Top Social Entrepreneurship Startups in 2027

Kiva (kiva.org) is an international nonprofit with a mission to expand financial access to help underserved communities thrive. We run a global marketplace platform to crowdfund microloans for financially excluded entrepreneurs, farmers and students around the world. Our organization combines the culture and technological passion of an internet start-up with the compassion and empathy of a non-profit to create impact and opportunity at global scale. In just 13 years, we have raised more than $1.2 billion in loan capital for 2.7 million borrowers in 83 countries. Our lenders fund over $10 million in loans every month. With offices in San Francisco, Portland, New York, Nairobi, and Bangkok, Kiva's team includes 100+ employees and 400+ volunteers worldwide. Our team is growing as we pursue exciting new opportunities to create a financially inclusive world.

Spieldenner Financial Group is a part of one the fastest-growing insurance organizations in the country. Our most important focus areas include getting agents paid quickly, keeping costs minimal, and giving agents the training and support needed to achieve success.

Operating in over 20 countries, TerraCycle (terracycle.com) is the world leader in the recycling of generally non-recyclable waste such as energy bar wrappers, toothbrushes and toothpaste tubes, diaper packaging, and cigarette butts. We create and administer collection and solution systems for waste that would otherwise be sent to landfill or incineration. Major manufacturers contract with TerraCycle to subsidize the cost of collecting and recycling their waste (e.g. Clif for energy bar wrappers, Colgate for Oral Care), and we offer a full marketing and promotion platform to engage volunteer collectors and promote the programs to generate recognition for the sponsoring brands. TerraCycle has over 100,000 voluntary collection locations in the US alone, including schools, offices, homes, community groups and other various organizations. TerraCycle then turns collected waste into a wide variety of products and materials such as plastic pallets, composite decking and railroad ties.

Sharebite is a mission-driven food ordering platform, built exclusively for companies. Our clients include category-leading law firms (Vault 100), top-tier investment banks, asset managers (private equity, hedge funds, real estate), architecture firms, accounting firms, tech companies and beyond. Core to our mission is the belief that each and every one of our stakeholders must benefit from the existence of Sharebite. Every order placed on our platform results in a donation made to alleviate childhood hunger in local communities, via our partnership with City Harvest. Visit sharebite.com to learn more about how your company can feed its employees, while also making a difference for small businesses and society.

Sukhi translates to “Happiness” in Sanskrit. We promote just that. Our mission is to foster an inclusive, culturally-relevant wellness community that enhances physical, mental, emotional well-being. We operate at the intersection of diversity, equity, and inclusion and wellness. It’s a big task—helping our clients navigate the complexities of being human while improving employee satisfaction. US corporations experience $500B in lost revenue (200 million workdays) annually due to lost productivity. Increasing rates of burnout and a disconnect from workplace culture are the driving forces behind this loss.Through our digital platform known as the Biome, we improve workplace culture and wellness through live workshops and on demand content. Sukhi aims to lessen the effects of burnout while fostering a sense of workplace community in the rapid shift to remote work. We're in the business of happiness and invite you to join!

In our agency, we take great pride in the quality of service we provide for our customers. We know our clients and we know insurance, so there isn't much we haven't seen before, and you never know when that's going to come in handy.

DocPro is the leading online provider of legal solutions to businesses and individuals. DocPro’s mission is to make legal solutions affordable and accessible to everyone. Currently, DocPro operates 3 AI legaltech platforms ( DocPro.com doclegal.ai ask.legal ) by combining legal documentation services with cutting edge technology. DocPro is the winner of the GoGlobal LegalTech Award 2021 and the Legal Elite Best Legal Documents Platform 2022. DocPro is known specifically for its document generation tool that helps users quickly and efficiently create automated documents and contracts. Users can choose from over 2,500 templates through DocPro’s advance search function, complete a questionnaire to customise the template, and a legal document is generated automatically. DocPro helps to simplify contracting and free up time and resources from documents generation, so that users can focus on strategic decisions to improve their businesses. DocPro has been selected by Cyberport as part of its incubation program and is currently building a global lawyer matching platform under Hire.Legal. We have also set up a social enterprise (NGO) (AWEsumCare.com) to help elderly with creating advance care planning documents – will, advance directive and enduring power of attorney through technology. This initiative will be supported by HKEX Impact.

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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.