Building technology ventures for local impact
We build ventures that bring proven technologies to underserved markets worldwide. Through impact licensing, we adapt existing innovations for impact markets—particularly in low- and middle-income countries and co-found and build scalable businesses that improve lives and strengthen communities.What is impact licensing

Unlocking technologies for global impact

Transforming innovation into real-world change

Accelerated technology adaptation

We identify untapped use cases for existing technologies and use frugal innovation to adapt them for resource-constrained markets— unleashing innovations for sustainable tech transfer.

Investable impact ventures

We take our ventures from concept to investment, developing business models and building teams that will succeed in market.

Market Validation & Risk Reduction

We validate technologies through rigorous assessments of technology needs in conjunction with our partners, ensuring ventures address verified local priorities and reducing investment risk

Global-local collaboration

We unite international expertise and local partners to build ventures that address critical societal needs

Our Partners

We are a spin-out of the Impact Licensing Initiative, a Belgian non profit that initiated impact licensing and is developing it as a strategic tool for harnessing technology and data to address societal challenges in Europe and beyond. We work with ILI and its network of Tech Transfer Facilities for Impact (TT4I) to identity promising technologies for adaptation.

Our Partners

Our venture building

Bridging Europe and sub-Saharan Africa

We co-found ventures, building resilient companies from adapted tech and recruited talent. We focus on the energy, agri-foods and health systems and logistics.

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INSIGHTS FROM OUR WORK

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