The GLIA toolkit was extensively tested by incubator and accelerator partners to refine, validate and contextualise the guidelines, frameworks and recommendations for Southeast Asia. They share their practical experiences of using the toolkit through the real-world case studies below.
xchange is an impact investor and incubator in early-stage social enterprises in the Philippines. Our mission is to assist in the emergence of the entrepreneurial impact ecosystem in the Philippines. Through our work, we aim to multiply the change that social enterprises achieve, by helping them reach sustainability and scale in the shortest possible time.
Instellar aims to accelerate social innovation in organisations, and work together towards scalable and sustainable social impact through incubation, advisory, and investment in mission-driven companies. Our vision is a world where businesses are run with social responsibility and driven by purpose and impact.
SHE Investments is a social enterprise that designs and delivers the first and only gender-focused and culturally tailored business incubator and accelerator programs for women in Cambodia. We support women with micro, small and growing businesses to scale, creating social and economic impact for communities. Our goal is a gender balance in the Small – Medium Enterprise (SME) sector: more women running larger, sustainable, and impactful businesses.
ONOW runs an incubator for domestic migrant women in Myanmar. Our incubator is designed to quickly build basic skills in financial capabilities and digital literacy through a tech-enabled approach, and follows a cohort model for moving our entrepreneurs through ideation, market research, and business modeling. We connect entrepreneurs with startup capital, then coach them throughout the first year of their new business.
Agile Development Group is a disability enterprise development agency that creates innovative solutions and economic opportunities for people with disabilities (PwDs) to increase their inclusion, freedom and independence. We believe that by merging design, innovation and enterprise together with PwDs we can create a more accessible world. The core focus of our work experience intersects entrepreneurship, disability, youth and women.
Phandeeyar aims to harness technology to accelerate change in Myanmar. Our team specifically work to accelerate the growth of startups in Myanmar, and expand the pool of tech and creative talents.
Villgro Philippines is an early-stage impact incubator. We mentor, fund, and nurture entrepreneurs who are building innovative solutions that can transform the lives of the poor in the Philippines.
ChangeFusion is a non-profit organisation based in Bangkok, Thailand whose mission is to incubate and support the growth of social innovation and social enterprises.
Impact Hub is one of the world’s largest networks focused on building entrepreneurial communities for impact at scale. At Impact Hub KL, our mission is to support impactful enterprises, empower individuals and build inclusive communities through impact-driven programmes and entrepreneurial actions.
For the past 10 years, Makesense been empowering people and giving good ideas the means to develop. We bring together and support engaged citizens, passionate entrepreneurs and forward-looking organizations to collectively tackle today’s social and environmental issues. makesense exists to be the catalyst so all players can make a positive impact. We unlock potential and provide support to all players to collectively solve the issues they care about.
We are a non-profit organization that supports diverse entrepreneurs to build equity in the global clean energy economy. We believe that if we provide skills training and support to energy entrepreneurs, then we can achieve 100% clean energy for 100% of the population, because they are empowered to make energy clean, affordable and distributed.
WISE supports women in starting and growing their business, focusing on women led startups and SMEs. WISE provides training, acceleration services, mentoring, support to access finance and works alongside others to build ecosystems.
Impact Palu is a local incubator that aims to grow the social entrepreneurship ecosystem in Central Sulawesi. We act as an enabler, connector and community platform to accelerate social innovation towards inclusive and sustainable social impact in the Eastern part of Indonesia. We provide support in business development as well as personal development through incubation programs for ideation and early-stage social enterprise in Palu and nearby cities.
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