Top International Development Startups in 2026

Orange Logic is an international software company. We develop a web application called Cortex that manages and licenses large-scale media libraries for multinational organizations across all industry sectors (United Nations, BBC, Greenpeace, Etsy, etc). Cortex is one of the best DAM (Digital Asset Management) tools on the market today.

GlobalGiving is an online marketplace that allows donors to find and fund grassroots projects that appeal to their specific interests. Most of the projects found on GlobalGiving are located in developing countries. Projects are sorted by topic or location; they can range from Disaster Recovery and Clean Water to the AIDS Epidemic. Projects are referred to GlobalGiving through their network of Project Sponsors - the network ensures reputability of the projects and can provide references for projects' work. The way it works is quite simple: Project Leaders post their causes and details about what they need on GlobalGiving.com; users can browse through the individual needs of each project to see what is being done. They are then free to donate to any number of projects. GlobalGiving claims to have 85 to 90% donation is on-the-ground within 60 days, aiming for an immediate impact. As expected, the donations made are tax-deductible. Perhaps one of most important points of GlobalGiving is that the money donated goes to a well-defined project versus general operating expenses. Microfinance start-up Kiva.org is very similar in mission along with the Causes Facebook application.

COP 26, COP 27, COP 40 etc. Really? It's time to ACT! In a money driven system the most important factor for societal impact is MONEY! How much is shifted? How fast? In what direction? and by whom? If you think about it, the connected consumer can shift the most money, the fastest, in a sustainable direction and democratically - right? The connected consumer could impact all stakeholders "overnight" in a sustainable direction. ACT is a mobile marketplace of marketplaces and a data gathering tool that helps all of us gather data so that we can all make a free and informed decision to buy tomato A over tomato B because it is produced in a way that emits the least CO2. ACT is an answer to the craving for action against the climate crisis. Coordinate your and your network's combined purchasing power towards the producers that emits the least CO2 with just a few clicks in the app and join us in the quest against global warming! It's simple and convenient: make a shopping list, optimize it for the environment and/or price (or vegan, organic etc.), navigate inside the shop, pay via mobile and check-out in 3 sec. ACT is a high-tech solution scalable to extreme-scale with no bottlenecks both in terms of data gathering and shop integration, making global collaboration around sustainable shopping a fact. With the ACT app, we can unite and change the course of history - starting today. Join ACT - work with us to market the most hands-on solution to mitigate global warming. Become an ACT developer - develop a high-tech, infinitely scalable, SOA backend and mobile app system. Go to aacctt.org/careers. Invest in ACT - invest in a company with unicorn/decacorn potential in 4-8 years. Reach out to Thomas Jepsen, CEO, linkedin.com/in/thomasjepsen and mention why you reach out.

Born out of the Stanford's Graduate School of Business in 2015, we are creating a global network of the most exceptional tech entrepreneurs. Every nation has a few game-changing entrepreneurs who create outsized value. We select the highest character, highest competency management teams leading the most scalable ventures. Because even the best entrepreneurs in emerging tech ecosystems lack access to the resources they need to scale, we match them with talent, expertise, and investments from the world’s most prolific entrepreneurial ecosystem - Silicon Valley. Our ventures scale-up to create thousands of new jobs and deliver essential products and services to millions of people, and our entrepreneurs become role models who lead the transformation of their own national ecosystems.

The product is safe drinking water, handwashing facilities and knowledge, and clean toilets. The "customers" (beneficiaries in nonprofit speak) are kids living in urban poverty in the 8 countries with Splash projects.

Established in 1959, Inter-American Development Bank is the source of development financing for Latin America and the Caribbean, with a strong commitment to achieving measurable results, increased integrity, transparency, and accountability. Inter-American Development Bank has an evolving reform agenda that seeks to increase its development impact in the region. While Inter-American Development Bank is a regular bank in many ways, they are also unique in some key respects. Besides loans, they also provide grants, technical assistance and do research. Their shareholders are 48 member countries, including 26 Latin American and Caribbean borrowing members, who have majority ownership of the IDB. Their Fund for Special Operations (FSO) provides concessional financing to their most vulnerable member countries.

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Our company selects, implements and optimizes the best technology and business solutions to accelerate the digital transformation process. We use our robust technological knowledge to create value and differentiate. Our work is supported by the best methods and tools. It's our job to make sure that our customers are always satisfied with us.

BoxPower's designs, manufactures, and deploys, containerized renewable energy systems as replacements for diesel generators, with applications in disaster relief, rural electrification, and off-grid agriculture and industry. We work with our customers to develop customized microgrids based on their location and energy consumption, which can integrate solar PV, wind, battery storage, and traditional diesel generation.

TechnoServe is a nonprofit organization that develops business solutions to poverty by linking people to information, capital and markets. TechnoServe work is rooted in the idea that given the opportunity, hardworking men and women in even the poorest places can generate income, jobs and wealth for their families and communities. With more than four decades of proven results, they believe in the power of private enterprise to transform lives.