands of patients via text-and-voice based programs that have shown up to a 60 percent increase in adherence. It is currently implementing a project to measure and increase adherence for TB patients in India, supported by USAID and the Gates Foundation via a Grand Challenges in TB Control grant. PharmaSecure’s CEO, Nakul Pasricha, serves as Vice President on the Governing Body of the Authentication Solution Providers’ Association in India. For further information, please visit www.pharmasecure.com or email info@pharmasecure.com.

Headquartered in London, Movirtu is a subsidiary of BlackBerry. Movirtu develops and markets innovative identity solutions for mobile operators. Movirtu's patented Virtual SIM platform, which allows multiple numbers to be active on a single standard SIM card, enables mobile operators to deploy a range of compelling service offerings. For more information, please visit http://www.movirtu.com

Beam is a retailer of digital financial services and mobile wallet. We endeavour to offer short term, unsecured digital credit and seek to improve access to MSME and unbanked financing by providing them access to multiple lenders. Our Vision is: To be a globally respected corporation, that continuously provides novel products which simplify and improve our customer's lives and delights them. Our Endeavour is to: » Engage customers as an aspired brand providing an ever increasing bouquet of services » Enable convenience » Empower trade flows, and » Enrich lives

d.light is a global leader and pioneer in delivering affordable solar-powered solutions designed for the two billion people in the developing world without access to reliable energy. d.light provides distributed solar energy solutions for households and small businesses that are transforming the way people all over the world use and pay for energy. d.light is dedicated to providing the most reliable, affordable and accessible solar lighting and power systems for the developing world and impacting 100 million lives by 2020. Find out more at www.dlight.com

Cellbazaar is one of the first e-commerce enterprises in Bangladesh, the biggest and most used online marketplace to buy and sell stuff. With our new owner, the Telenor Group that is among the largest mobile companies globally, we are rapidly powering up our organization, our service and our technology. Working with cellbazaar.com will be an unforgettable period in your life at a time when internet growth is exploding in Bangladesh. We offer highly competitive compensation, amazing team mates, exciting challenges and non-stop learning opportunities.

United Villages, a new rural supply company operating in Jaipur in Rajasthan, believes it can fill the gap in rural India's supply chain and get big brands to even the smallest of villages. The company claims that by combining the use of existing infrastructure with rural marketing and wireless applications, it can turn a $7.4bn opportunity into a rural retail reality. The company says the concept is simple: field staff take orders from retailers, wire them via a mobile application to a central warehouse, and products are delivered to local corner shops and stores, neatly packed in boxes. This, they say, is modern-day door-to-door service. There is a growing desire among people in rural India to be part of the country's modernisation process, which includes the provision of modern goods and services. Experts claim that if mobile technology in rural India remains progressive and accessible, and if supply networks on the ground are built to last, more big brands may find themselves doing big business in places they may not have endeavoured, or thought, to visit before.

Welcome to Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. Our goal is to make a positive impact on society by developing future leaders through our suite of undergraduate, MBA, and PhD degree programs, and our tailored non-degree courses; and by creating and disseminating impactful knowledge and insights.

Focused on the intersection of technology, community, capital and impact

Techstars helps founders scale their startups into world-changing businesses. Founded in 2006, Techstars is on a mission to invest in startups to enable more capital to flow to more entrepreneurs around the world in order to deliver exceptional returns to our investors. We do this by operating accelerator programs and venture capital funds, as well as by connecting startups, investors, corporations, and cities to help build thriving startup communities. Our results show why Techstars is Better for Founders than any other global accelerator: On average, 74.5% of Techstars companies will raise money within 3 years of their program; 18.5% of Techstars portfolio companies have exited 5 years after their program and 31.1% after eight years. (PitchBook June 2023)

POWERED BY POSSIBLE The world is more fragile than ever. Food shortages have left millions of people hungry, while violent conflict has sent millions on the run. From poverty and malnutrition to natural disasters and climate change, it’s easy to see a world of insurmountable challenges. Instead, we see an opportunity to create transformative change. We see the world differently. In crisis, we believe in the power of human potential. In struggle, we believe in the ability of communities to grow stronger. So we act differently. We understand that communities are the best agents of their own change and local markets are the best engines of long-term recovery. In more than 40 countries, we partner to put bold solutions into action, helping people triumph over adversity and grow stronger from within. For the refugee who dreams of rebuilding her country, for the mother who wants a healthy future for her children — for millions of people filled with the power of possibility —Mercy Corps connects people to the resources they need to build better, stronger lives. We create transformative change. Mercy Corps has responded to nearly every global emergency over the past 20 years. Since 1979, we have provided $3.7 billion in lifesaving assistance throughout the world. Each year we infuse millions of dollars into local economies through small business loans and grants to provide livelihoods for the world’s most vulnerable people. We are empowering more than 100,000 youth trapped by violent conflict to overcome the profound stress of war and become change makers in their communities. We are powered by the belief that a better world is possible. Join us.

The Georgia Social Impact Map is an initiative of the Georgia Social Impact Collaborative (GSIC), which was formed by a group of community leaders committed to developing a stronger ecosystem of impact investing in Georgia. By bringing together our region’s leaders, representing all sectors of our social fabric, we envision an energetic and dynamic network that raises up our social impact ecosystem. In order to unlock our region’s resources and develop networks of collaboration, GSIC built a comprehensive map of our resources, relationships, and gaps to create a dynamic tool for anyone seeking to engage in impact investing in Georgia: -Identify the region’s resources, gaps and key players engaged in or interested in social impact; -Communicate and connect businesses and investors to nonprofits and social entrepreneurs; -Educate all interested parties on impact investing; -Expand and Cultivate the pipeline of investable opportunities for all types of investors; -Accelerate the deployment of capital from private sector, philanthropic and public sources; -Live On to serve as a dynamic and iterative community resource that connects capital to causes.