Pipeline Partners
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Echoing Green To accelerate social change, Echoing Green invests in and supports outstanding emerging social entrepreneurs to launch new organizations that deliver bold, high-impact solutions. Through a two-year fellowship program, we help our network of visionaries develop new solutions to society’s most difficult problems. These social entrepreneurs and their organizations work to solve deeply-rooted social, environmental, economic, and political inequities to ensure equal access and to help all individuals reach their potential. To date, Echoing Green has invested nearly $30 million in seed funding to almost 500 social entrepreneurs and their innovative organizations. |
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Global Social Business Incubator (GSBI) The GSBI empowers socially-minded entrepreneurs to build sustainable, scalable organizations that solve problems for people living in poverty around the world. Since its inception in 2003, the GSBI has mentored nearly 140 entrepreneurs from more than 20 countries. More than 90% of these ventures are still operating, more than 50% are scaling, and collectively they’ve positively impacted the lives of over 70 million people in base-of-pyramid communities. 2012 will mark ten years of leadership in the area of capacity development for organizations who are striving to solve some of the world’s most stubborn problems. |
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Unreasonable Institute The Unreasonable Institute is a mentorship and training program for entrepreneurs tackling social and environmental problems. Each year, 25 entrepreneurs unite from every corner of the globe to live under the same roof for six weeks in Boulder, Colorado. These entrepreneurs receive training from 50 world-class mentors, ranging from the CTO of HP, to an entrepreneur who’s enabled over 24 million farmers to move out of poverty. In the process, they form relationships with 15 investment funds, receive legal advice & design consulting, and pitch to hundreds of investors and partners. |
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Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN) The Asian Venture Philanthropy Network (AVPN) is growing and developing the venture philanthropy community across the Asia Pacific region. AVPN is building on the success of the European Venture Philanthropy Association, which has more than 140 members in 20 countries. |
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Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) The Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) is a global network of organizations that propel entrepreneurship in emerging markets. The network’s members provide critical financing and business support services to small and growing businesses that create significant economic, environmental, and social impacts in developing countries. |
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Give2Asia Give2Asia is a U.S. 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization (Tax ID: 94-3373670) founded by The Asia Foundation to promote philanthropy to Asia. Give2Asia offers donors a wide range of philanthropic services, allowing them to recommend specific organizations for funding, and providing expert research and advice on giving opportunities based on each donor’s country and issue interests. |
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TrustLaw Connect TrustLaw Connect was launched in June 2010 with the aim of spreading pro bono work globally, helping lawyers put their professional skills to work for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and social entrepreneurs with limited means (as well as governments on a case-by-case basis). |
Pro Bono Partners
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Allens Arthur Robinson Allens Arthur Robinson provides pro bono legal assistance to Synergy Social Ventures. Allens is a leading international law firm in Asia with lawyers working in Bangkok, Beijing, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Shanghai, Singapore, Port Moresby, Ulanbaatar and all major Australian capitals. |
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Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Weil, Gotshal & Manges provides pro bono legal assistance to Synergy Social Ventures. Weil is a leading international law firm with offices in Beijing, Budapes, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Munich, Prague, Shanghai, Warsaw and cities across the U.S. |
