Some friends are involved with this. Feels pretty relevant:
https://www.tigernation.org/
I can connect you if you like, email in profile.
Ask HN: Do you know of any startups working on wildlife/habitat conservation?
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Re: Ask HN: Do you know of any startups working on wildlife/habitat conservation?
#12Wow, thanks everyone. I didn't expect this great of a response.
Re: Ask HN: Do you know of any startups working on wildlife/habitat conservation?
#13Depends, what kinda aspects? E.g., there are a few companies that make drones and satellites for governments & wildlife agencies to better spot poachers and track deforestation and do targeted, efficient, data-driven efforts to reduce them. Just bringing this up since most people have listed the direct agencies & nonprofits but nobody mentioned people who are making technology to help agencies and nonprofits!
That's a great use of drones. Poaching poachers. :)
Re: Ask HN: Do you know of any startups working on wildlife/habitat conservation?
#14Some friends are involved with this. Feels pretty relevant: https://www.tigernation.org/ I can connect you if you like, email in profile.
thanks. I really appreciate that. Just emailed you. :)
Re: Ask HN: Do you know of any startups working on wildlife/habitat conservation?
#15We do something like this with Evergreen (www.evr.gr). It's a virtual currency that is partially backed by rainforest that we purchase when people exchange other currencies to ours. We are for-profit but have partnerships with a couple non-profits that manage the conservation efforts.
Fascinating idea. I just downloaded the app for Android.
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#16There's a non-profit in Portland, OR called Ecotrust[0]. Their goal is to make fishing and farming more sustainable for the environment. They also have a for-profit child company called Point Nine Seven[1] that mainly deals with fisheries. [0]: http://www.ecotrust.org/ [1]: http://pointnineseven.com/
Inspiring work. Will definitely be keeping up with this project.
Re: Ask HN: Do you know of any startups working on wildlife/habitat conservation?
#17It depends on how you define a startup. Do small, growing non-profits count? If so, then there are a number, such as http://www.spaceforgiants.org/ There's a number of ones on the periphery, one for example is Airware http://www.airware.com/ which is working on autopilot for drones, which you may say what does that have to do with wildlife/habitat conservation? Well they are partnered with Ol Pejeta Wildlife Conserva…
In my view, a startup can be for or non-profit. The main thing to me is the driving motivation and the overall experience.
That's a great use of drones. Poaching poachers. :)
Re: Ask HN: Do you know of any startups working on wildlife/habitat conservation?
#18While I'm not aware of any that explicitly focus on conservation, there are established ways to get involved as a business. I'm in the sensor-networking space and spend a lot time following this domain. What follows is just general advice in leu of respoding with 'I want to know too' to your post. First, (and USA-specific) check the RFQs from various government organizations. The process can be foreboding and favors…
Thanks for the quality information
Re: Ask HN: Do you know of any startups working on wildlife/habitat conservation?
#19Not directly, but can support related projects: microryza.com
Re: Ask HN: Do you know of any startups working on wildlife/habitat conservation?
#20Yes, your startup. I just finished reading your Indiegogo.com project page a few moments ago, just before I stepped into my time machine and popped back to 2013 so that I could write this comment.
Good luck on your project. More and more people are finding that it is more satisfying to fund projects through sites like indiegogo.com and fundrazr.com than it is to make charitable donations in the traditional way.