24 companies. All San Francisco startups.
Make Science Go FasterExperiment is a crowdfunding platform for scientific research. Research funding today is broken. How we fund scientific research will be vastly different in 20 years, and the futu…
Technology to fight urban poverty in AmericaHandUp is a direct donation system for homeless people and others in need in your neighborhood. With HandUp, you can donate to a specific person via their web profile or SMS, lear…
Making meetings suck lessWorkLife is a web & mobile app that makes it easy for teams to have productive, engaging meetings. - https://www.worklife.com
Seed investments in digital innovations that improve the world.Seed investments in digital innovations that improve the world. www.greenstart.com
A social 'Dear Abby' for sharing life advice.A modern Dear Abby, where Millennials "spill" about life (confidentially) and share advice with one another. A TechStars '11 company & 2012 winner of the Global Social Venture Com…
The TOMS shoes of water bottlesWith every GiveMeTap bottle purchased you get free water refills from a network of cafes and restaurants in your city, and we provide one person in Africa with access to clean dri…
The Internet, peer-reviewed. We want to dramatically increase the quality of information in the world, via the feedback loop of crowd-sourced peer review. Hypothes.is will allow community-moderated collaborat…
Active Stabilization for Parkinson's and Essential Tremor PatientsLift Labs has developed a new class of assistive devices for the elderly and individuals with motion disorders. Our first product is an active tremor cancellation technology that…
Dine out, do goodThe Spring makes your everyday spending meaningful. To join The Spring you enter your credit or debit card number. Then you spend money at participating restaurants. 3% of what yo…
Old Hardware New PurposeLess than 20% of electronic waste is currently recycled. Revivn is a certified B-Corp that helps companies repurpose their unused hardware, a $12 billion dollar market that has re…
The first ever platform for tracking real-time, connected, charitable behaviorMpact's vision is to bring big-data to the non-profit sector, the last sector to adopt data as its core. We empower those making an impact on society's major issues: education, cl…
On demand product image editing for eCommerce stores (500 Startups Batch 13)Pixc provides on demand product image editing. We help eCommerce stores and individuals selling online increase their sales with better product images. We remove the background an…
Linking the Web of GoodsOpen Data Registry (ODR) is building a Web of Goods to make transparent the ecological, social and health impacts of 80% of products on Earth by 2020.
Pandora for learning. We make it easy to discover, track and share learning resources.The Coursebook aggregates great learning resources and makes it easy for lifelong-learners to find the best videos, podcasts, and other resources to learn on the web and on the go…
Empowering the hearing-impaired in group conversations.Group conversations are a daily struggle for 400 million people suffering from disabling hearing loss, which excludes them from a lot of professional and social interactions. Tran…
Data Science for Social ImpactBayes Impact is a nonprofit that deploys data science teams to work with civic and nonprofit organizations on solving social impact challenges. We're leveraging the power of the o…
Charity auctions & raffles of unique experiences for a good cause
Web and sensor platform for optimized crop management decisions. Team worked at CiscorooT is a platform of low-cost sensors that combines crop soil moisture data with real-time weather data to create a predictive irrigation solution that is use to fully automate a…
Amplify links beyond your network.The Louder platform surfaces important conversations that deserve more attention, and gives users a way to drive those conversations to places they've never been. Every week, the…
Point of Sale & eCommerce DonationsGoodLabs is a SaaS platform that empowers micro-donations in all points of sale, both in-store and online. We're live on Clover (in-store/ owned by First Data) and on Shopify (e-c…
A social platform that connects consumers to businesses cause based marketing efforts.DREAM. ACT. RESTORE. Brickstr brings together companies, social causes and consumers to solve social problems. Brickstr is a seamless way for consumers to substantially impact cau…
'Uber' for food recovery. Feeding Forward recovers excess food from businesses (caterers, restaurants, grocers, companies, etc.) and redistributes it to feed those in need, instantly. Our online and mobile…
Kickstarter for government-run projects: fund new bike lanes, get a deductionWe're a for-profit social business that helps you make a tangible difference in your community: make earmarked, tax-deductible contributions directly to public projects, like bike…
We connect business, government and nonprofits around causes. Angel.co for philanthropy.Mojalink is a global network of businesses, governments and nonprofits looking to increase their philanthropic impact. Businesses can discover, connect and partner with nonprofits…